Tinaandco

Not sure why this pic came out the wrong way and I don't know how to change it ! Lol

Our 2 at the beach

So if I only go back to uk for 10 days I should be ok then ?!

I have got very good reasons that I went back and they are because my kids are there, our youngest is 18 didn't settle here and doing an apprenticeship there but I just hope she will come here in few yrs time so that's why I still want to get citizenship cos my husband andd oldest son are here and will be applying in June next year. I rang Oz immigration and he said he can't tell me how long it will add on if I go over by a couple of weeks he said the calculator won't help until Iv done it !?! How silly is that !!!

Ok so I was out for 3 weeks at the end of 2013 beginning of 2014 and 10 weeks from July to sept 2013 then Iv been out for 9 months this year from Jan till sept and I'm back now but need to go back for 4 weeks over the Xmas period and then we should have been eligible to apply for citizenship next June cos we first arrived here in June 2012 but going back this time will take me about 2 to 3 weeks over the 12 months so do they just add that on or do I have to start the 4 year period again ? thanks in advance xx

But how long after will I have to wait cos I will only be over by roughly 2 weeks ?

But what if I don't apply till I can be here 9 months leading up to it andd would have just been out of Oz a couple of weeks over the 12 months ?

Hi if I am out of Oz for a couple of weeks over the 12 months that's allowed before applying for citizenship will they just put it back by a couple of weeks ?

Hi did you have to give reasons why you have ties to Australia ?

Thanks for that Marisawright, I'm not sure why I havnt had any comments but never mind xx

Hi so we've all had our visa since Jan 2012 activated and moved here June 2012, our middle child went back after a year to go to uni in uk, our youngest went just after that cos she never settled here so she lived with family and finished school in uk then she came back here for a year but she's now been back in uk since Jan this year and she's doing an apprenticeship andd wants to stay there, although happy to try to get Rrv when hers runs out in Jan 2017 incase she wants to come back here. Iv been out of Oz I added up for 49 weeks in total ( 9 months of which was this year) but if I stay here now I think I can still apply for citizenship next July but my problem is our youngest is only 18 so I feel I should be with her which means I will be in uk for at least next 2 to 3 years so do you think I will get a 5 year Rrv if I apply in Jan 2017 ? My other dilemma is that we brought our dogs over here with us so I think I would take them back there but wouldn't wana put them through all this again ! It's awful being torn between children cos my oldest is here and staying for the time beings do if my youngest wasn't just 18 I would stay here but I feel she needs her mum still andd we miss each other so much x thanks for reading Tina

Thanks everyone for ur advise ! can I phone the citizenship helpline and give them her passport number to find out from them what date she would be able to apply ? I mean is there a uk help line ?

Hi sorry for the lack off info, she is 17 at the moment and she has been out of oz 3 times in total, the first time was for 5 months the 3 weeks for Xmas then from this January till now and we wanted to go back in August but that means she will have been out of oz for a total of 14 months. we have had PR the whole time tho since we first went to oz in June 2012. thanks xx

Hi can anyone tell me if my daughter can still apply for citizenship next year because we are intending to go back to oz at the end of August and she will have been out of oz for 14 months x thanks Tina

Thanks Ozmaniac ! So does it not matter if rrv is not applied for before the original one runs out ?