Originally Posted by JAJ

Just be aware that this most likely represents your last chance to keep your visa. DIMIA will not be sympathetic if you let the deadline pass (even one day) without moving to Australia. And even if you do move to Australia, you must not be outside Australia when the visa expires (otherwise you'll have big problems getting back in).

Assuming it's a skilled visa, there have been lots of rule changes since 2000-01 (and you're 5 years older) and if you let this chance drop, you may well have little or no chance of getting a new visa from scratch.


Jeremy