RioMarina Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Can anyone please tell me if all family members have to enter Australia within the 1st year of obtaining your visa (176). Is it possible for the main applicant to just enter and the others follow in the preceding years. We are having trouble selling our house and we may not be able to go within the 1st year. I wish to go on holiday initially to gain entry and then return later with my family once the house is sold. We do not all want to go on holiday in the first year and then return later due to the flight costs, etc, and have to pay twice if we do not have to. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest31881 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 I think all people on visa have to enter within the validation period, (it could be shorter than a year), those who do not validate would have visa cancelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Suz2011 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Hi We are in the exact same situation as yourself. Unfortunately everyone needs to validate the visa within 1 year. We are all going out next month for a holiday to validate. It is expensive however we are going to use the trip to research areas, jobs and schools in the hope when we return we will have a better idea of where to settle on arrival. Good luck with your plans Suz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 All family members granted a visa will have to validate by the date stipulated on your visa. This won't be one year from the visa grant, but usually a year from the police checks or medicals whichever was earliest. EG. Our medicals were done in May but we got the grant in July and had to validate by May the following year (10 months) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RioMarina Posted May 21, 2011 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 Thanks for all the replies, Bang goes another 5 Grand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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