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). 86