Activating Your Visa

[kdal]

[quote=Gollywobbler;173203]Hi all


A further rule is that the secondary visa holders cannot make their Initial Entry to Oz in advance of the main visa holder doing so. This is not a problem if the whole family travels together.

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Why do I suddenly feel like my OH is in charge and the leader !!

[Jackboots]

thank you. so you can do the whole family trip, and then pop back. helpfull if you still have stuff to sort out though expensive.

[Life on easy street]

But in saying that, it's only the main applicant that needs to activate the visa, so if the worst came to the worst, they could go out on a flying visit, so to speak...... and then you have a total of 5 years to all get there, (i think that's right)

KP Nuts

You are correct about validating your visa
You can leave it 5 years before you move to Australia.

The risk is if you have to return to the U.K for any reason
You will need to apply for a return visa to get back into Australia

The Australian government are unlikely to grant you a return visa if you
Have been in Australia for only a few months.

In practice do not leave it more than 2 years to move to Australia after validating your visa

[Gollywobbler]

thank you. so you can do the whole family trip, and then pop back. helpfull if you still have stuff to sort out though expensive.

Yep. The whole family can troop off the plane and pass through Immi Control whilst the plane is refuelling, taking on more food etc. Having got their passports stamped, they can then catch the same plane out of Oz that they arrived on. It is really weird....

Cheers

Gill

[NTH SHARMAN]

This is something we are trying to sort out at the moment. Our Visa needs validating before July this year and we still haven't sold our house. Its been on the market since the end of May last year and we never in a million years imagined it wouldn't sell. Just shows how wrong you can be.

So, we have now decided to book some flights for next month, stay with some friends, arrange a few interviews for Neil, and validate our Visas at the same time. It'll take the pressure off the house sale and give us all a little bit of a holiday. A chance to see our friends and enjoy a little sunshine will be fabulous.

So its off we go in about 4 weeks and I can't wait!!!

Tracey x