PART 5: APPENDICES
Understanding and Addressing Statelessness: An international comparison
Australia
Issue
Ratified key international
statelessness treaties (1954
Convention & 1961
Convention)?
National mapping study of
statelessness conducted?
Statelessness Determination
Procedure?
Pathway to naturalisation?
UK
Italy
USA
Yes: both.
Yes: both.
Yes: both.
No: neither.
In progress. One currently
being undertaken by the Peter
McMullin Centre on
Statelessness, due to be
complete by late 2024.
No.
Yes. Published 2011.
In progress.
UNHCR will publish mapping
study in late 2024.
Yes. Published 2020.
Yes. Entered into force 6
April 2013.
Yes: two.
Administrative produce and
judicial procedure.
Limited to children born in
Australia to parents who are
stateless.cli No pathway for nonAustralian born stateless adults
by virtue of their statelessness
(i.e. no visa for stateless
persons).
Yes.clii If a statelessness
application is granted,
applicant and any
dependent family
members usually granted
permission to stay in the
UK for five years. After five
years of statelessness
leave, an application can be
made for indefinite leave
to remain in the UK.cliii
Yes.
Stateless persons can apply for
naturalisation five years after
being positively recognised as
stateless through either the
administrative or judicial
statelessness determination
procedure (provided they
reside in Italy during this
period).
No legislative SDP. However, note:
USCIS Guidelines on Statelessness
which includes procedures to
assist USCIS officers when
assessing an individual’s potential
statelessness.cl
No (although note birthright
citizenship for all born in America,
including children of stateless
parents).
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