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On 30/08/2021 at 13:40, bicek said:

Looking for any advice from anyone who has actually flown into Darwin and knows what the baggage allowance is for families. It's a bit unclear as the tickets say one thing but then also include a disclaimer that baggage allowance is different than usual flights and you can't bring as much. I don't want to turn up to the airport and have to chuck half our stuff away!

So please can you advise, if you travelled with kids/infants, what were you allowed to take?

Qantas indicates that for a LAP INFANT, you can bring 1 piece of 10kg luggage,  PLUS 3 additional items in the hold, each weighing up to 32kg, and these can include, carseats, pushchairs, and cots etc. Is this true and does this apply to DFAT flights?

Thank you in advance!!

 

I'd love to know what the answer was in the end here @bicek....

Sorry, picking your brain here!

Hey @bicek,

I'm in exactly the same situation as you. A newborn with a British passport but we fly in November so no time to citizenship by descent in the UK. Can she fly with an eVisitor visa and exemption?

G

20 minutes ago, Greystones said:

Hi Everyone,

Have been following this blog for months now and have finally submitted my 309 application! We are filling out the sponsor application now as well and it is looking for the same statements that I had to do for the 309 (Give details of financial aspect of relationship, nature of household etc etc) - I'm just wondering how much effort I need to put into these? Can I just reference the statements in the main application which I agonised over for ages before submitting??

Thanks in advance for any help!

Hey!

We did joint statements for each section signed by both me and my partner. I then uploaded those statements to both my application (applicant) and my partners forms (sponsor). They were identical.

Hope that helps

G

1 hour ago, bicek said:

Also just to double check.. I had thought once your visa is approved you have 12 months from the date of your health check to activate your visa in Aussie (ie. enter Australia), is that correct? Or is it 12 months from the date the visa is processed/approved? My head is getting cloudy on this as I did the research so long ago now. 

I had also read on the forums that it was 12 months from either you police check or health check, whichever was the later.

My grant letter has given me 12 months from the date of issue, so in my case visa was granted 12th Nov 2020 and I have until 12th Nov 2021 to enter Australia, so maybe they've changed it?

G

1 hour ago, bicek said:

Hi all, wondering if you can offer some insight. We've just had a request for more information (yay they finally opened our application!!) and they've requested the health check and police acro. We only just last week booked the health check, so luckily we have that booked very soon. But the RFI also states that we must provide the info in 28 days. I didn't realise there would be such a quick deadline for this!! The health examination is booked for 2nd December, and we must provide the info by the 16th December, but it's not clear how long it will take for the examination results to get to the immi office (they send it direct from what I understand). Has anyone had any problems with this? What did you do?

We are planning to upload the booking confirmation and any paperwork to prove we are getting this underway, is that enough to prove we are trying to get it done within the allocated timeframe!?

Would love some reassurance on this if anyone can provide it! 

 

Hey,

I went for my medical 11th June 2020 and it was uploaded by Knightsbridge Doctors within 48 hours onto the Immi portal. I also uploaded the confirmation of appointment when I submitted my application on the 7th June 2020.

G

Hey everyone,

I submitted my 309 offshore application back in June and I received my visa grant a few days ago. Just wanted to say a bit thank you for all the information that helped on this forum. I was expecting it to take at least 17 months but it was granted in just 5, so they must really be cranking through them. I applied in the UK but I was processed through the Berlin office.

If I can help anyone then please don't hesitate to ask.