Adoption

 
 

Adoption does not lead to automatic citizenship unless done under Australian law:

13 Citizenship by adoption

A person is an Australian citizen if the person is:

(a)      adopted under a law in force in a State or Territory; and

(b)      adopted by a person who is an Australian citizen at the time of the adoption or by 2 persons jointly at least one of whom is an Australian citizen at that time; and

(c)      present in Australia as a permanent resident at that time. 

Barbara Davidson