Bill
Australian Citizenship Amendment (Intercountry Adoption) Bill 2014
passed, as at 2015-02-25. Immigration and Border Protection portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Immigration and Border Protection
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2014-05-29
- second reading — 2014-05-29
- second reading — 2014-07-17
- second reading — 2014-09-01
- second reading — 2014-09-02
- second reading — 2014-09-04
- second reading — 2014-09-22
- second reading — 2014-09-22
- third reading — 2014-09-22
- introduced — 2014-09-25
- second reading — 2014-09-25
- second reading — 2014-11-26
- second reading — 2015-02-09
- second reading — 2015-02-09
- third reading — 2015-02-09
- passed — 2015-02-09
- royal assent — 2015-02-25
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2014-05-29.
The bill would let a child adopted from certain countries under a bilateral deal become an Australian citizen immediately after the adoption is finalised.
It gives adopted children the same entitlement to citizenship as those adopted under the Hague Convention, removing the need for travel documents like a home-country passport or an adoption visa.
The bilateral arrangements covered are those identified in the Family Law (Bilateral Arrangements – Intercountry Adoption) Regulations 1998, currently involving Ethiopia, Korea, and Taiwan.
- Creates an entitlement to Australian citizenship for persons adopted under a bilateral arrangement.
- Allows the immediate grant of citizenship following the adoption's completion.
- Lets the adopted child travel to Australia as an Australian citizen without needing a home country passport or adoption visa.
Australian citizens who adopt a child from Ethiopia, Korea, or Taiwan under a bilateral arrangement.
Sources
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