so, if one of patent is an aistralian citizen, the baby can become australian as far ad not obtaining other nationality at the time of application, right?
become australian means it is different from born australian?
i guess maybe us and canada also have some rules to give citizenship to such a baby easily.
How did the parent become an australian citizen? Is the first question to ask.
i see. so, australian who are conferred citizenship cannot pass their australian citizenship to overseas born child.
If the parent was an australian citizen by descent or through hague convention or a bilaterial agreement then the parent needed to have lived in australia for at least 2 yearsā¦ or alternatively if the child doesnāt have another nationality etc.
If the parent was born in australia as a citizen at birth or conferred citizenship (migrant pathway) then the above wouldnāt need to be met.
So @user86, your nephews/nieces better live in the US before having kids or the blue passports stop with them.
Or just have them there.
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The bank in Taiwan or Canada? Cause I already renounced my UK citizenship and neither my UK nor Taiwan banks have shut down my accounts.
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I just applied online for a credit card from HSBC HK. I am not a resident there. I was also told that I can have a line of personal credit and even get a loan even though I am not a resident of HK.
Taiwan has a long way to go. Took me less then 4 minutes to do the online application and be approved online. HSBC HK is trying to ruin my narrative of being a pauper living in the wilderness.
Anyone with HSBC HK Premier Account can do this. You do not need to be a resident in HK to open an account but you may need to visit a branch there to open an account. HSBC HK have a branch at the international airport.
I was visiting HK when I opened my accountsā¦ I opened accounts using different names with different nationalities. Twas a long time ago.
HSBC Premier is a fee free account. Wire money to other countries, no fees.
I thought seeing as you grew up in HK you knew these things already.
I read itās much harder to do now. You need a HKID to open a personal or business account at most HK banks.
I grew up in HK so I didnāt need to know whether it was possible to open a credit card as a non-resident. I just opened an account with HSBC as a normal resident.
Well I thinking Hong Konger has one. However I do believe still no requirement to be a resident to open a non resident account with HSBC HK. I will ask. I may want to open another account with another name. Problem is that name has no residency anywhere. Well my Aussie one also no residency anywhere as well.
Well I thought maybe you were asking if you can have your account, change your account address to Taiwan, be a non tax resident in HK, upgrade to Premier Account and get the HSBC Premier Credit Card.
Lotās of people in Taiwan that I know do have accounts in HK.
Ah, no. Was just wondering.
Truth be told I was wondering the same thing. To see if a non resident not living in HK would be approved for a credit card.
Wonder no longer 
Yes, the (almost) only way to automatically acquire Australian citizenship is to be both born in Australia AND have at least 1 parent who is an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
All other ways, including by descent, require an application to be granted Australian citizenship.
If an Australian permanent resident parents have a child outside of Australia, that child cannot apply for citizenship by descent. But if that child was born within Australia they will be granted citizenship automatically.
(The exceptions to this would only apply to rare circumstances such as being born stateless in Australia as Australia is a signatory to the reduction of statelessness.)
Part of renouncing Australian citizenship requires proof you have citizenship elsewhere
Or will be granted that foreign citizenship in due process.
Yep and if over 18ā¦ that requires a criminal history checkā¦
Also applies to those resuming Australian citizenship.
Exactly. But if you arenāt a criminal you have nothing to worry about.
I understand that some from countries that allow you to resume like Ireland, UK, South Africa etcā¦ are scared of not getting it back. Usually it is because they know they have a criminal record at home (not disclosed on a record as it may be considered āspentā and not shown on the one they give to Taiwan authoritiesā¦)
and they therefore worry that they wonāt get their citizenship back. Some will go on a TARC and then change their mind of renouncing once they realise.
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