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You can renew your travel facility by applying for a resident return visa. As long as when you apply for the RRV you have been in Australia for at least 2 full years in the previous 5 years, you will have it approved no problem. When you renews your travel facility (which it sounds like you can do immediately with an RRV application because you have been in Australia for 5+years) you will then have another 5 years of free travel too and from Australia. And as Marisawright says also, your permanent residency is permanent. The downside with citizenship for you right now is the processing time is usually 12-24 months. and you have to be in Australia when it is granted, or so i belive.

Hi People, I have question around taking children to Australia. My partner and I emigrated to Australia on a permanent resident visa subclass 189 in 2015., We then returned to the UK to live in 2019 and have been in the UK ever since Last year (2020) we renewed our travel facility on our permanent residency visa to allow us to return to Australia soon. While back in the UK we have had our fist child :). My wife has recently been offered a job in Australia with a start date on Feb 2022. Our son is not a permanent resident of Australia however, we don't have the time to apply and wait for the application to be processed. A friend of ours previously emigrated to Australia with their child and while they had residency, they got their child into the country on a holiday visa and then applied for his residency while in Australia. My concern with this approach is that with a holiday visa, wont Australian authorities want to see and exit flight booked. Anyway any advise would be appreciated. Thanks

Hi Expatriate123, Paul is right, we met the resident requirements so the application was very straightforward. I think the best option would be to speak to a migration agent. We used one for our initial migration to Australia and they took all of the confusion and uncertainty away. Definitely worth the additional costs. Thanks Josh

Thanks guys. Submitted and attached. Got instant approval aswell. Thanks for the help. Cheers

Hi Guys, Hoping for some assistance. has anyone lodged and RRV using the online application process. I have filled mine and my wife's out to the point where they are 'Ready to submit' however I have not been able to (no option) to attach our passports (or any documents). Can anyone offer any advice? Thanks Josh

Thanks for reply. :)

Hi Does anyone know of there is a limit to how many RRV's someone can get. For example if a person got an RRV can they apply again in 5 years for another RRV or do they need to attain citenzenship? Thanks in advance

Thanks, I am sure it wont be too long a wait now. We front loaded our documents last week so only just before we were get a case officer I assume. We are heading to Gold Coast, what about you? We will be booking accommodation and flights soon .

Delighted to say my partner and my visa was granted yesterday with a direct grant (applied on 25th June). Want to say a thankyou to everyone on the forum. i used this forum for almost all information i needed during the process. Good luck to everyone still waiting! Thanks Again

Thank Jaclyn Ill take a look. Do you (or anyone on her) know of any short term accomodation for Migrants? Thanks Again, Josh

Hi All, Josh and Kim here. We lodged our EOI 2 weeks ago and hoping to get selected in tomorrows selection and if not another 2 weeks. We have all our documents ready to go for the application. I am in IT and work as a Storage Engineer and my partner Kim, is a Nurse. We are hopefully (fingerscrossed) flying out in Novemember to Gold Coast. What is the cheapest way to move 2 larger boxes? Thats all we have and hoping not to have the need for half a container. Also, has anyone set up an Aussie bank account while still in UK? Good Luck All, Josh

Hi All, My partner and I lodged or EOI 2 weeks ago so in our first waiting period. we have all our documents ready for application. We ar eho[ping to be flying out in Novemeber to Gold Coast. Good luck to you all.

Hi All, My partner and I have now lodged our EOI and playing the waiting game. . We are hoiping for a move to Gold Coast in Novemeber 2015 (if all is well with our VISA [fingers crossed]). I am after a bit of advice on our arrival ect and hoping someone can guide me in the right direction. 1. Are they any short term rentals for arriving migrants? (dont want to sign up to a 6 month lease as not completely sure where in Gold Coast we want to live) 2. Can we set up a bank account before we go? If so can anyone reccomend a good one for Gold Coast (cash machines ect) 3. Does anyone know the roughy cost of half a container? The companies I have approached want to survey before qoting and we dont have the stuff packed or or even know exactly what we want to take yet? 4. Any other advice you can offer? Also, if any recent migrants live in the Gold Coast and want to meet up in November, hopefully we will be available . Thanks in Advance! Josh

Hi All, Me and my partner are planning on migrating on the Skilled Occupation visa. My partner is a Nurse and I will be going as a de-facto partner. My OH has complete the IELTS Academic and we are unsure of the next step. We have all documents ready to send to AHPRA but are now thinking that we may need to complete ANMAC skills assessment first? The issue really, is on the ANMAC online checklist it asks for the 'Date the verification of your current registration was requested to be forwarded to ANMAC'. As we have not yet lodged our EOI nor applied for the Visa, I am unsure whether we can do the ANMAC skills assessment yet. Any Advice is appreciated. Thanks Josh

Hi all. I have a question about defacto partners. My partner is a nurse so is lookin to apply as a skilled occupant. i am hoping to apply as a de facto partner on her application. We have been together for 5 years. The problem is i have been living with her and her parents to allow us to save money as her parents have plenty of room. Will this count as living together for the 12 month minimum requirement? We can prove we have been together 5 years with photos travel documents etc. We even visited friends in Australia 4 years ago who are both permanent residents of oz. Thanks