[Jeremy Hooper]

Citizenship is governed by the Citizenship Act. There are occasions where people can obtain citizenship without meeting the residency requirements, but they are usually limited to where people have provided considerable benefits to Australia and/or Australians.

For instance, the Western Australian Trade Commissioner for the Middle East, Pankaj Savara, is an Australian Citizen, but I don't think he has ever lived in Australia. I have had the pleasure of meeting him several times. He knows everyone involved with trade to Australia between Oman and Casablanca. He is an immense benefit to Western Australia and Australia.

Unless you have solid evidence that you are providing benefits to Australia by living overseas, then I doubt you will have any chance of being granted citizenship. From the notes you made above it looks as if you have not spent much time in Australia since Sept 2012. If that is the case then you will have a problem.

Regards

 

[Jeremy Hooper]

It has nothing to do with the current government. It is all to do with the Citizenship Act 2007. It was passed by the previous government.

 

[Jeremy Hooper]

Getting Ministerial Intervention on any visas is not easy. There is a list of the issues that the Minister will consider on the IARC website (Welcome to Immigration Advice & Rights Centre Inc.). Unless you are able to address one of those issues directly it is almost impossible. It makes it much easier if there are children involved, as then you can argue the Rights of the Child. Anyway, Asking the Minister to intervene and reverse a visa cancellation or refusal is very different to asking the minister to intervene in the case of waiving the residential requirement for citizenship. The only people I know that have enjoyed such a waiver are those that have significantly provided economic benefits to either Australia or Australians.