If you or your partner are permanent residents in Australia and your children are born overseas, it can take up to 18 months for them to be able to enter and live permanently in the country with you.
In that case, the process includes having to apply for a Child Visa 101 - the approval of which requires certain criteria being met.
“Only children born to Australian citizens and permanent residents in Australia acquire Australian Citizenship by birth,” explains migration lawyer Judy Hamawi.
“On the other hand, children born to Australian citizens overseas acquire Australian Citizenship by descent once the Australian parent registers their birth with the Australian embassy in the country they are born in.”
