What evidence is there that I am deemed an Australian Citizen If you were born in Australia before 20 August 1986?
Dear Office of the Australian Information Commissioner,
I would like to request any and all documents that proves everyone born in Australia before 20 August 1986 is automatically deemed an “Australian Citizen”.
Does a certificate need to be issued as evidence of this automatic and implied Citizenship?
What evidence could be used to prove this automatic Citizenship if one does not yet have a “Drivers License” or “Passport”?
If it is claimed that would be the State issued and registered “Birth Certificate” from Births, Deaths & Marriages - was any disclosure given to the “Citizen”?
Where can this disclosure and confirmation be found now and where was it found prior to 1986?
Yours faithfully,
Sharon Dianne
Our reference: FOIREQ23/00029
Dear Sharon Dianne,
Thank you for your email of 16 February 2023.
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
The OAIC regulates the [1]Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act) and the
[2]Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (the FOI Act). The office has the
power to investigate [3]complaints about the alleged mishandling of
personal information by Australian and Norfolk Island government agencies
and many private sector organisations, as well as the power to [4]review
FOI decisions of Australian and Norfolk Island government agencies. We are
also responsible for handling privacy complaints about ACT public sector
agencies. The OAIC does not have the function to provide information on
matters not covered by the Privacy Act or the FOI Act. Separate FOI
legislations in each state and territory govern information held by state
government agencies.
If you are seeking to access records, you will need to contact the agency
or organisation that holds the information you are seeking directly. The
OAIC does not hold records of other Commonwealth government agencies or
private organisations.
Accordingly, the OAIC does not hold the documents you are seeking, which
appear to be held by Department of Home Affairs, which regulates
citizenship matters in Australia
I provide the following information about where you may consider directing
your request.
Department of Home Affairs
Email: [5][email address]
Email a written FOI Request letter or completed the [6]FOI request form
online.
Your written letter must:
o provide a physical address or email. This is where we will send our
decision and any documents approved for release
o provide enough information for us to identify the documents
o state that you are making the request under the FOI Act.
If you are requesting your personal information, include photographic
identification with your request.
Please visit the [7]Department of Home Affairs website for more
information about making an FOI request with the Department.
Next steps
I would be grateful if you could confirm, by return email, whether you
would still like to proceed with your request to the OAIC, or whether you
wish to withdraw your request and redirect it to the Department by Close
of Business Tuesday 21 February 2023. If I do not hear from you by this
date, we will take it that you no longer with to proceed with this request
and will close it on our system.
If you have any questions, please contact us by email at
[8][email address]
Kind regards
[9][IMG] Toby Behl-Shanks | Paralegal
Legal Services
Office of the Australian
Information Commissioner
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Dear Sharon Dianne,
I refer to your request for access to documents under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth) (the FOI Act) received on 16 February 2023.
In your request you seek access to the following:
I would like to request any and all documents that proves everyone born in
Australia before 20 August 1986 is automatically deemed an “Australian
Citizen”.
Does a certificate need to be issued as evidence of this automatic and
implied Citizenship?
What evidence could be used to prove this automatic Citizenship if one
does not yet have a “Drivers License” or “Passport”?
If it is claimed that would be the State issued and registered “Birth
Certificate” from Births, Deaths & Marriages - was any disclosure given to
the “Citizen”?
Where can this disclosure and confirmation be found now and where was it
found prior to 1986?
On 16 February 2023, I wrote to you to inform that the OAIC does not hold
the documents that you are seeking and gave you information about where
you may consider directing your request. We advised you that if we do not
hear from you by close of business 21 February 2023, we will assume that
you no longer wish to proceed with this request and will close the request
on our system.
Withdrawal of FOI request
As the OAIC has not received your confirmation as of 23 February 2023,
this FOI request is now closed.
If you have any questions, please contact me at the details below.
Yours sincerely
[1][IMG] Toby Behl-Shanks | Paralegal
Legal Services
Office of the Australian
Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5288 Sydney NSW 2001 |
[2]oaic.gov.au
+61 2 9942 4024 |
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