Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak (L) talks to a customer as he and his wife Janet (not pictured) wait in line overnight with customers to purchase the new iPad at the Apple Store in Century City Westfield Shopping Mall, Los Angeles, California March 16, 201
IN PHOTO: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak (L) talks to a customer as he and his wife Janet (not pictured) wait in line overnight with customers to purchase the new iPad at the Apple Store in Century City WESTFIELD Shopping Mall, Los Angeles, California March 16, 2012. REUTERS/David McNew

­Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of technology giant Apple, is on the path toward Australian citizenship. Over the weekend, he moved one step closer to becoming Aussie by becoming a permanent resident, which was granted to him because he is a distinguished person.

He currently teaches at the University of Technology in Sydney, where he plans to buy a house.

Wozniak shared that he decided to consider migrating to Australia when he received an email from Nicholas Baltinos, a lawyer who lives in Sydney and his old friend, informing him of the possibility of relocating Down Under.

After all, Wozniak has a son who is also a resident of Sydney because of his marriage to an Aussie woman.

When he was sure that he wanted to change address, he filed the documents to acquire a residency visa, had medical tests and FBI checks. Wozniak said he went through the process, which costs money, so he and the entire family could live in Australia.

"I want to be a distinguished part of this country and some day I may say I lived and died an Australian, and that would be a really nice thing to be able to say. No country is perfect, but I like a lot of things about this place," Australian Financial Review quoted Wozniak.

He is still based mostly in the US because of speaking engagements, but when things begin to slow down, Wozniak said he plans to move permanently to Australia, particularly in Tasmania, due to its cooler weather.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak (L) talks to a customer as he and his wife Janet (not pictured) wait in line overnight with customers to purchase the new iPad at the Apple Store in Century City Westfield Shopping Mall, Los Angeles, California March 16, 2012. The launch of Apple's 4G-ready tablet computer comes as the company's share price hit $600 for the first time. REUTERS/David McNew (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

Wozniak is still connected with Apple and purchases all of its latest offerings, lining for all of them on the day of release.

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He commends Apple CEO Tim Cook for the release of the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 in September for daring to go against Steve Jobs's disbelief in larger devices.