Tessa
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Hello All,
Has anyone successfully applied for citizenship using this section of the residency exemption rules?
My application is a bit complicated! My husband and I are British and lived in Australia for 3 years from August 2015, became PRs in feb 2017 and had a son (a citizen in June 2017). We took regular trips for holidays out of the country, but lived and worked in Australia for this time. I take it every holiday taken is time out in terms of residency?
We left Australia in September 2018 as I am a medical specialist and was seeking further experience in my field. I am currently pregnant and we plan to move back to Australia for my maternity leave to enjoy time there and hopefully be eligible to apply for citizenship, but we'll just be outside the general residency requirement (by a few weeks) as I don't want to fly too close to the birth. I think I may be eligible for ministerial discretion, but my husband might not(he is not a specialist and was following my career).
I identify a few issues - even if I am successful in the ministerial discretion part to be eligible to apply, will my husband? Also, we will certainly be in the UK when the decision is made as I have two year contract. Will every holiday we took (eg a fortnight to NZ etc) count against our residency total?
Do we have any chance?
Has anyone successfully applied for citizenship using this section of the residency exemption rules?
- a medical specialist, internationally renowned in their field, who is a fellow of an organisation listed in Schedule 4- Part 1 of the Health Insurance Regulations 1975 (Cth) and holds a relevant qualification in relation to the organisation
My application is a bit complicated! My husband and I are British and lived in Australia for 3 years from August 2015, became PRs in feb 2017 and had a son (a citizen in June 2017). We took regular trips for holidays out of the country, but lived and worked in Australia for this time. I take it every holiday taken is time out in terms of residency?
We left Australia in September 2018 as I am a medical specialist and was seeking further experience in my field. I am currently pregnant and we plan to move back to Australia for my maternity leave to enjoy time there and hopefully be eligible to apply for citizenship, but we'll just be outside the general residency requirement (by a few weeks) as I don't want to fly too close to the birth. I think I may be eligible for ministerial discretion, but my husband might not(he is not a specialist and was following my career).
I identify a few issues - even if I am successful in the ministerial discretion part to be eligible to apply, will my husband? Also, we will certainly be in the UK when the decision is made as I have two year contract. Will every holiday we took (eg a fortnight to NZ etc) count against our residency total?
Do we have any chance?