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133,126 persons received Australian Citizenship during 2015-2016

Indians (17%), UK (16%) and Philippines top the the table becoming Australian citizen by previous nationality.

In 2015-16, a total of 133,126 people become Australian citizens by conferral from at least 190 different countries, according to Australian citizenship statistics report.

Australian statistics also show, In the previous year 2014-1015 about, 114,109 clients took the Australian citizenship test and 112,474 clients (or 98.6 per cent) passed the test

Migrants with permanent residency can apply for Australian citizenship under the following conditions:

  • have lived in Australia on a valid Australian visa for four years immediately before applying
  • must have been a permanent resident for the 12 months immediately before making an application and not have been absent from Australia for more than one year in total, during the four year period, including no more than 90 days in the 12 months before applying.

The following table shows the number of people who were conferred as Australian citizens in 2015-16, according to their former nationality.

Former nationality
Persons
Per cent
India
21,989
17
United Kingdom
20,947
16
Philippines
8333
6
China, Peoples Republic of
6931
5
South Africa
5629
4
New Zealand
4390
3
Vietnam
4173
3
Ireland, Republic of
3943
3
Sri Lanka
3752
3
Pakistan
3077
2
Other
49,962
38
Total
133,126
100

Australia  offers three investor visa streams to high value investors seeking permanent residency in Australia

  • Investor visa (subclass 891) to high value investors,  who have held a designated investment of AUD 1.5 million for four years.
  • The Significant Investor visa is a stream within the Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) (Subclass 188) visa and the Business Innovation and Investment (Permanent) (Subclass 888) visa. Significant Investor Visa (SIV) holders are required to invest AUD 5 million into complying significant investments for a minimum of four years before being eligible to apply for a permanent visa.
  • The Premium Investor visa (PIV) is a stream within the Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) (Subclass 188) visa and the Business Innovation and Investment (Permanent) (Subclass 888). This scheme requires AUD 15 million into complying investments for a minimum of twelve months before being eligible to apply for a permanent visa.

 

Source: http://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/trav/citi/lear/facts-and-statistics

Prabhu Balakrishnan
Prabhu Balakrishnan
Founder of Citizenship by Investment News. Chief Editor with over 15 years experience in PR and News publishing. He Loves writing about citizenship, residency and wealth migration. CIP Journal is a Leading publication founded in 2017 bringing latest news from CBI/RBI market.

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