BenF

So... On the day before myself, my wife and son head back to Perth from Bali we go to the Oz consul and visa application center for advice (to no avail) and 3 working days before my daughter flies to Perth we got an email address and send what is basically a grovelling letter explaining again our situation emphasising the ties and personal situation including my 21 year old daughter potentially being stuck here in Bali on her own until the visa is granted. Email sent at 3:30pm Perth and Bali time (5:30 already in Canberra), at 4:22pm local time she received the good news, RRV granted!!! The gods of Bali are on our side! And obviously they have some sway at immigration house We came so, so close to changing application to WHV but resisted at the last minute too Again a huge thank you for the sound advice received in the last few days, it was very much appreciated and swayed us to hold on Application submitted 24 March ‘19 and granted 22 May ‘19

Many thanks! I’ll update the thread as we go

Hi and thanks so much to all for you advice! She had submitted 10 documents to support her close ties to Oz, however the field for documents is now showing zero where it did show a ‘10’. Quite frustrating! she has also worn out all avenues of places to stay in UK so that’s why she needs to leave ASAP. This is why we are considering another visa path. As she is not sure if she wants to stay permanently yet would she have to cancel her current application to submit another or could she potentially go straight for a working visa so she can still work on arrival, she could then apply for residency again in a year or so if that’s what she still wanted to do? thanks in advance Ben

It has been over 2 months since she applied but still no word on her rrv application. she recently turned 21, we have been living and working in Western Australia for the last seven and a half years and she also has a four year old brother who holds an Oz passport here too. She is finding the whole situation very stressful as she has lost her job in uk and also has nowhere to live there...

My daughter had a permanent residency as part of my own application but only spent 9 months in oz in total. It has been 2.5years since she has visited Oz and her residency has now lapsed so we applied for an RRV but don’t think she qualifies as I think you need to spend 2 and a half years in Oz for the residency to be activated? we thought we could just cancel that visa and apply for a working holiday visa for whilst meeting her Bali on her way over here but it doesn’t seem that simple. Can anybody shed any light / give us any advice for our situation?