Australian Citizenship application-Date of first arrival in Australia

Brane · Apr 18, 2022

Hello Experts,
Greetings.
I am in the process of applying Australian Citizenship online and looking out for some help in the "Evidence of first arrival in Australia" section of the application

I hope some experts on this thread can help me gain more clarity on the couple of questions mentioned below :-

Question 1 :-
I have entered Australia on Tourist Visa in the year 2009 and on the PR visa in 2017.
Hence, what will be considered as the date of my first arrival in Australia? Will it be the one when I entered Australia on Tourist Visa or will it be the one when I entered Australia as a PR?

Question 2 :-

In the same section , there is a question asking for passport details "Select the relevant passport or document for travel".
I entered Australia on an old passport as a Tourist and on a different passport as a PR.
Which passport details should be provided in this case?

Would appreciate any help/guidance here.

Thanks in advance.

Have a good one

aksh1984 · Jul 1, 2022

I have the exact same question. Made some trips to Australia back in 2012 on a Business Visa, but the actual move to Australia happened only in 2018. So confused about what we need to enter details for - first ever entry into Australia, or the entry from which point we are showing the eligibility for Citizenship?

rahul243 · Sep 23, 2022

hi guys, may I know what have you entered in "Evidence of first arrival in Australia" section?

Australian Citizenship application-Date of first arrival in Australia

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