jb213 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Hi everyone I am an Aus permanent resident and have applied for citizenship. I have a citizenship test at the beginning of October but am pretty sure that my local council doesn’t have a ceremony until next Jan at the earliest so won’t be a citizen until then (providing I pass the test!) and then I’d have to apply for a passport before I could travel. The problem is I want to go away for a month in December and the 5 year travel condition of my permanent residency expires at the end of October. This wouldn’t be an issue if I wasn’t planning on going away before I got citizenship but if I do I think I will need a resident return visa which costs $350ish. The annoying thing is I’ll only need it for about a month! So my question is does anyone know of a bridging visa or another option while I’m in between my citizenship test and ceremony and not quite a citizen, or do I have to get a resident return visa? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 30 minutes ago, jb213 said: Hi everyone I am an Aus permanent resident and have applied for citizenship. I have a citizenship test at the beginning of October but am pretty sure that my local council doesn’t have a ceremony until next Jan at the earliest so won’t be a citizen until then (providing I pass the test!) and then I’d have to apply for a passport before I could travel. The problem is I want to go away for a month in December and the 5 year travel condition of my permanent residency expires at the end of October. This wouldn’t be an issue if I wasn’t planning on going away before I got citizenship but if I do I think I will need a resident return visa which costs $350ish. The annoying thing is I’ll only need it for about a month! So my question is does anyone know of a bridging visa or another option while I’m in between my citizenship test and ceremony and not quite a citizen, or do I have to get a resident return visa? Thanks! You will have to get a RRV. There's no other option if you want to travel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainR Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 We are in a similar situation, wife passed her test last month. No news on approval and ceremony, visa expires soon and she needs to travel overseas for her dental treatment ($8k overseas vs $35k in Oz). So looks like we need to drop $350 too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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