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Ok thanks again. maybe I should denounce my British citizenship (that’s a joke, I know that’s probably not the best idea)

Ok thank you Marissawright. I suppose I wanted a passport because if anything did happen I wanted to be sent back to Australia and not the UK, but maybe it’s worth the risk because things don’t normally happen and I’m not doing anything wrong. I’m relieved you think they’ll be ok about me leaving the UK, I never thought about taking evidence to prove it was permanent, probably feeling a bit overwhelmed. I kind of thought it would be ok too but couldn’t see an option, like a tick box (sometimes not everything fits perfectly into a tick box ). I just remembered something else. Because I’m shielding I’ll get my second vaccination in May, my husband probably won’t get his first until June (maybe) and second in August (again not certain). Do you think that if we went to Australia he would get his vaccination? I’m worried, probably foolishly, he might miss out here if we leave too early and then miss out there if we leave too late because maybe they might have done them all or something. It sounds silly even reading it back to myself but I have to ask someone for their opinion.

Hi just wondering. I’m new here hello and thank you for reading. So I used to live in Australia and am a citizen. I moved back to the UK 9 years ago and have been wanting to return to Australia ever since and have been actively trying pre COVID. My first challenge is our AU passports have expired and I have to wait for the London embassy to open before I can get a passport, not really keen on travelling without a passport. I know it’s an option but I don’t trust it, that something might happen en route and we are without AU passports. So I can wait for that, hoping the office will open when England lockdown ends. Second challenge is that you now can’t leave the UK without a good reason and moving overseas isn’t on the list! Going home is on the list. So if I haven’t been there for 9 years will it still count as going home? I have been waiting for my husband to agree to come home (to Australia) which luckily now he wants to do more than ever as we live in Scotland which is not the same place I left (a different conversation and my opinion of course) and filled with division ( another conversation). Secondly we have been waiting on our beloved dog to pass on as he was too old to come with us. Thirdly we were waiting on the house to sell and latterly COVID-19 to stop ruining everyone’s lives. In Scotland we have been in lockdown for almost a year, we had a short time off when shops were open and the kids have only been to school one term this year and I think this is definitely sealing the deal for him. I am supposed to be shielding ie. at high risk of mortality if I catch COVID but that’s quite impossible with young children who need fresh air and I am their only source of exercise, play, food, some sort of fun and my husband works long shifts and is tired etc. so any advice re leaving the UK and getting back into Australia would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks