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NO you are NOT an automatic PR just because you got married.
http://www.immi.gov.au/migrants/family/partner-inside.htm
Assuming you want to be in Australia with your spouse - you will need to apply for this visa.
http://www.immi.gov.au/migrants/family/same-sex-changes.htm
And this is how you know if you are eligible.
http://www.immi.gov.au/migrants/family/same-sex-changes.htm
This means your spouse MUST have a job or income of some sort as he will be supporting you. You cannot work and you will NOT be a permanent resident. You will only be a visitor and you will STAY a visitor for 2 years and you CANNOT WORK OR STUDY during this time. Your life will be on hold until you are granted or refused permanent residency.
Your marriage has to be at least 2 years old before you can be granted permanent residency. So you will be visiting Australia temporarily for those 2 years while you get to know your spouse and your marriage either works or falls apart.
Being a visitor means no working, no studying, maybe medicare or not (I dont know for sure). Make sure you have a HOBBY you can do to fill in the time when you are not cleaning the apartment or doing his laundry or cooking his dinner. He must be working or have an income because HIS money will be paying for the both of you for two years.
USA has the same rule. Marriages less than 2 years old only get a temporary green card and they dont become eligible for a permanent green card until after their 2 year anniversary.
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(this is in the discussion as well)
I am a US citizen who has married an Australian citizen. I do not think that the first answer was accurate. Once you marry your partner, you can apply for permanent residency right away (this cost use about $2000) - subclass 801, spouse visa. You will then go onto a Temporary Residency Visa, which entitles you to medicare and to be able to work in Australia. You will NOT have to put your life on hold, you CAN work and be entitled to medicare. You can also study if you want (international rates).
During this time you must have "Assurance of Support" from Australian citizens. In my case, my husband and I were studying and didn't have jobs, so my mother in law co-signed with my husband to support me during the two years that I won't have access to benefits (pensions, dole). Your husband does NOT have to have a job or income for you to pass this requirement.
After two years on a temporary residency visa, given that your permanent residency application was approved, you will be a permanent resident! Then you can apply for cheaper study and centrelink benefits.
Once you have been a resident in Australia for at least 4 years (1 year must have been as a permanent resident), you can apply for citizenship.
This is how I have experienced the process. I think there is a lot of inaccurate information in the first answer. You certainly do not have to put your life on hold waiting for a permanent residency visa, you definitely can work and study. Your husband also does not have to have a job or income, you just need family members or someone who is Australian to promise to pay the government for any financial support you may need while on a temporary visa.
No.
Marriage to a US citizen does not automatically confer US citizenship.
If the Australian citizen later becomes a US citizen through the naturalization process, technically the naturalization oath contains a renunciation of foreign citizenship. However, it's up to the foreign country whether they consider that renunciation binding or not. If Australia does not, then the person would be a dual US/Australian citizen.
To the US, it doesn't matter either way; the US doesn't "recognize" Dual Citizenship in the sense that it's regarded as irrelevant: if you're a US citizen, you're a US citizen, and the fact that you may also be a citizen of somewhere else doesn't confer upon you any special rights or obligations as far as the US is concerned. You have to pay (or at least file) US income tax, you have the same Selective Service obligations as any other citizen of your age and sex, and so forth, and you can't get out of it by claiming you're a citizen of some other country (well, you possibly could by leaving the US, going to a US embassy in Another Country, and officially renouncing your US citizenship, but then you wouldn't be a dual citizen any more).
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A French and American dual citizenship marries an American does she get french citizenship?
No. The spouse would have to naturalize in France to become a french citizen. Children of this couple, who are born in the US, are dual French-US citizens at birth. The process for "recognizing" french citizenship is complicated, however.
Australian Citizen with English grandmother do I qualify for dual citizenship?
Yes you do qualify for dual citizenship.
You are an American and your Australian wife had your baby in Australia?
That would give the baby dual citizenship, check with you US cor Australian consulate,
Is a spaniard allowed to have an American citizenship?
Spain does not have dual citizenship agreement with the US.
If an American Citizen marries a Guatemalan will they lose US citizenship?
No you do not.The only person that doesn't have citezenship in America is the person from overseas.Another answer:Marriage to a foreign citizen does not affect one's own citizenship. If the new spouse wishes to obtain US citizenship, the laws of the home country determine whether or not that individual either gets dual citizenship or loses the original citizenship. For example, if a bride from New Zealand marries an American, she may gain US citizenship and retain her New Zealand citizenship. If a Chinese bride seeks US citizenship, though, China will not permit her to retain her Chinese citizenship.
What actress holds dual citizenship and from US?
Mia Farrow 1945 - actress father is Australian born in the U.S. with dual citizenship Nicole Kidman 1967- actress both parents are Australians; raised in Australia born in the U.S. with dual citizenship
You were born in Malta in 1956 of American parents Do you have dual citizenship?
In 1964 Dual citizenship is severely restricted in Malta therefore the previous births will follow that rules and must have not the dual citizenship, it would be the American. In 1989 when the Malta citizenship became allowed at birth then again it was only to those infants whose parents have Maltian citizenship or born in Malta, So in both situation they do not allow dual citizenship to a baby for American couple.
When a Filipino marries a US Citizen what does she become?
She remains a Filipino citizen. Her US husband can petition for her, in which case, once approved, she becomes an American citizen. She can retain Filipino citizenship (hold dual citizenship) by applying at her nearest Philippine Embassy in the US (if she is based there).
Citizenship of a child born in Mexico of an American mother and a Mexican citizen father?
He is both Mexican and American. He has dual citizenship.
Do you lose your American citizenship if you reacquire your filipino citizenship?
no you won't, you will have a dual citizenship which ok, but you can't swear to both countries
Can an American hold dual citizenship with Italy?
Yes, as long as you are not a defector.
Your husband and you are American citizens your son was born in Australia in 1979 Does he have dual citizenship?
America does not recognize dual citizenship; you'll need to decide if you want your baby to be an American citizen or an Aussie. Listen, if you need to talk to someone about this I know some friends in the same boat. Post a message here and I'll try and help, ok?
