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What do you advise a provisonal residency (SC309) visa holder to do if the initial/first entry date is about to pass and there is no firm travel plans set to travel to Australia within the next 12 months? Still go ahead and apply for the Travel Facilitation Letter Request or wait until an entry date is set even if the first entry date has passed?

Hi Paul, Do you have any suggestions regarding the Travel Facilitation Letter Request (TFLR) and dealing with the following scenario where my partner and her daughter have been granted a SC309 Partner (Provisional) visa with same First Entry Date of March 2022 where my partner is hoping to travel to Australia in July 2022 but her daughter was not planning on entering Australia until October 2024 to further her university studies in Australia where a decision concerning the SC100 Permanent Resident visa would have been made by 30 June 2024. The problem with the TFLR Form is that it is not possible to specify a separate entry date for the daughter if one answers yes to the question “Does anyone else who was part of the same visa application also require a travel facilitation letter?” Would it be better to apply for separate TFLs, one for my partner and one for her daughter and when would be the best time to apply for these e.g. apply for each letter just before they are going to travel to Australia? Thanks.

Yes, it is still possible to get a Travel Facilitation Letter. See following link on Department of Home Affairs website: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/help-support/departmental-forms/online-forms/travel-facilitation-letter-request-form

The conditions of the Partner (Provisional) (subclass 309) visa as specified in the visa letter are: 1. For first entry, arrive by: 1 March 2022. [Hence, it is a "first entry date".] 2. Length of stay: Until notified that subclass 100 has been decided or the application is withdrawn 3. Travel: Multiple entries Regarding my daughter, you are mistaken. I never mentioned anything about my daughter. It is my partner's daughter who was on the SC309 visa application and was granted exactly the same visa and entry conditions as my partner. However, she wishes to enter Australia in around October 2024, not by the "first entry date" of 1 March 2022.

Regarding the Travel Facilitation Letter Request Form, what would be the best way of dealing with the following scenario where my partner and her daughter have been granted a SC309 Partner (Provisional) visa with same First Entry Date of March 2022 where my partner is hoping to travel to Australia in July 2022 but her daughter was not planning on entering Australia until October 2024 to further her university studies in Australia where a decision concerning the SC100 Permanent Resident visa would have been made by 30 June 2024. The problem with the TFLR Form is that it is not possible to specify a separate entry date for the daughter if one answers yes to the question “Does anyone else who was part of the same visa application also require a travel facilitation letter?” Would it be better to apply for separate TFLs, one for my partner and one for her daughter and when would be the best time to apply for these e.g. apply for each letter just before they are going to travel to Australia?