When you personal details change it may affect your VISA. Even if not, it is best to let the authorities know about any changes.

Passport: Change details online: https://online.immi.gov.au/
Or fill out Form 929.

Change to your sex and/or gender:
Include a document that specifies your gender: passport, statement form a registered medical or psychologist practitioner.

Change details online: https://online.immi.gov.au/
Or fill out Form 929.

Relationship – Married/divorced/widowed

Update details at: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/change-in-situation/relationship-ended

Withdraw a Visa Application – withdrawing a sponsor a former partner

If the visa has not yet been granted, then write to the home affairs office. include full name and details. Include the TRN / FRN numbers for the Visa application. Make a statement hat you are withdrawing sponsorship.
You cannot withdraw once the visa has been granted.

Study change

online: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/change-in-situation/study-situation

Job situation has changed

online: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/change-in-situation/job-situation

Had a child

Advise as soon as possible
online : https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/change-in-situation/had-a-baby

Immigration Lawyer Sydney

Talk to us about any immigration issue, if you want a permanent residency, citizenship or any visa application.

The number of people requesting citizenship has declined last year, down 42% on the year before. And this trend has not changed in recent months.

The Migration Council of Australia believes there are several factors at work here. One is the two year waiting period. This seems to be connected to a surge in applications a few years ago (around 2017), followed by a decline as people were holding back.

A more important factor may be the values test which was proposed at this time, though never introduced. The surge seems to have been people trying to apply before the test was introduced. This values test would have required university level English, a higher standard than before. But this values test never got Senate approval.

But though the values test was not introduced additional security checks were put in place. This caused the application to be longer, contributing to the backlog that already existed.

Individual reasons for not wanting citizenship also exist. Some people do not want to give up the citizenship of their original country. Sometime the original country does not allow dual citizenship. Others feel they need to be emotionally linked to and patriotic about the country if they are to be citizens. A few need the freedom to frequently travel and meet relatives in their country or origin.

An easily over looked aspect is that permanent residents in Australia already have access to most of the benefits that citizen enjoy. If permanent residents can have access to medical benefits and superannuation there is no reason to also become citizens. It is only voting and a few government jobs that requires citizenship.

Of course the reduced cap on permanent migration also reduces the number of people who are even eligible for citizenship. The migration cap has gone from 190,000 to 160,000 over the last year. this stands in contrast to temporary VISAs for student, skilled workers and working holiday visitors, which continues to grow.

The home Affairs Department believes this decline in permanent migration and citizenship is inevitable, claiming that the continuous growth stretching back to 2011 is not sustainable.