Annoisa

Thanks Ken,

I have been living in Australia since August 2013, i went abroad once for two months and in this last year for 4 months and came back in december 2016 after that last visit.

My 4 years completing in August 2017 so i need to wait for 9 months which exactly are from december 2016 till August 2017.

So i am all good to go for applying then? This 9 month rule no one mentioned do you have any link for it?

I have PR from Nov 2015.

wishes

annoisa

You only need to have lived in Australia for 3 out of the last 4 years (including 9 months out of the last 12 months) and provided the first time you legally entered Australia was 4 or more years ago and at no point in the last 4 years were you in Australia without a valid visa and that you had PR for the last 12 months.

 

So if that 4 months was in the last 12 months of your residency period then you'd have to wait until 9 months after you returned to Australia (so you meet the 9 months out of the last 12 months rule). If you first entered Australia (even if you didn't stay long) over 4 years ago you can start your residency a year before you actually moved to Australia (since you're allowed to be out of Australia for a year of your residency period). If you are doing that then yes you would have to add the 4 months to your stay (as you would only being able to use 8 of the months before you arrived and not 12).

 

As to your second question, no you only need to submit a PCC for countries that you lived in for 12 months or more (unless they specifically ask otherwise - which is highly unlikely).

Hi everyone i am applying for my citizenship but in last one year i lived abroad for 4 months so should i apply after adding those 4 months in to my stay here in australia or i can apply exactly after completing four years?

secondly do i need PCC for my stay there?