Citizenship requirements for already validated but moved back to tie up loose ends
Jan 18th 2007, 1:58 pm
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Citizenship requirements for already validated but moved back to tie up loose ends
Ive asked this a few times on here and no one seemed to be in or know what the situation was for "ive already validated and stayed in the uk and not gone straight away brigade.
I validated 2 years ago and i am moving in August this year after the proposed changesof July 1st 2007 to make the 2 years in to 4 for citizenship. I asked dimia if this would affect me as id already got a visa and had already validated. I asked Whether permanent resident meant that i had to be in the country or not.
Here is thier answer.
Dear Client,
Thank you for your enquiry.
The new laws are not retroactive, so it will not apply to applicants who were granted their permanent residency prior to the changes. You have already been granted permanent residency, and your visa is a valid visa since you activated it before the initial entry date.
http://www.citizenship.gov.au/law-and-policy/legislation/changes200406-announce.htm
We hope this information has been of assistance.
Yours sincerely
London Contact Centre
Migration Branch
Australian High Commission
Strand London WC2B 4LA
hope this helps the few stuck here selling houses etc
I validated 2 years ago and i am moving in August this year after the proposed changesof July 1st 2007 to make the 2 years in to 4 for citizenship. I asked dimia if this would affect me as id already got a visa and had already validated. I asked Whether permanent resident meant that i had to be in the country or not.
Here is thier answer.
Dear Client,
Thank you for your enquiry.
The new laws are not retroactive, so it will not apply to applicants who were granted their permanent residency prior to the changes. You have already been granted permanent residency, and your visa is a valid visa since you activated it before the initial entry date.
http://www.citizenship.gov.au/law-and-policy/legislation/changes200406-announce.htm
We hope this information has been of assistance.
Yours sincerely
London Contact Centre
Migration Branch
Australian High Commission
Strand London WC2B 4LA
hope this helps the few stuck here selling houses etc
Last edited by alkristensen; Jan 18th 2007 at 2:00 pm.
Jan 18th 2007, 2:23 pm
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Re: Citizenship requirements for already validated but moved back to tie up loose end
Ive asked this a few times on here and no one seemed to be in or know what the situation was for "ive already validated and stayed in the uk and not gone straight away brigade.
I validated 2 years ago and i am moving in August this year after the proposed changesof July 1st 2007 to make the 2 years in to 4 for citizenship. I asked dimia if this would affect me as id already got a visa and had already validated. I asked Whether permanent resident meant that i had to be in the country or not.
Here is thier answer.
Dear Client,
Thank you for your enquiry.
The new laws are not retroactive, so it will not apply to applicants who were granted their permanent residency prior to the changes. You have already been granted permanent residency, and your visa is a valid visa since you activated it before the initial entry date.
http://www.citizenship.gov.au/law-and-policy/legislation/changes200406-announce.htm
We hope this information has been of assistance.
Yours sincerely
London Contact Centre
Migration Branch
Australian High Commission
Strand London WC2B 4LA
hope this helps the few stuck here selling houses etc
I validated 2 years ago and i am moving in August this year after the proposed changesof July 1st 2007 to make the 2 years in to 4 for citizenship. I asked dimia if this would affect me as id already got a visa and had already validated. I asked Whether permanent resident meant that i had to be in the country or not.
Here is thier answer.
Dear Client,
Thank you for your enquiry.
The new laws are not retroactive, so it will not apply to applicants who were granted their permanent residency prior to the changes. You have already been granted permanent residency, and your visa is a valid visa since you activated it before the initial entry date.
http://www.citizenship.gov.au/law-and-policy/legislation/changes200406-announce.htm
We hope this information has been of assistance.
Yours sincerely
London Contact Centre
Migration Branch
Australian High Commission
Strand London WC2B 4LA
hope this helps the few stuck here selling houses etc
Probably only 20kg or at the most 30kg.
Jan 18th 2007, 3:00 pm
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Re: Citizenship requirements for already validated but moved back to tie up loose end
i only came over with 13kg!
Jan 18th 2007, 4:28 pm
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(20kg of that were my daughter teddy bears 
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Jan 18th 2007, 4:32 pm
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Re: Citizenship requirements for already validated but moved back to tie up loose end
We were given 32kg each after alot of begging. We also validated first then went back to UK. Not knowing that it would lower the allowance next time round.
Jan 18th 2007, 4:35 pm
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Re: Citizenship requirements for already validated but moved back to tie up loose end
Jan 19th 2007, 11:30 am
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Re: Citizenship requirements for already validated but moved back to tie up loose end
im on to singapore at the mo. They have emailed me that if i have an UNUSED migrant visa then ill be ok. So i have emailed them back to ask whether i still qualify as technically i only went to validate and not to migrate as i didnt have the 40kgs the first time. Ill post their response.
how do they know ive validated at check in, there is no stamp on the visa and im getting them to answer me so i can print it out and take it to the check in as proof.
al
Last edited by alkristensen; Jan 19th 2007 at 11:33 am.
Jan 19th 2007, 12:50 pm
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Re: Citizenship requirements for already validated but moved back to tie up loose end
Dear Client,
Thank you for your enquiry.
The new laws are not retroactive, so it will not apply to applicants who were granted their permanent residency prior to the changes. You have already been granted permanent residency, and your visa is a valid visa since you activated it before the initial entry date.
Thank you for your enquiry.
The new laws are not retroactive, so it will not apply to applicants who were granted their permanent residency prior to the changes. You have already been granted permanent residency, and your visa is a valid visa since you activated it before the initial entry date.
The first entry date is a condition on the visa, not a requirement for the visa to be valid in the first place.
But until DIMA issue their own interpretation, this argument could be heading for the courts.
Jan 19th 2007, 3:58 pm
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Re: Citizenship requirements for already validated but moved back to tie up loose end
Jan 19th 2007, 4:05 pm
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Re: Citizenship requirements for already validated but moved back to tie up loose end
Jan 19th 2007, 4:23 pm
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Re: Citizenship requirements for already validated but moved back to tie up loose end
The long stopover in LA can be a pain, but if you fly via SF, then it's much more bearable - only 5 hours. I think the whole trip that way was 23 hours.
Absolutely worth it for the extra 24 kg of baggage I brought with me. It meant I didn't have to ship anything over.
S
