Can I get Australian citizenship if I was born in Australia?

Being born in Australia does not give you Australian citizenship.

Unlike the United States or Hong Kong, as long as pregnant women give birth locally, newborns naturally become local citizens. Australia does not have a "nationality by landing" policy. If the parents hold an Australian green card (permanent residence visa) or a temporary visa, the identity of the newborn born in Australia is determined as follows:

1. If one parent is an Australian citizen, children born in Australia or other countries can automatically become Australian citizens;

2. If one parent is a permanent resident of Australia, a child born in Australia can automatically become an Australian citizen;

3. If one parent is a permanent resident of Australia, his children born in other countries cannot automatically obtain Australian status, and parents must independently guarantee their children to apply for Australian immigration;

4. If one of the parents is a temporary resident of Australia, the children born in Australia can automatically obtain an Australian temporary visa (the visa type and validity period are the same as those of the parents);

5. If the husband and wife have obtained permanent residence status (PR), and the child was born in China (after PR), the child is still a China citizen, and cannot automatically obtain permanent residence status in Australia, but parents can apply for a permanent visa outside Australia for the child101; This visa can only be applied outside Australia, and the child must be abroad when the visa is issued, and the trial period is about 14 months;

6. If the child was born in China during the application for immigration, parents can update the information of the child to the Immigration Bureau after the child is born. After the parents sign, the child can also get PR at the same time;

7. Parents don't have Australian permanent residence status (PR), and children are born in Australia, so direct naturalization is not acceptable. However, if you were still born in Australia for most of the past 10 years, you can get Australian citizenship when your child reaches the age of 10.

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20 17 on April 20th, the Australian government announced the reform of the nationality law. On the same day, Australian Prime Minister Turnbull strongly defended this decision, saying that the revision of the citizenship test system would give immigrants more time to integrate into Australia and ensure that they identify with "unique Australian values".

According to the new policy, the waiting time for permanent immigrants to obtain Australian citizenship has increased from 1 year to 4 years. Increasing the waiting time for permanent immigrants to obtain citizenship will give immigrants "more time to integrate into Australian society".

The new policy requires all applicants to pass independent English tests, including reading, writing, listening and speaking. At present, the Australian naturalization examination is a multiple-choice question, which examines the applicant's understanding of Australian laws, national symbols and the color of indigenous flags.

According to the new policy, applicants can apply for the naturalization test up to three times. Previously, there was no limit on the number of naturalization examinations for applicants. Applying for the naturalization test will also introduce an automatic invalidation mechanism, such as cheating.

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