Skin
Years ago
Early citizenship for athletes
http://linky.com.au/bglqi
"ATHLETE immigrants will get fast-tracked Australian citizenship so they can represent the nation at international sporting events.
The proposed amendments to the Citizenship Act, to be introduced to Federal Parliament next month, will reduce the residency requirements from four years to two for highly talented athletes.
The changes came about after the Government was approached by the Australian Olympic Committee after several athletes missed out on competing at major events because of the existing legislation. "
This could be interesting for the NBL as Imports could be naturalised in 2 years.
