Besart Berisha hopes to finally come good on his long-running hope of playing in the A-League as an Australian early next year.

The competition's all-time leading scorer says he's just weeks away from being granted citizenship in the country he's called home for the last seven years.

"I hope in January or February I will become an Aussie and that will be great. I'm really looking forward to that," he said with an ear-to-ear grin.

"I'm not sure exactly when but I'm really looking forward to being an official Australian.