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Thank you for your response. Will definitely keep DIBP updated.

G'day Everyone, I have a question regarding spouse visa and future Permanent Residency Visa for my wife. Background info: I happen to obtain my Australian citizenship a few weeks back and was looking out for job options. Surprisingly I got an offer from a company in Abu Dhabi. The offer is very lucrative and seems like a perfect fit for me. However my concern is that my wife is currently on Spouse Visa (309) and she would be eligible to apply for her Permanent residency visa by June of 2016. What I would like to know is if we plan to leave Australia for a period of 4-5 years, would my wife would still qualify to apply for PR during the June window? Is this something that is going to be valid for her to apply or we will have to start over the process again ? Thanks.

Thanks Maggie. I and my wife will keep ourselves ready for any questions that come our way.

Yes you can. I happen to apply one for my wife after we lodged her Spouse visa offshore. She got a one year multiple visit visa with a maximum period stay of 3 months.

Hello All, My wife had applied for a Visitors visa last week on Thursday 3rd July and was granted a one year multiple visit visa in the same week. However, this Visa grant comes with 2 conditions with a maximum stay period of 3 months. Conditions on the visa are: 8101 - NO WORK 8201 - MAX 3 MONTHS STUDY On a side note, we have even applied for her Spouse visa which was done a week prior to applying for Visitor's. I have a question on the Visitors visa granted. Since she is been granted one year multiple visit visa with a maximum stay period of 3 months, is there a cooling off period where she has to abide too before returning back to Australia? We plan to go to NewZealand or Bali, once her visa expiry date is due. That means, she will be out of Australia before her first 3 months expiry date, and come back again in 3-4 days after staying in another country. Is this going to be alright? Thanks guys.