over the differance of immigration and citerzenship. Providing you pass the immergration process you are eligable to immigrate to australia this does not however give you immediate citerzenship this is applied for once you reach Australia and you have stayed there for a period of 2 years it involves taking an oath that you in which basicaly state that you agree to abide by the australian laws and regognise that Australia is a british sovrenty. The trouble at the moment is the immigrants who are creating the problems are NOT Australian citizens.