Task guide

Check the Australian parent's position

• Confirm a parent held Australian citizenship at the child's birth.
• A parent who became a citizen by descent or certain overseas adoptions may need evidence of two years lawfully in Australia. Check the rules and exceptions with Home Affairs.
• For surrogacy, resolve how the parent–child relationship existed at birth. A later parenting arrangement alone does not settle that question.

Before you start

• Create separate evidence lists for the child, the Australian parent and the surrogacy arrangement.
• Record unresolved questions for your lawyer or Home Affairs. Choosing Australia in Kinavoy does not assess eligibility.
• Keep the citizenship application separate from birth registration, local parentage and the later passport application.

Forms & resources

Use the current official version. PDF previews are blank government forms. Open a copy in your PDF reader to complete it; answers are not saved to this task.

Your task record

Use the shared Australian citizenship-by-descent pathway for any birth country. Confirm eligibility and current Home Affairs instructions for this child; residence alone does not establish eligibility.

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