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If you're a Twitter user it might be worth bombarding George Brandis here - https://twitter.com/AusHCUK?t=q27MpUuuEM6hTarBmvEEmA&s=09. He's replied to me once or twice. Could be worth trying.

Hi again all, I'm just helping my mother with her travel exemption (her eVisitor visa has been granted). It asks for intended travel date. Does it matter if, in reality, she ends up travelling a week or two later? From the above I assume not, but it's always dangerous to assume!

Hi - does anyone know how long a travel exemption and visitor visa is valid for prior to using it? E.g. could my mother start the process now even if she didn't actually want to fly until say March? Given the uncertainty around timings for approvals I'd be minded to get the ball rolling, but obviously don't want to do that only for the exemption/visitor visa to expire before they need to be used!

Excellent post. Some people are just plainly lacking in empathy unfortunately.

Thanks everyone

Is the sense that Qatar have been more reliable in terms of not bumping people off purely anecdotal, or does anyone know of any stats to back it up? Just wondering whether to book with Qatar, Emirates or Singapore. This won't be until towards the start of November most likely.

https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/citizenship/become-a-citizen/by-descent - assuming your mum was an Australian citizen when you were born, and you were born outside of Australia.

Citizenship by descent application for our daughter cost us $220 AUD. Then, using the citizenship by descent extract we were sent having completed this application, her Australian passport has cost £130. This was done by post (which I think they are only doing in the current circumstances) - I don't know if it's more or less when/if you have to go in person.

The Australian High Commission is (at least temporarily) processing certain passport applications by post rather than needing to go there in person. We have recently applied for our daughter's Australian passport that way (having obtained her Australian citizenship by descent a month or two ago).

Got it, thank you.

Is the idea behind this to allow you to secure an extension to your Initial Entry Date, or to get some sort of priority so as to allow you to meet your existing Initial Entry Date? From your post I assume the former but calling it a Travel "Facilitation" Letter makes me wonder?

For a 309/100 you can't book the health assessment until you've submitted your application - doing that generates a referral letter you need to book it with (or at least it did in my case). I submitted my 309/100 on 28 Feb, booked a health assessment in straight away and had it on 4 March with both the 309 and 100 then being granted on 23 March at the same time.

Our daughters application was approved in just under 3 months. Does anyone know how long it normally takes for the citizenship by descent extract to then arrive in the post? (In the UK specifically.)

Thanks - are you sure about that though? I did think that but when you log on to the passport application form (which I know ultimately has to be delivered by hand), where you have to prove Australian citizenship it asks for "Australian citizenship certificate (or extract from the register of citizenship by descent)". This website also suggests the extract is sufficient to obtain a passport - https://www.passports.gov.au/getting-passport-how-it-works/documents-you-need/citizenship#citizenship certificate: What counts as a citizenship certificate? Australian citizenship certificates can also be known by other names: Conferral Certificate Evidence Certificate Declaratory Certificate Citizenship by Descent (extract) Certificate of Naturalisation Australian citizenship certificate of an adoption in accordance with the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption or bilateral arrangement extract from the Register of Australian Births Abroad.

Hi vongole83, just wondered how long the gap was between your child being granted citizenship by descent and receiving their citizenship extract in the post?