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Yes. We got ours after 11 months. Pretty easy as far as it went. 

We applied about 6 weeks ago and just passed our citizenship test. Was super easy. Took 10 mins in a centrelink office. Worth brushing up on your Aussie history first! 

Oh that's really helpful to know thank you! Well we'll just have to see how much we can save and hopeful Aus is as wonderful for us as it seems and we don't even need to move back! Looking forward to the sunshine...

My wife and I are slowly setting up to going to Aus for the next 3 years in a few months. We'll both be working out there full time in a company that is supporting us to come over and 'try it' with a view to considering living there permanently. I'm just trying to figure out some of the nitty-gritty if we stay or decide to come back. If we do come back to the UK 3 years later and we will have amassed a good amount of savings - would we be liable to pay tax on it if we come back to the UK?

ie. If we put worked and saved $50,000 (max) / year for three years (post tax of course) and then moved the money back over with us would it be classed as an income, a capital gain or will we need to pay some form of tax on it?

Thanks for any help!