The part I left out was that they are not charging for this unless it succeeds. Thank you for your opinion and happy new year.
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Nice, which lawfirm is it??
That is a really relevant part, and impressive that they are confident in this analysis. Could you share the name of the law firm? Via DM if you prefer. Happy New Year !
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Don’t see how a few hundred ARI’s will “flood” IRN … we’re a drop in the bucket compared to the backlog they already have and the thousands (?) of other visa categories that hit 5 years under the current rule every month.
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They are charging 50% of their usual fee for early applications; the other 50% if successful. (I have the same lawyers)
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If ARI holders are eligible, wouldn’t the same reasoning apply to everyone else as well?
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So… this is basically a going-out-of-business sale, then? Why not just charge on the positive outcome.
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Very interesting! I forwarded this text to my own attorneys to ask if they agree with the reasoning. I’ll post their response when I get it.
From my point of view, yes. I would certainly do this if I was a D7 and within 2 years. But costs are often a major driver for D7s and they are often less legal savvy (e.g. why didn’t AFIP not file an amicus brief? Why aren’t they lobbying like crazy?)
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The MI and CPLP segment were very successful at driving down the cost and difficulty of suing AIMA for appointments, etc. 'Tis how we ended up with 500+ new lawsuits per day.
I would not be surprised if the same legal factories started to offer “early” Nationality application filing as well.
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Yeah, they are very transparent about the risk. But the cost is so low and based on success that I’d rather take the shot than wait 10 years. Just like suing AIMA for injunctions so many did 1-2 years ago. The consequences of application failure this early seem to be pretty harmless as well. Other than a small bit of cash, and paperwork, I don’t see the downside.
Most D7/MI/CPLP folks from the 2021-24 cohort would already have a residency card in hand (since they were all prioritised before GV applicants for, cough, moral reasons). They can just mail in citizenship applications by themselves just in case it works, without paying any attorney fees.
If they fill in the current residency card’s info (card #, valid from, valid to), and don’t submit the CdT, then IRN will not know if 5 years have been clocked until AIMA responds to whatever inquiries from IRN, which could take years. So short of some form of penalty from IRN (e.g. rejection citing bad faith + no new application for 2 years), there is very little downside.
Anyone can make an application by post, no exclusions there. Sending in a residence card is not mandatory either.
Indeed! But don’t you have to fill in the residency card info on the citizenship application form?
I don’t have a residency card in hand, so I’m positive that my application will be the first to get thrown out by IRN. But I hope some 2022-24 MI folks succeed, which I’ll use as evidence to sue the government 
I don’t think you do! 
I suggest you check out the application form to, erm.. form your own opinion 
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Working towards it. Gathering all the documents and see if I can make it. Most likely yes.
I have about 2.5-3 years left, depending on the interpretation of the start date, im wondering if just applying myself for the humour is worth the time (the money is small for an application fee).
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Same situation i am march 2023 applicant and still without first card but i am not in favor of going for this approach while i still have 2 to 3 years to fulfill the requirements it is better to do an thorough analysis with your lawyer to understand the risk of doing this
The libertarian in me admires the “stick it to the man” approach (and the Australian larrikanism), but unless you think there’s some possibility you’d be approved, you might just be clogging up the system even more. And you might need to check if you can apply a second time when you’re clearly eligible if your first application is still unresolved in the system.
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Clogged for who? If the law changes nobody will be able to apply for 5 years!