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

3 hours ago, rammygirl said:

Did she supply evidence of close ties to Australia?  The processing time has blown out and can take over three months. Don’t let her apply for a tourist visa or working holiday as they will cancel the PR. If she wants to re locate to Australia she should wait for an RRV. 

She should be given a one year one if she evidenced her close ties to Australia. 

This will give her one year to enter Australia but she will need another when it runs out if she wants to travel overseas. Best to get citizenship ASAP. 

 

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?