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Thank you Barker, that's really helpful and might be what we need. Hopefully we can sort things out one way or another.

Thanks snifter. I got through after an hour and they basically said I need to speak to immigration, who are now closed. But that to get an Aussie passport she will need a certificate of citizenship. We have annual travel insurance and don't go to the UK without it - agree it's an essential.

Thanks for all the info. I stupidly hadn't considered discussion with the passport office (I'm on hold to them now), I'd tried to get through to immigration without success. If the birth cert hadn't taken 6 weeks to come through, then the passport 5 weeks we'd have had plenty of time also get an Australian passport. And I thought getting the passport photo of a 6 week old was stressful!!

I'd seen this, but does she need an Australian passport to return to Australia? Do I need to log her with immigration? When I go through the process to apply for an Australian passport it asks me to tick which piece of documentation I can provide to prove citizenship and include parent's Aussie birth cert, parent's Aussie passport or parent's Aussie citizenship certificate - we don't have any of these as we're PR, not citizens. Any ideas?

My question is about what I need to do to make sure my new baby can get back in to Oz after a trip to the UK on a UK passport. I'm PR (186 visa, 2016) and recently had a baby in Australia. I understand that she's eligible for Australian citizenship. I'm taking her back to the UK for a 2 week trip in a few weeks time. I applied for her birth certificate and then a UK passport for her which has just come back, so getting in to the UK shouldn't be a problem. The birth certificate got returned to the UK Passport office for some customs breach at Heathrow so is somewhere in the post again and so I can't currently apply for citizenship/Aussie passport for her. What do I need to do so that there's no issues on our return to Australia?

This is the Queensland forum :wink:

Sorry, North Lakes north of Brisbane. I didn't qualify it because I think there's only one North Lakes in QLD, but I should have done.

As it says in the title, can anyone recommend a cleaner in North Lakes (2-3hrs a week of house cleaning)?

Brilliant. Thank you Lorna.

I understand that for acquiring points (for 189 visa) I can use a General IELTS score. Can I use an acaedemic score for this purpose also? It's not clear on the immi.gov.au website and when I phoned I moved from number 11 in the queue to number 10 in the queue after 15mins on hold so gave up, though I will try again.

Sounds great, looking forward to meeting you! Every other Saturday morning in return for every other Friday off, so not too bad.

Pat W do you mind if we come and join in on the 17th? We're without kids, living near Buderim but working in Caboolture (including that morning until 1, which makes it very convenient too!!)

I absolutely feel this. I'm happy to use my annual leave to visit everyone and I don't mind driving the length of the country to do it either. It's not their fault I moved to the other side of the world. Of course it would be lovely if they came to visit me, but it's a huge commitment for them. I'm on my second trip back in 14 months. I love my new life in Australia and am rarely home sick, but I love my family too and want to see them. I suppose it makes a difference that I didn't leave the UK because I hated it, I left because it was economically the right choice.

Yes, we did meet up, but haven't got round to meeting up again. I'm certainly happy to meet up if there are a few of us.

MaryRose - yes I had looked at the website extensively but the above refers to payments not made, rather than how payments are made. I phoned QCAT but their advice but the lady on the helpline didn't know either, so I phoned the RTA who clarified things for me. For anyone reading, the payment is done directly between the parties.