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I didn't say they had. Just that the sentiment was. Nothing like showing a bit of compassion and understanding for someone who is probably suffering from a bit of cabin fever then feels like they're getting held over a barrel for crap food. How many here would be happy to eat ready meals 14 days in a row?

Better get used to it if you're going to live there. Don't think the Aussies have figured out self deprecating yet. Seriously.

Sorry your posts do look helpful just the sentiment in general in this thread is typically Australian. "Don't like it go back whinging pom"

Late to this but just to add I grew up in oz thru 90s and 2000s did all my schooling there and came back to UK in my 20s. I am grateful for the upbringing I had there. Althought I suspect it wouldn't be the same there now. Talking to older UK people it seems I had a similar childhood to people who are 3p years older than me here. We were out all hours of the day. Going out in boats under 6hp, no lifejacket or silly h&s, caught the bus to the beach. Had annual passes to theme parks and caught busses there in school holidays without phones. Hunting trips with parents. This was all primary school age as well. Is it still like that there now? Last time me and missus went back the police pulled us for leisurely riding bikes along waterfront without helmets. What a joke.

The sentiment in this thread is crazy. Does nobody else sympathise with OP?! It's alright saying you knew the costs before travel bla bla but I'd be pretty pissed off to be receiving ready meals full stop, regardless what I'm paying.

My god, you're right...the world has truly gone mad

Yes it's ok saying it costs the govt. money but as @Paul1Perth alludes to I think a large part of it is keeping industries afloat. Surely with the amounts we are talking the traveller is paying the full cost of the hotel/food and the govt is paying for the infrastructure test/trace/organisation and claiming this is a quarantine cost? 1 Million for 6 months of a govt program doesn't shock me tbh.

Really. Crazy times. Do you know the rough numbers? Cost/govt cobtribution/traveller contribution

Is the quarantine funded by the government or the traveller? Neither, especially with a low post count. I read off the image someone posted.

What is the outbound travel ban all about. It's terrible

I wouldn't move a trampoline halfway around the world. Having said that if you have a container and there's room

What you think to that then @Jon the Hat get in!

sorry, kind of missed this bit!

The one with the rickety old wooden doors off Welford rd? I've fixed a pair of those before. The point was generally the english will cheer on the other home nations if not against england, whereas its not always the case with the smaller nations cheering on england/english people

The point is, for my partner there is no route to citizenship without spending over 7k AUS. I'm pretty sure people knew what I meant you're arguing over semantics now. I'm not even saying it's particularly expensive, I have no idea how other countries fees compare for the visas?

Do you think in light of current events I'd be better off delaying passport app? We have no immediate plans to travel there I can't see travel being normal until late 22

You lot know how it is in the U.K.? English don't mind cheering on other home nations sports teams/men/women. The others love to see England lose. When I was in oz I always cheered on England or British teams but as someone said the Aussies are such bad losers it's hard not to. Sandpaper anyone?! ...quoted for the Leicester love. What a time to be a fan

Yes, although you can't have one without the other! Luckily baby doesn't need the visa to become a citizen. When looking at fees would the citizenship app and citizenship by descent come under one 285 fee or is it 285 + under 16 citizenship by descent fee (220ish from memory)? Then presumably plus passport fee which i see is for 5 years at this age, presumably more expensive because your doing it from UK a bit like the adult fee?

On another note, the fee's for citizenship for the Mother - over 7000 AUD! At least they make sure you are committed. I could buy a nice rubber dinghy in PNG for that!

Thanks all for the replies. Very helpful. I've already visited the embassy in London a couple of times to renew my passport. I did do a bit of reading around the forum. There seemed to be an alternative for the child rather than citizen by descent but I think you had to be in Australia to apply for this? Seemed to remove the requirement for the 2 year rule for any future children of my child ie grandchildren. I might be getting ahead of myself here though. Citizenship by descent sounds the easiest route and I will go this way. Glad to hear it doesn't effect any future application by the mother negatively. I presume I have to wait to get all my UK birth registration documents sorted, i've not even registered the birth yet! How long do these applications usually take? Could the baby travel to Australia in the meantime on uk/mothers passport if this silly crisis ever subsides? Cheers

Hi all. Bit of a lazy post not searching the forum beforehand although what I would quite use as the search term I am not sure? Perhaps someone could steer me for what to search and I can do my own digging? I am planning to go on the Australian gov website after posting this but thought I better ask the question before I go all hung ho registering my new child. I am a dual UK AUS citizen currently residing in UK. I have recently had my first child and I would like to obtain AUS citizenship for them (once the birth registration process is complete). While doing this I wouldn't want to compromise anything that would effect future citizenship application of the mother. We are long term partners 10+ years but not married. We have an eye on moving to AUS in the medium term and would all like to be AUS citizens. Does the mother have better propects if she has a child who is already an AUS citizen or is there some quirk where it is better to register together? I anticipate people telling me this would be easier if married/civil partnership. That would not be my ideal route so would like to explore the alternative options first. Thanks in advance for any help.