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  1. nyorksgrannie
    Than you Randall, that’s good news looks like we can apply.
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    Thank you for responding Ramot, I know the rules changed just trying to work out when we can apply.
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    Can someone tell me whether the time a person is allowed to apply for Citizenship is 4 years from date of arriving or 4 years from residency being given? We are seniors and came here 8 months before our 143 was granted on a 12 month 600 visa.
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    Thank you Ramot we are already living in Australia, we came out in 2017 and our 143 visa was issued in 2018, see below. We haven’t visited UK since and I didn’t know the state pension went up when visiting, how strange I thought you would have to be back permanently and prove it for that to happen. As we have no close relatives in the uk it is unlikely we would visit for long and we hope some friends will visit us here post Covid. We have kept a UK bank account too and also do a transfer from that via Halo. I will investigate Citizenship further, it’s tricky when the necessary documents on line are not available to view until you have reached the qualifying number of years to apply. We are so happy to be here. Thank you for replying.
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    Thank you that is nice to know and I don’t have a problem with voting I have always voted , women suffered in the Uk protesting to get women the vote we should respect that. Many thanks for replying.
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    Congratulations Ramos I was just browsing looking for info on citizenship so wondered if you or anyone else might be able to help. We only got our 143 parent visas in 2018 and we are in our early 70’s I understand older people can apply earlier for citizenship but not sure if this is true. Also are there any downsides we should be aware of, would we still be able to draw our UK state pensions for instance? We have never worked in Australia and have a private pension too. Also are we able to have dual citizenship? We have no intention of going back to UK to live but just wondered about passports ours have several years left. I would be grateful for any info.
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    Just checked in to see how everyone is doing and so pleased for you SusieRoo some progress at last, I hope you manage to travel in Europe - safely and hope you will soon be in Australia with family.
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    Have you tried American Express ?
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    Many congratulations, lots of celebrating when you get to uk and they issue your visa, very happy for you.
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    I guess you have found somewhere to live now but we like Saratoga and Davistown. We are retired but travel to see family in Berowra and Sydney area. Driving is fine until you get to Hornsby and south then it is busy and full of trucks. The great thing about a Davistown is that there is plenty of space to walk by the water, it doesn’t get the weekend tourists that clog up Terrigal and Avoca and there is a ferry across to Woy Woy where you can catch a train into Sydney some of which are fast (ish) not stopping everywhere. We can walk to cafes, restaurants and takeaways. There are hospitals in Gosford, shopping mall st Erina, 15 mins drive to Avoca when you want beach. etc etc. You might struggle with budget but there are still some bargains to be had if you don’t mind a bit of renovating. Good luck with wherever you choose.
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    Unless the rules have changed they just need to be out of Australia we were asked to give our departure date and flight details and were given a date to leave before (we went to Fiji) our residency was granted as soon as we were there but you should allow a few days, a week to be safe in my opinion before returning.
  12. nyorksgrannie
    Congratulations Jimbob007, what a wait! we never realised at the time how lucky we were - 3 years Good luck to everyone still waiting.
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    Many thanks Ramot, I am not sure if there is any relevance but Barclays closed a lot of their overseas branches, Sydney being one of them and they just have a Corporate office now. Not sure why this would affect our UK account though but the impression we were given was that it would be a temporary arrangement to keep the account open, our state pensions are paid into there and I have used it to send gifts etc., but that also has become more difficult as companies want Uk billing address for card payment. I use Paypal when I can now, or just pay in Aus Dollars. I do find the pin sentry gadget useful though for accessing account details. Many thanks for your help.
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    Barclays
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    Many thanks rammygirl, Jetblast & MarisaWright, We assumed others with UK accounts gave a close relatives address, still in the UK. We don’t have any close relatives left there, just elderly cousins. We were originally told the bank wouldn’t send replacement debit cards overseas but did get them to do it after several requests.We have been with the bank in question a long time, with hindsight should have transferred to another whilst still in UK. We will continue with our present system thanks to your help! We love it here but so much still to learn!
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