We'll be happy to mail you an Australian citizenship application kit. Citizenship statistics indicate that nearly three quarters of all applications are finalised within 30 days of lodgement.
Complex applications can take longer.
If you previously applied for the grant of Australian citizenship and were unsuccessful solely on the basis of not meeting the residence requirements, you do not have to pay a charge again if you reapply within 3 months after becoming residentially eligible. If you are a former British child migrant, under the British Child Migrant Scheme, who arrived in Australia between 22 September 1947 and 31 December 1967, you are not required to pay an application charge. You must, however, provide evidence of your arrival and sponsorship under the British Child Migrant's Trust, located in Melbourne or Perth. Acrobat Reader is available free from Adobe . The National Archives of Australia holds a large number of records about the acquisition of citizenship.