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Visa Stamps, Birth of Child, Citizenship, etc.; Changing visa stamps in passports, citizenship of child
Topic Started: May 10 2010, 04:32:23 PM (266 Views)
wallST4life	May 10 2010, 04:32:23 PM Post #1
Piker Posts: 6 Group: New Members Member #3,674 Joined: May 7, 2010 I come from... wall St I now live in... Main St I'm planning to move to... George St	Hi All Yanks: I had a few questions around some (hopefully) simple issues that perhaps I can get some clarity on. By way of background, I am here on a 457 Visa with my wife. At the time of our arrival our visa were stamped into my U.S. passport and my partner's Russian passport. Since then, my wife has attained U.S. citizenship and my U.S. passport has expired. My question is whether we have to get our 457s re-stamped into our new U.S. passports and if so how and where can we go about doing this. Separately, we've had a child in Australia for whom we are in the process of obtaining a U.S. passport. Once this passport is issued, do we also have to obtain the proper visa documentations for our child and have a visa placed in our child's passport as well? And thirdly, I would highly appreciate any background on the proceedings for our child become an Australian citizen. As far as I've read - the law is different from the U.S. where a child becomes a citizen by simply being born in the country. However, I've heard that our child has the right to "apply" for citizenship after a certain age or if we both become permanent residents (which we intend to do). I have not been able to obtain any concrete info in this regards and would appreciate some guidance. Thanks you in advance for your efforts and assistance



TerritorianTori	May 10 2010, 07:13:34 PM Post #2
Dance to disco Posts: 4,769 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: Feb 14, 2007 I come from... Rio Grande Valley, Texas I now live in... Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia	Hi there Quote: My question is whether we have to get our 457s re-stamped into our new U.S. passports and if so how and where can we go about doing this. No, you don't have to get a new visa label; you can continue to use the one in your old passport (just be sure to bring both new & old passports when travelling). But getting a new label is super-easy - all you do is take your old & new passports to the nearest DIAC office, and they'll put a new label in your new passport. Quote: Separately, we've had a child in Australia for whom we are in the process of obtaining a U.S. passport. Once this passport is issued, do we also have to obtain the proper visa documentations for our child and have a visa placed in our child's passport as well? Your child is not an Australian citizen by birth (as you know), so you'll definitely need to get him/her put on your visa as a dependent. I'm not sure exactly how it works - others here will probably know - but you can always ring up the Immigration hotline (131 881) and ask. As for getting the visa evidenced in your child's passport, same as above - take it to the nearest DIAC office and they should be glad to do it for you. Quote: And thirdly, I would highly appreciate any background on the proceedings for our child become an Australian citizen. As far as I've read - the law is different from the U.S. where a child becomes a citizen by simply being born in the country. However, I've heard that our child has the right to "apply" for citizenship after a certain age or if we both become permanent residents (which we intend to do). I have not been able to obtain any concrete info in this regards and would appreciate some guidance. I know the citizenship.gov.au website is an absolute nightmare to wade through. You're right, there's no birthright citizenship here. Your child only becomes a citizen at birth if at least one of the parents are either a citizen or permanent resident. However, children who are is born here without citizenship automatically become citizens on their 10th birthday provided they've lived most of their lives here (and haven't already obtained citizenship some other way). ETA.. found a link: http://www.citizenship.gov.au/current/ Hope this helps! Edited by TerritorianTori, May 10 2010, 07:14:20 PM.
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blarg	May 13 2010, 12:37:20 AM Post #3
True Blue Mate Posts: 977 Group: Members** Member #2,865 Joined: Oct 18, 2008 I come from... Portland, Oregon I now live in... Sydney Area, NSW	I'd recommend getting your visas evidenced in your new passports. It takes about 15 minutes and means you've got everything all in one place. The rest I'm afraid I can't be much help with.



wallST4life	May 19 2010, 02:17:15 PM Post #4
Piker Posts: 6 Group: New Members Member #3,674 Joined: May 7, 2010 I come from... wall St I now live in... Main St I'm planning to move to... George St	Thanks guys. I'll reply once I get everything sorted..


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