Ms Kaur, her husband Kawaljic and daughters Manandeep, 18, and Ashdeep, 11, formerly of India, will take the pledge alongside nine other incoming citizens at the Australia Day ceremony at Maitland Park.

The family moved after Ms Kaur obtained a student visa to study hospitality before gaining permanent residency in 2016.

Ms Kaur said it was the calling of a better lifestyle and more opportunities for her daughters that led the family to move their life from northern India to Sydney 10 years ago before relocating to Maitland in 2012.

“In India, it is not as safe for girls,” she said.

“Girls were not allowed to do work outside in some communities. There was no freedom of speech.

“Things have changed since then, but there are more opportunities here.

“Manandeep is 18 now, she can choose her own life.”

Ms Kaur said becoming citizens was something that her whole family was excited about.

“Dreams do come true,” she said. “It’s amazing after such a long time.”

The pressure was on to take the pledge with Manandeep about to start an oral health degree at the University of Newcastle and Ashdeep moving to the new St Bede’s at Chisholm this year.

But despite not having it on paper, Ms Kaur said they already felt like Australians.

“We respect the responsibilities and rules of this country,” she said.

“We love this place. We’re happy here and the people are very good.

“We’ve blended into the community so well,” Manandeep added.

For Manandeep, she said becoming a citizen would help her become the person she wanted to be.

“It’s just amazing, this is my dream,” she said.

And having grown up in the land down under, Manandeep and Ashdeep have certainly adopted the Aussie culture.

“Me and my sister are all about the slang,” Manandeep said ... And yes, they do eat Vegemite.