• surreptitiouswalkOP
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    2 years ago

    So he had what 5-6 decades to become a citizen? And he chose not to?

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      2 years ago

      Earning citizenship is prohibitively expensive for a lot of people, and this man was never given a meaningful choice in whether to live in Australia. Citizenship should be automatic in cases like his.

      • Cypher
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        2 years ago

        Citizenship is cheap as chips, my partner went through the process in a matter of months once she had met the requirements.

        It was the visas that were expensive especially after the Liberals jacked up the price for a partnership visa.