Applying for RRV
#1
Applying for RRV
My PR subclass 100 visa expires in July and I would like to apply for a 5 year RR visa. My problem is that I have been residing in UK for most of the previous 5 years. In total since the visa was granted I have been 16 months 21 days in Aus and the rest back in UK.
I had always intended to return permanently and apply for citizenship, but family reasons make that difficult, with an ailing parent and also I am about to become a grandmother.
I am now planning to head back to Aus and wondering how long I will need to reside without a break in Aus before I am eligible for the 5 year RRV.
Can anyone advise please?
I had always intended to return permanently and apply for citizenship, but family reasons make that difficult, with an ailing parent and also I am about to become a grandmother.
I am now planning to head back to Aus and wondering how long I will need to reside without a break in Aus before I am eligible for the 5 year RRV.
Can anyone advise please?
#2
Re: Applying for RRV
My PR subclass 100 visa expires in July and I would like to apply for a 5 year RR visa. My problem is that I have been residing in UK for most of the previous 5 years. In total since the visa was granted I have been 16 months 21 days in Aus and the rest back in UK.
I had always intended to return permanently and apply for citizenship, but family reasons make that difficult, with an ailing parent and also I am about to become a grandmother.
I am now planning to head back to Aus and wondering how long I will need to reside without a break in Aus before I am eligible for the 5 year RRV.
Can anyone advise please?
I had always intended to return permanently and apply for citizenship, but family reasons make that difficult, with an ailing parent and also I am about to become a grandmother.
I am now planning to head back to Aus and wondering how long I will need to reside without a break in Aus before I am eligible for the 5 year RRV.
Can anyone advise please?
#3
Re: Applying for RRV
Thanks for your rapid reply oldsparkles, less than a year then. After I applied, I guess I would have to stay until it was granted, otherwise I might be unable to return if there was a problem. Also, this might be a rule anyway, that I would have to be resident when it is granted?
#4
Re: Applying for RRV
Thanks for your rapid reply oldsparkles, less than a year then. After I applied, I guess I would have to stay until it was granted, otherwise I might be unable to return if there was a problem. Also, this might be a rule anyway, that I would have to be resident when it is granted?
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Re: Applying for RRV
Don't forget that time in Australia between say 4 and 5 years ago now will be more than 5 years ago in a year's time.
Also, you don't need to be in Australia when you apply as OldSparkles says, but as you can apply online and get a very quick response if you have your two years in the bag, it's not likely to be a problem staying long enough to get one in Australia if that worries you.
Also, you don't need to be in Australia when you apply as OldSparkles says, but as you can apply online and get a very quick response if you have your two years in the bag, it's not likely to be a problem staying long enough to get one in Australia if that worries you.
#6
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I don't believe that you need to be resident when it's granted (or applied for) if you satisfy the criteria. Info here - https://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/155-157.aspx
#7
Re: Applying for RRV
Don't forget that time in Australia between say 4 and 5 years ago now will be more than 5 years ago in a year's time.
Also, you don't need to be in Australia when you apply as OldSparkles says, but as you can apply online and get a very quick response if you have your two years in the bag, it's not likely to be a problem staying long enough to get one in Australia if that worries you.
Also, you don't need to be in Australia when you apply as OldSparkles says, but as you can apply online and get a very quick response if you have your two years in the bag, it's not likely to be a problem staying long enough to get one in Australia if that worries you.
Thanks for your input. x
#8
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Thank you again and karma given! Before I go and trawl through the web site, I would like to mention that my daughter is in the same visa situation as myself, and she is about to become a mother. Her boyfriend is British and has no Aus visa. Their baby is due to arrive in May and I can't see her even considering returning to Aus before the visa runs out which is a shame. Once it has expired does she lose all hope of restoring it or could she reapply in the future?
Does her boyfriend not want to go to Australia?
#9
Re: Applying for RRV
If you look on the criteria given, if she has one day in Australia in the last 5 years, and shows compelling and compassionate reasons for leaving Australia she may be able to get a 157 which would be valid for 3 months.
Does her boyfriend not want to go to Australia?
Does her boyfriend not want to go to Australia?
I am sure her boyfriend would like to go to Australia, They talked about it before but have been side tracked by living for a while in Malta and they only returned a few weeks ago. The timing is looking dodgy....
#10
Re: Applying for RRV
She left with me in Aug 2009 due to my mother's poor health. I have returned to Aus 3 times since then, but due to financial constraints she has not been back at all. I was just reading the requirements on the web site and her best bet is as a participating member of the community as she went to school and also worked there. She has not got much time to get back for that 1 day in 5 years though. It might be possible but the baby will be very young.
I am sure her boyfriend would like to go to Australia, They talked about it before but have been side tracked by living for a while in Malta and they only returned a few weeks ago. The timing is looking dodgy....
I am sure her boyfriend would like to go to Australia, They talked about it before but have been side tracked by living for a while in Malta and they only returned a few weeks ago. The timing is looking dodgy....
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Re: Applying for RRV
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#12
Re: Applying for RRV
I have just been discussing this again with my daughter who would like to return with me to Aus in July with the baby and his father. I am now wondering what the visa position would be for the baby and his father. Could he somehow apply for a visa through my daughter?
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Re: Applying for RRV
http://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/309-100.aspx
#14
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Thank you for that information and link. In the short term would the baby and his father need tourist visas to enter with my daughter in July, as spouse visas take so long?
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I'm not saying it wouldn't work, but there's always a risk, I'd be daft not to make you aware of it