Since January 26, the day of the Australia Day (Australia Day), here we are officially Australian. That day, we were right in a ceremony organized by the local council with an orchestra and a barbecue for us and our guests. About fifty people from twenty different countries were nationalized this day in Leichhardt (more than 13,000 people in total throughout the country), all in glorious sunshine, even cooking. After being sworn in and sang the national anthem (studiously repeated the previous days), we saw our citizenship certificate issued with a native plant.
all started with a visa "working holiday" to remain in Australia until one year (two in some conditions) and work a few months . That's how we've both started working for our institute, which we quickly sponsored a work visa for several years. In 2007, again thanks to the support of our company, we became Australian permanent residents, an essential step and also the most complicated (because a lot of HIV testing and paperwork to get / fill) on the road to citizenship.
Luckily, France and Australia accept multi-nationality which has allowed us, after 5 years and 3 types of visas, we transform piliens Franco-Australian like Wooshwoosh who became one of his birth . This means that we now enjoy the same rights as any other Australian, especially those of voting and working for the government. It also means that we are free to come and go at any time without ever having to worry about visa and that future generations will have piliennes Australian citizenship regardless of their birthplaces. You just hope that France Australia and never come to war because we should fight against us even as Edward Norton in Fight Club.
Next month we will open our brand new passport to go to New Zealand. History of spending a few holidays to three before the arrival of Pepin and visit to our favorite dalmatian.
Hoplaboum!
Pouchoun
