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Evidence of Australian citizenship for new baby


JoannaAch

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Hi all,

We are PR and are expecting a baby in October. As I need to get his passport ASAP to go on a family holiday, I started looking at the documents needed for the passport application.

I have two questions regarding the form 119 Evidence of Australian citizenship and I would really appreciate if someone could help:

1. In the "Identity documents checklist" for Children it lists "Another document showing a photograph and current name, for example a passport or a student card". However, a newborn won't have such a document yet - Should I just ignore it?

2. In the "Citizenship details" section, question 12 is: Do you hold the citizenship of any other country?. Should I select "No" as he baby won't have any other passport at the time or "Yes" as the baby will have a right to citizenship in our country of birth?

 

Thanks for any input in advance,

Joanna

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Getting the birth certificate is the first step, then apply for his passport.  You can get an expedited passport if you pay (even more) money.  Getting an "acceptable" photo of a new baby is always fun!  But you really need to address your question to one of the migration agents on this forum.

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Thanks Roberta2!

The birth certificate seems to be very straightforward, my main worry is that they won't accept citizenship evidence application without "Another document showing a photograph and current name, for example a passport or a student card"... I guess most people arriving in Australia would have a second passport when applying for that document, which won't be the case for a newborn. I guess we just wait and hope that the rules are not ridiculous and take that into consideration... :) 

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