Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00431:section:11a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00431
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 11A
Character Range: 26491–27234

11A  Simplified outline
  The following is a simplified outline of this Division:

      The most common way you become an Australian citizen under this Division is by being born in Australia and by having a parent who is an Australian citizen or a permanent resident at the time of your birth.
      There are some other, less common, ways of becoming an Australian citizen under this Division. These cover:
         • citizenship by being born in Australia and by being ordinarily resident in Australia for the next 10 years: see section 12; and
         • citizenship by adoption: see section 13; and
         • citizenship for abandoned children: see section 14; and
         • citizenship by incorporation of territory: see section 15.