RosieH11

13 hours ago, Wanderer Returns said:

I'm no migration agent but my understanding is that you don't lose your PR status, but it's likely to become harder to get an RRV the longer you are away from Australia because you'll have less in the way of substantial ties. 5 years is a long time to be away and from your earlier post it sounds like you have a good life already established in the UK, and all your family and friends are there too. By comparison, neither my wife or I have any close family in the UK, and even though we were also back for 5 years I never felt settled there. My wife isn't British so she didn't have any strong affinity to the UK either, and preferred to spend time with people from her birth country. Returning to Australia was definitely more my decision, but we agreed that if she doesn't settle here then we'll move back to the UK once I retire, which will (hopefully!) be in about 10 years time.

Yes we have an alright life here but I've never felt settled really, probably because since i got back i've had it in my head this is not long term and I was always going back to Australia in a couple of years. it's hard to just give up on the idea. 100% if i had Aussie Citizenship or my TF wasn't expiring soon I would not be making the move now, or even this year I know that for sure. The stress of trying to organise the move right now is awful, but we shall do it, or try at least. Hopefully we don't bankrupt ourselves in the process.

If it comes to it & we cant get back, il have to apply for an RRV and pray they grant it. I really hope they will take these currently covid19 circumstances into account, but who really knows, they might just say tough luck. I would not of bothered spending thousands to get PR at the time if i felt i didn't want to make Australia my home. Its just very unfortunate that our time line to emigrate ran inline with a pandemic  I don't think people should lose out on what they worked so hard for because of something so awful & out of their control, this goes for people in my circumstances and those who have a deadline to activate PR visa. So much anxiety could be put at ease if only the government would address this issue, it would also stop thousands of people trying to make the move right now, which is clearly what they want.
 

13 hours ago, Wanderer Returns said:

I hope you make it back okay as you'll never know otherwise, but it could be a case of the grass being greener on the other side - or FOMO as the young ones like to say these days!  

Thank you I hope so too! My partner and I are defiantly the you never know until you try types, i know the grass is greener on the other side or at least it was 3 years ago.... maybe its not anymore!! I have no clue what FOMO means i'm not that young unfortunately!!

I hope you get to retire in 10 years your wife will love Australia im sure 

24 minutes ago, Marisawright said:

The 50 passengers per flight limit is just crazy.   Of course the airlines have to fill that quota with business class passengers to make the flight viable.  They should have made it a weekly limit (which I thought Perth had done), so they can fly two or three full flights a week instead.

Yes we have upgraded, so fingers crossed ! i'm more worried they will just cancel the whole flight though. Yes 50 is crazy, but it gets worse. The Australia ambassadors to Thailand published a video today in which he stated from 20 July flights will be restricted further to just 30 people per plane a cap of 350 people max per day.... so far the UK ambassador hasn't commented on this. Can't help but feel like the end goal is they want these airlines to stop offering flights all together

On 14/07/2020 at 09:39, Wanderer Returns said:

Sorry to hear that it's not going to be that straightforward for you to return, Rosie. A 600 is a tourist visa, isn't it? I don't see how your partner would be allowed back to re-enter Australia as it's citizens and PRs only at the moment. My wife had to wait 40 minutes at the airport while Qatar validated her RRV, including phone calls to immigration, as there's nothing in the passports nowadays.

Thankyou, i just hope we can get on the flight, i heard a rumour today from July 20th the flights will be restricted even further. Im sick with anxiety over it all

Partners of Australia Citizens and Permanent Residents that don't currently hold a PR visa themselves can still enter but they have to apply for an exemption and a 600 visa. You have to supply proof of your relationship with the application. We have a 309/100 application pending currently, if i don't get back.. well we will be in big trouble, il no longer have PR status so i wont be able to sponsor him any longer, $7000 visa fee down the drain, homeless, jobless & no longer allowed to live in Australia  on my days what a mess  

6 hours ago, Wanderer Returns said:

@RosieH11 is your partner an Australian citizen? If so, then that's a substantial tie and you shouldn't have any problem getting an RRV valid for one year. You just need to make it clearly that you wish to accompany him back to Australia. We applied about this time last year for my wife's RRV. It took me about 20 minutes online and it was granted 4 days later. I'm not saying that it's a formality, especially given the current situation, but you stand a good chance. The cost is about $400.

If you're partner isn't a citizen and you can't prove any other substaintial ties, well that could be tricky. If it were me, I'd just try and get to Australia before my visa expires, even if it meant leaving my partner in the UK to sort out everything there. At the moment I'd be looking at flights with Qatar (who've been the most reliable througout all of this) and maybe throwing the extra money at business class so you don't get bumped off.

Having just spent 5 years in the UK and the last 6 months here in Australia, I know where I'd rather be. In my humble opinion the UK is going down the pan fast and the quality of life there is poor unless you're either stinking rich, or claiming every benefit under the sun. At 53 I ummed and erred about returning but I feel I've made the right decision. At 40, and with Australian PR in my hand, I'd say that your decision to return here should be a no-brainer.

Unfortunately no he isn't, i'm the one with PR he is currently coming in on a 600 with exemption, we lodged an offshore partner visa for him recently. I think honestly if i were in a position where i could for certain obtain an RRV in the future then we wouldn't be trying to make the move now, we would stay in the UK until this is over. We have good secure jobs here and our own home, we are taking a risk in trying to move now if it doesn't happen we've lost jobs and our house will have tenant in it.... so i don't know what we will do  Thankyou for your advice regarding Qatar, i shall take a look. Currently we have business class seats book with Emirates, I hope its enough to get us there.

 'In my humble opinion the UK is going down the pan fast and the quality of life there is poor unless you're either stinking rich' .....  if you are broke in UK I agree, generally life is not great, i was pretty broke in Australia at one point and i was still happy! I spent my years in Sydney and Noosa on the Sunshine coast.... hard not to be happy in both of these places!  I have said this many times to my family and friends who question why I want to leave my comfy life in the UK!! I just want a better quality of life and options for my family and children if i decided to have them. My other half's mother doesn't accept this, she is very unhappy about us leaving and has been for years since we told her the long term plan, i don't think she ever thought we would actually do it. And now here we are trying and I can feel her joy at our current situation, she will be very happy if it all falls through and were are stuck in the UK forever

15 minutes ago, Wanderer Returns said:

Of course not, but a good leader surrounds themselves with a good team and from that perspective he's accountable. Add to that the fact that after 3 months this was the only way the virus was entering Australia and community transmission was all but eradicated, it should've been a far higher priority. A good leader makes informed decisions, not knee-jerk reactions. But what did Dan do then? Stopped all international flights into Melbourne meaning that the brunt was borne by other states, who were not happy about the increased passengers and quaratine costs. The knock-on effect has been the government reducing the number of flights and incoming passengers. Dan Andrews is the one responsible for people in @AliQ's situation who are now getting their flights cancelled - not Scott Morrison.

I don't know too much about Aussie politics these days but it seems that they really don't get along and perhaps this cap on flights is more a political move than anything else. 

Either way these are real peoples lives being affected, knee jerk reaction is a good term for it, it's certainly hard to make any real plans when the rules can change overnight on a dime and have very real consequences 

14 minutes ago, Marisawright said:

Well, that's the approach New Zealand is taking and at the moment, it looks like Australia is likely to follow that route.  There's talk of a "bubble" with the borders opening between New Zelaand and other covid-free countries, possibly in September - which at one time would've included Australia, though that's not looking good right now.

IThe UK has 400-700 cases a day spread over the whole country.  We've got over 200 cases a day in one city, and virtually none anywhere else.  The rest of the country is quarantining that city (which is where I live) and that makes sense IMO.  

I never said it didn't make any sense, we are doing the exact same thing here - currently our cases are spiking in Leicester the majority of cases are here and this city is now back in lock down. I hope you keep well in Melbourne i'm sure it'l be under control soon

25 minutes ago, ramot said:

I agree,

I can’t find the number of Australians who have returned to Australia since the Covid 19 outbreak,, but I read somewhere it’s many many thousands, and that the strain of the cost of quarantining them and now the outbreak in Victoria with the airport closed is why the numbers have now been cut back. It’s very hard for the posters whose lives are now impacted by the changes, especially if they are prepared to pay for their own quarantine.

Yes i think 56000 I read somewhere, i'm totally for quarantine and happy to pay for it, no problem at all with that, I just hope i can get on a flight....It feels like there is an alternate motive and that is not to cap arrivals but to stop them all together, the politicians know its not economically feasible for an airline to fly with only 30-50 people on board, they are fully aware flights will be cancelled.  I guess we shall just have to wait and see how the airlines react to this, i just checked with emirates and they seem to have no flights to anywhere in Australia available to book for the rest on July  I guess i will find out this week if my flight is cancelled . sigh

24 minutes ago, Tulip1 said:

I can’t imagine people will treat you like leppers and abuse you in the streets.  Most people over there are nice, just like most people here are nice 

 i know they are, it's one of the main reasons i loved living there so much. Especially in Queensland, the difference of leaving Heathrow airport and landing to smiling faces in Brisbane is night and day! But it's hard not to worry when the PM keeps pushing this idea and talking about us like we are irresponsible holidaymakers just taking the piss and trying to get a freebie in a 5 star hotel..... saying we had plenty of time to return... really? Maybe those on holiday had plenty of chance to return yes, but those of us needing to uproot a whole life and immigrate across the world during a pandemic certainly didn't and now we have even less opportunity to return and he's still saying it, and seeing the majority of comments agreeing with him and basically telling us tough luck stay out, don't bring your covid here etc. It's just not nice to see it and it is the majority of comments saying this not just 1 or 2 trolls. I have made an effort to stop looking at these comments on social media and news outlets now. its all very depressing

2 minutes ago, ramot said:

Interesting Quoll, I am regularly in touch with my UK friends, and without exception they are all being sensible but also saying things are beginning to get back to some sort of normal, in the last couple of weeks, and they live in many different parts of UK, from the Midlands down to the South. 2 of my friends have even sent photos of finally being finally able to visit the hairdressers. They are all in my age group 70+. 

 

Yes UK is defiantly more relaxed now, over the past 2-3 weeks things are getting back to 'normal' however we are mostly all making efforts to socially distance etc and the general feel from the government and community is we are all in this together, there is no blaming or anger towards certain groups here, not that i have noticed anyway! In comparison to Australia our daily count is high 400-700 cases day, but to us this feels great as we see the numbers dropping fast from 8000+ a day only a month ago. I guess the difference is we here really had a rough time, with a proper lock down and the world ending feeling that came with it, so now its just huge a sense of relief that it seems to be going in the right direction. I can totally understand why Australian government panics at the first sign of an outbreak no matter how small the numbers, at the same time I cant help but wonder how this approach is sustainable in the long term, this virus is not going away anytime soon, we all have to learn to live with it for a while at least. Id be interested to know what the Aussie governments plan is.... right now it feels its to shut off from the rest of the planet for years to come

37 minutes ago, Quoll said:

@RosieH11 you should be able to get a RRV unless you’ve already had one and not moved back shouldn’t you? 
Australia certainly does seem to be not quite so cohesive - here in Canberra, it’s like nobody gives two hoots. We’re ticked off if Victorians bring it here that’s for sure!  My U.K. friends are all pathologically isolating and most can’t see themselves doing anything for some months yet. Meanwhile I am trying to organise a funeral on the other side of the world and that isn’t easy either as I don’t know how people feel about being invited (only 15 of them)!.

Hope it all works out for you!

Unfortunately i don't think they will grant me a RRV as i don't meet the 2 yr residency requirement and from looking at what they class as substantial ties I don't have any of these either, all i have is my previous years living there but most of these were spent on a 457 and not a PR visa. I tempted to just apply & just beg for leniency given the extreme circumstances, I cant be the only person in this predicament . Who knows if they will take pity on me or not though, its awful but i always worry, i remember all the effort, money and stress my ex and i went through on the pathway to PR, so may hurdles we had to go through - it literally broke us and our relationship and i balled my eyes out n the middle of my workplace when i finally got the email saying it had been approved, it meant so much to me. But now i don't know if i can face begging the Australian government to let me in all over again  with the lets blame the overseas peeps saga thats currently popular i'm feeling quite low, and at the moment and questioning if i even really want to return anymore, if i do return are people going to treat us like leppers and abuse us in the streets?! Im sorry i'm so negative at the moment, so depressed over it all, i know for sure i don't have much fight left in me.

My partner and i joked tonight that if we turn up for our flights and they are cancelled we will just get on a flight to somewhere open in SE Asia and live there forever as backpackers..... it was a joke but i'm thinking maybe its an option..... its probably irresponsible to do at nearly 40 but hey we have no kids, we will both be jobless and homeless anyways... the savings we had to start a life in Australia may as well be spent somewhere other then on an overpriced tiny rental in London thats for sure 

2 hours ago, AliQ said:

Hi RosieH11, I hear you. I'm fed up of trying to explain to some people why we are still here in the UK.

We actually had flights booked BEFORE covid, but they got cancelled, cancelled again, and now again.

I'm ignoring those who don't, or can't understand, they will never get it if they don't understand by now.

I wish you well and I really hope you get on that flight

 

 

Thankyou AliQ, I hope you manage to get on a flight soon to x

9 minutes ago, Anita85 said:

All my family are in the UK, except for a really close friend who moved here with with. I am experiencing anxiety, like you, that I have never felt before. It's torturous. I definitely feel trapped and Covid-19 taking away my travel options might be the reason why.

I got shut down and was off work for over two Months, that's when I began to analyze what's important. I moved here for the lifestyle and better work option. But once that was all taken away due to lockdown I began to question if that's truly what's important in life.

Yes honestly i think Covid situation whether is affects us directly or not is the main reason for major anxiety for millions of people right now, i have been fortunate to be working throughout it all all so have somewhat kept my mind busy, however i still feel like what am i working for? We earn money for what end if we cannot enjoy life? Nothing to look forward to? then i went down a really dark hole of feeling guilty as their are people in terrible situation in countries where there is no hope for freedoms even way before Covid. i know this sounds very dramatic but honestly i started just feeling like working all hour god sends is pointless. But then i felt i had to tell someone how i felt and i mentioned this to some of my work mates and friends and they all said they felt the same way! Its defiantly having our freedoms restricted has caused this.Lets just hope it only temporary x

15 minutes ago, Anita85 said:

What were the reasons for you leaving aus? And now you want to return? This also scares me. I know the UK is not perfect. I sometimes feel like I will feel unsettled wherever I go

 

My long term relationship broke down, we had just got our PR a month before, we were i though on cloud 9 and then i caught him cheating on me and that was it, over, I kicked him out! it was  truely awful time. A few months went by and i realised i was just so depressed and I just needed to get away, i went on holiday to Thailand on my own and decided i was going to travel for a while and i just never went back. I spent 5 months travelling then came back to the UK to visit family... fully intended to go back to Aus and start life again but then I met a boy in the UK,  fell in love and got stuck for now 3 years ...    this boy was an old school friend from 15 years ago! its funny how life turns out ! Still i never really felt settled in the UK and i miss the beach! There some nice beaches in UK but they are so packed all the time... i miss big empty beaches of Queensland! We want to return together but its proving quite difficult in the current climate. One piece of advice il give you is if you don't yet have Aussie citizenship, and your in the position to get it and soon then please get it before you leave! At least then you can always come back if you do decide to leave, I didn't get mine and i regret it now as returning for me will get a lot harder very soon 

23 minutes ago, Anita85 said:

My relationship has not be the best recently and I also wonder if that's being a trigger for wanting to go home

My biggest worry, which only pet owners will understand is how to deal with that if you do have a break up? We share a dog and 3 cats and love them like kids. I could never leave them, or take them. That's adding to my trapped feeling.

I feel for you  Its a tough decision to make, you have to follow your gut, sometimes its just a phase we go through and right now its a high stress time so keep that in mind also. I to had a pet cat with my Ex, broke my heart to leave him behind, that cat got me through some of the darkest days of my break-up. My ex has him now and actually i think it turned out well as it gave him something to take responsibility for and we still keep in touch (mainly because of the cat!)   

5 hours ago, Anita85 said:

I have struggled with homesickness in bouts over the years, but covid-19 seems to have triggered something in me and I'm desperately homesick. I feel trapped as I'm in a relationship here, with pets and a great job. Why am I considering leaving all this now? I'm booked to see a counselor. Just wondered if anyone else has suddenly had a change of heart like me ? 

Do you have family in the UK? It may be anxiety reaction related to this awful situation we all find ourselves in, your'e feeling of being out of control in a dangerous situation and home (UK) is pulling you back as it where your family are. It also may be a subconscious reaction to the fact that you are likely trapped in Australia due to the ban on leaving the country.

I feel similar to be honest, but it the opposite for me as i already left Australia 3 yers ago to return to UK and pretty much for 3 years regretted that decision and wanted to go back...this year was the year for return but our plans are now in the air....... since Covid started my absolute certainty of wanting to return to Aus has started to fade, i'm not longer sure it the right choice and the pressure of making the decision is giving me Anxiety like i've never experienced in my life  

Do you feel trapped by your relationship? If your not happy with them perhaps this is the reason also, when we break up with someone we crave familiar surroundings and friends/family. I know i did when i left my ex in Australia. I hope you feel abit better soon. I keep reminding myself that nothing in life is permanent and better days will come
 

On 11/07/2020 at 10:46, AliQ said:

Exactly. I think Scott Morrison forgot that the whole world went into lockdown, and he obviously lives in another world where lockdown has a different meaning.

And just found out last night that our flight has been cancelled, YET AGAIN, due to his restrictions, so how does he expect us get home then ?

 I hope i'm wrong but Im started to think he doesn't actually want people to get home at all, this whole thing is just a way of stopping the flights completely without actually coming out and saying it. What airlines can afford to fly for just 30-50 people on board  they will just stop flying to Australia all together. Im booked on a flight in two weeks time, so far its not cancelled, however i suspect it soon will be

We have already handed notice in with our jobs & found a tenant to rent our house, paper work is all signed so if we cant get on the flight we too will be jobless & homeless. If we can't get on any flight it'l be even worse as i will lose my Australian PR! the travel facility runs out August 27th. We were supposed to come in April but thought we were doing to right thing by staying put amongst all the chaos, i wished we'd just said stuff it, took the risk of catching this thing and flown when we had the chance. Now we are paying for this mistake big time financially and in stress, anxiety levels are through the roof . If we can't get back before end of August I think i'm done, i just don't have the energy left in me to go through applying again for another visa to try to reinstate my PR or fight my corner. The stress of the last few months is just too much. And seeing the way those of us outside Australia are being bashed daily in the news, social media and by officials is really upsetting. We are pulling together in the UK and beating this awful thing, the sense of community here right now is really lovely! Maybe its just because i'm outside looking in but it feels like Australia is not pulling together but turning against eachother, looking to point fingers and blame, its not the Australian way, it makes me really sad

I wish they would make some concessions for PR holders on a deadline, those of us who either need to activate visas or maintain PR - give us an extension on these deadlines so we are not forced to travel right now, just until this hell is over. We don't want to travel now but we have no choice, else we risk losing everything we worked so hard to get, its not fair and would be so simple to solve if only someone in government gave us a second thought.  

37 minutes ago, VERYSTORMY said:

Where have you seen this news as I haven’t 

https://www.workvisalawyers.com.au/news/all/gsm-closed-indefinitely.html

Not yet also still waiting

31 minutes ago, lydia_schmidia said:

Hmm, just to link back to the DHA page, which says the following; 

"You are considered ordinarily resident in a country other than Australia if international movement records show that you’ve spent more time outside Australia than inside for the last 12 to 24 months. You do not need to carry a paper record of your movements with you. If required, Australian Border Force officers at airports can check your movement records in Departmental systems.

If you have not spent more time outside Australia than inside for the last 12 to 24 months, but still consider yourself to be ordinarily resident in another country, you can submit a request for a travel exemption."

Of course I suppose what they say and what people's actual experiences are might be different!

Can you share the link to this page please? This will be helpful for me just incase i need to return to UK, i've been worried about having to come back and then being stuck in Australia, especially if they refuse my partner an exemption and i'm there on my with no idea when he may be allowed in, it would drive me a bit crazy . But if its possibly not the case and i still have option to return to UK if i couldn't cope then that would take a huge weight off my mind! Thankyou x

1 hour ago, moominfillyjonk said:

Does anyone know if we did travel to Australia before the 309 is approved do you have to notify someone you’ll be onshore? And then do they let you know you need to get out of Australia if the approval was going to happen? 

They will know you are onshore. In usual times the department would notify you that a decision was about to be made on your Visa and that you need to leave Australia for that decision to happen, But right now from reading this thread it sounds like they are currently not processing any 309/100 applications for those who are already onshore. So yes you could come on a 600 but just be aware that you may be in for a long wait for your 309 grant 

12 minutes ago, lydia_schmidia said:

Ok thank you, think I will need to look into it more and maybe contact the migration agent we used. If that is the case though maybe they might be a bit less likely to cancel our visa (), although I guess if they really want to curb migration that would be an easy way to do it. A definite extension to first entry date would be really useful, but hey ho, I always knew we would be at the whim of whatever the govt decides. 

 At least our flights can be moved to anytime within 2 years so that's not really an issue. 

An extension on the date to validate your PR would be you'd think the kindest resolution, asking people to apply again for a visa is quite a rough blow, considering this is totally out of your control. Definitely speak to your agent, maybe under the circumstances there are other options. You work hard and spend a lot of money / time / stress to get the grant in the first place  you don't want to have to go through all that again if you can help it.

It's a really tricky situation. I have a situation myself in that I already have my PR, but the Travel Facility expires soon, so i will have to return and stay - which was my plan for this year anyways, its just now a lot more complication and rather stressful. I can tell you though Australia is a brilliant place to live, and absolutely worth all the effort and more, i'm sure you will already know this from your family who live there already! Good luck with it all 

1 minute ago, lydia_schmidia said:

Oh really? I thought that if you weren't normally resident you could still leave, but not sure how you would prove that, or whether they just know from whatever they have on record 

PR and Citizens don't need exemption to go in but they do to leave, so once there you will need to apply for an exemption to leave stating you are returning to your country of normal residence i guess. Problem with this is no one really knows how long these exemptions take!

My understanding of it is they basically don't want anyone going in other than PR or Australians returning home to stay. I think i would also be worried that If they see a return ticket for a short trip it indicates you're not actually returning home to Australia and they might not let you in at all  Im sure there are many others in this same situation who can offer advice on their experience  
 

11 hours ago, Ellie87 said:

Hi just wanting to ask if anyone has had any luck getting a 600 through VACCU recently? I cannot find much online when it comes to VACCU. Case was sent there early April 2020. Medical completed as soon as the clinics in London opened early June. I guess with Covid doom and gloom I'm just after some sort of glimmer of hope that these are still being processed for tourist visa's. Any tips or time frames would be hugely appreciated. I feel like we are up against a brick wall some days, being apart since September last year

 Thanks for your time.

They are being processed but only for those applying for exemptions to the travel ban to enter Australia - such as a defacto or married partners of an Australian PR or Citizen. i have no idea in relation to VACCU though, i guess these take longer under normal circumstances anyways, and are just taking even longer now. I applied for a 600 for my partner last week and not heard anything yet, other people have heard back within a couple of days. I heard a rumour it can take up to 4 weeks to get a decision on the exemption. I hope you hear something soon, I feel for you, I am preparing myself for the possibility of returning to Australia without my partner  its super stressfull 

9 hours ago, Bjv002 said:

With regards to the exemption & 600 visa. I haven’t applied yet but wondering if our situation is similar to anyone else’s and if they’ve had an exemption granted. Me and my partner have been together 3 years (not married no kids). Have submitted our 309/100 application. Intend to move out in the next few months. Are we likely if just in a de facto relationship to be approved? The reason we would want to move out together is because we financially rely on each other and currently living in my mums house but we need to move out soon as she’s promised someone else can move in. (for when we are supposed to be leaving). Also my partners visas ends soon and there’s no other way to extend it here... any thoughts would be appreciated if anyone else is in a similar situation to us and been granted an exemption. Very stressful times

You are in the same situation as me, we are together 4 years defacto, i'm PR and I have to return to Australia by August as my TF expires then, currently my partner has no Visa. We have not applied for 309/100 for my partner as we always planned to apply onshore..i really wish we'd just done an Offshore application last year now! But who would of thought this chaos would happen. I have applied for a 600 for him along with an exemption, not heard anything yet and its been a week  we will just wait and hope. Else i will have to return without him and just keep trying to get hm in, which i know will be hard, but i cannot risk losing my PR. We have started really working on our Partner visa paperwork this week, we may go ahead and submit for a 309/100 soon.

According to the exemption conditions they are allowing defacto or married partners to travel to Australia... so i don't see why there should be any problems.  As long as you show them you are a real defacto couple you should be fine. The fact you have already submitted a 309/100 application can only work in your favour i feel! Apply for the exemption and see what they say. I know its a really stressful time

6 hours ago, lepea said:

Queensland are charging however if you had a confirmed travel date before the 17th June you will not have to pay.
 There are rumbles that other states could follow suit.  

Im thinking of booking mine and my partners flights to NSW soon just incase they follow suite. Though Im worried they too will go with the rule of having to have booked before the 17th But hopefully not, so if we book before they announce then we wont have to pay it

 Hong Kong seem to have a good one of fast testing at the airport and self quarantine at home if negative. I hope Aussie politicians start to look at other options by the time tourist start returning, Im sure they will come up with a better quarantine system soon

On 15/06/2020 at 22:00, Shaggylom said:

Not yet. I got my exemption through mid May and nothing yet. Applied for the 600 on the 25th of May and still waiting for that decision as well

I thought you had to apply for to 600 visa and travel exemption at the same time, this is what i did for my partner earlier this week, i hope i haven't done it wrong !

How long did it take them to approve your travel exemption after you applied for it?

3 hours ago, abe96 said:

No , not yet. still waiting.

oh hopefully you will hear soon, did you apply for 600 visa at the same time?  We just put in for my partners a couple of days ago