Citizenship residence calculator
Check the residence rules for Australian citizenship by conferral against your own dates: 4 years in Australia, 12 months as a permanent resident, and the limits on time abroad.
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Age (18 or over), English and knowledge of Australia (the citizenship test), good character, intention to live in Australia, and cases where the Minister can count extra time. New Zealand citizens on a Special Category visa have their own rules.
Rulebook entries behind these checks (4)
- Confirmed
citizenship-pr-013Adult applicants must have a basic knowledge of English and an adequate knowledge of Australia and of the responsibilities and privileges of citizenship.
Australian Citizenship Act 2007 (Compilation No. 37, compilation date 4 June 2026, C2026C00236) · C2007A00020 · s 21(2)(e)-(f) · Source dated 4 June 2026 · Read 22 October 2026 - Confirmed
citizenship-pr-015Applicants must be of good character at the time the Minister decides the application.
Australian Citizenship Act 2007 (Compilation No. 37, compilation date 4 June 2026, C2026C00236) · C2007A00020 · s 21(2)(h) · Source dated 4 June 2026 · Read 22 October 2026 - Confirmed
citizenship-pr-014The applicant must be likely to live, or keep living, in Australia, or to keep a close and continuing association with Australia, if citizenship were approved.
Australian Citizenship Act 2007 (Compilation No. 37, compilation date 4 June 2026, C2026C00236) · C2007A00020 · s 21(2)(g) · Source dated 4 June 2026 · Read 22 October 2026 - Confirmed
citizenship-pr-054The general-eligibility citizenship application form is for permanent residents aged 18 or over and under 60 who meet the general criteria, and its steps include preparing for and sitting the citizenship test.