aimee9586

Your permanent visa will be valid indefinitely but only allow travel for five years. Provided you are living in Australia when the five years is up, it's no problem and you can apply for a resident return visa if you need to travel overseas. Alternatively, you might have been able to get citizenship (must have lived in Australia for four years, one as a permanent resident - and have spent not more than 12 months outside Australia in that four year period and not more than 3 months overseas in the last year).

 

If you are not living in Australia at the end of the five year travel period you may be in difficulty if you wish to return to live in Australia.

Thanks very much Proud Pom.

I understand that it is possible for my permanent visa to be granted whilst I am overseas - does anyone know if there would be another initial entry date if this was the case, or any other conditions?

Thanks,

Aimee

Hi Everyone,

My 309 visa was granted in London in October 2011 and it will soon be two years since my lodgement date, so my partner and I are starting to sort things out for the second assessment stage. I wonder if anyone is able to advise if there are any minimum stay / travel conditions etc once PR has been approved? We are likely to need to return to the UK later this year temporarily for family reasons and I'd like to know what the implications of this might be.

Thanks in advance,

Aimee