I am an Australian citizen and my partner is Dutch, we have a baby who is approx 2 months old and was born in London. We are trying to organise our move to Australia and we are on a time limit. We need to leave the UK by March 2018.
My partner recently received his approval for his provisional visa (309) and I have put in an application for the baby for citizenship by decent for Australia. When I applied they sent me confirmation but did not give any timescales for processing, they said it is a case by case basis. I am feeling a bit stressed as I do not know how long this citizenship application could take and I really need to know and try and push this application along.
Has anyone been in this situation before and can give advice? I have also been told that sometimes these applications can take between 3-5 months to process, which seems ridiculous, especially for a baby, this is a very straight forward application.
I also try and ring the Australian high commission however the number they give you is engaged constantly, so I have no way of getting through to discuss my situation with anyone.
My partner and I are now trying to get the baby a dutch passport as we may be able to get this quicker, which would enable us to travel and leave the UK.
Now I am stuck with the other question, if the baby travels on a dutch passport, what visitor visa can I apply for, and am I as the responsible parent able to apply for this visa on the baby's behalf?
Any help would be much appreciated.
My partner recently received his approval for his provisional visa (309) and I have put in an application for the baby for citizenship by decent for Australia. When I applied they sent me confirmation but did not give any timescales for processing, they said it is a case by case basis. I am feeling a bit stressed as I do not know how long this citizenship application could take and I really need to know and try and push this application along.
Has anyone been in this situation before and can give advice? I have also been told that sometimes these applications can take between 3-5 months to process, which seems ridiculous, especially for a baby, this is a very straight forward application.
I also try and ring the Australian high commission however the number they give you is engaged constantly, so I have no way of getting through to discuss my situation with anyone.
My partner and I are now trying to get the baby a dutch passport as we may be able to get this quicker, which would enable us to travel and leave the UK.
Now I am stuck with the other question, if the baby travels on a dutch passport, what visitor visa can I apply for, and am I as the responsible parent able to apply for this visa on the baby's behalf?
Any help would be much appreciated.
