does the australian govt allow you to hold dual citizenship and passport? ie for a baby born with one american parent and the other australian...
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CLM
19 yrs ago
My children were born in NY 1992, 1993 and both hold US and AUS passports
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CLM
19 yrs ago
yes my chilldren have both- they mailnly travel on the Aust passport because i feel it is safer and use the US one when we travel there.
Just call the Aust consulate in Wancha- they are very nice and efficient (not cheap though) was your child born in HK?
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thanks for your info. :)
yes, baby was born in hk. my husband is going to apply for his US passport first - so i was wondering what the australian govt would say about him already being a US citizen when i apply for his australian passport...
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joga
19 yrs ago
Rupert Murdoch had to change his citizenship because of laws governing foreign ownership of media organisations. Those of us who don't plan on buying him out can can keep dual citizenship.
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yes the baby can be dual citizen, this information is publically available on the australian immigration website. www.immi.gov.au
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wella
19 yrs ago
I believe that if you are an Australian and have an Australian passport, you can apply for whatever other country's passport you like. If you have another passport first, you have to relinquish it before you become an Australian citizen. I guess though, you could then reapply for that other passport later.
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hkkm
19 yrs ago
I was born in the US and became an Australian citizen when I was about 20 without having to give up my US citizenship (ie I am a dual citizen). There was no problem on the Australian side, the main question was whether the US would allow me to retain my citizenship there. At that time (over 20 years ago now) they had recently changed the wording of the Australian citizenship oath so that it no longer required you to renounce the citizenship of other countries, so I could keep my US citizenship.
I have no idea what the situation is with young children (too young to choose for themselves).
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