Passport Expiry
Mar 14th 2007, 10:24 pm
#1
ian&juliette
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Passport Expiry
Hi,
We are due to move in July this year.
I have a UK passport with my spouse visa (activated) in it - which is due to expire in April 2008.
I have read that you should have a min of 2 years left on your passport before emigrating.
My question is: if I obtain a new 10 year UK passport, what will happen to the spouse visa in my old one - will I have to get this transferred? and if so how do I go about it?
Thanks
Ian
We are due to move in July this year.
I have a UK passport with my spouse visa (activated) in it - which is due to expire in April 2008.
I have read that you should have a min of 2 years left on your passport before emigrating.
My question is: if I obtain a new 10 year UK passport, what will happen to the spouse visa in my old one - will I have to get this transferred? and if so how do I go about it?
Thanks
Ian
Mar 14th 2007, 11:14 pm
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Re: Passport Expiry
Hi,
We are due to move in July this year.
I have a UK passport with my spouse visa (activated) in it - which is due to expire in April 2008.
I have read that you should have a min of 2 years left on your passport before emigrating.
My question is: if I obtain a new 10 year UK passport, what will happen to the spouse visa in my old one - will I have to get this transferred? and if so how do I go about it?
Thanks
Ian
We are due to move in July this year.
I have a UK passport with my spouse visa (activated) in it - which is due to expire in April 2008.
I have read that you should have a min of 2 years left on your passport before emigrating.
My question is: if I obtain a new 10 year UK passport, what will happen to the spouse visa in my old one - will I have to get this transferred? and if so how do I go about it?
Thanks
Ian
Mar 14th 2007, 11:17 pm
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Re: Passport Expiry
Hi,
We are due to move in July this year.
I have a UK passport with my spouse visa (activated) in it - which is due to expire in April 2008.
I have read that you should have a min of 2 years left on your passport before emigrating.
My question is: if I obtain a new 10 year UK passport, what will happen to the spouse visa in my old one - will I have to get this transferred? and if so how do I go about it?
We are due to move in July this year.
I have a UK passport with my spouse visa (activated) in it - which is due to expire in April 2008.
I have read that you should have a min of 2 years left on your passport before emigrating.
My question is: if I obtain a new 10 year UK passport, what will happen to the spouse visa in my old one - will I have to get this transferred? and if so how do I go about it?
Incidentally, you will need to get a Resident Return Visa before April 2008. Do that once you have settled in Australia. You should be ok without 2 years residence as (based on your other thread) you will have an Australian spouse and dependent child, which constitute "substantial ties" to Australia. LIVING in Australia also helps (a lot) with concessional RRVs.
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/968i.pdf
Mar 15th 2007, 12:53 am
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Re: Passport Expiry
Hi,
We are due to move in July this year.
I have a UK passport with my spouse visa (activated) in it - which is due to expire in April 2008.
I have read that you should have a min of 2 years left on your passport before emigrating.
My question is: if I obtain a new 10 year UK passport, what will happen to the spouse visa in my old one - will I have to get this transferred? and if so how do I go about it?
Thanks
Ian
We are due to move in July this year.
I have a UK passport with my spouse visa (activated) in it - which is due to expire in April 2008.
I have read that you should have a min of 2 years left on your passport before emigrating.
My question is: if I obtain a new 10 year UK passport, what will happen to the spouse visa in my old one - will I have to get this transferred? and if so how do I go about it?
Thanks
Ian
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Mar 15th 2007, 3:58 am
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Re: Passport Expiry
It's not clear from the OP's post whether the visa is expiring in 4/2008 or the passport is expiring in 4/2008.
If the visa is expiring, and if the OP is holding a subclass 100 permanent visa, then an RRV is in order. If the OP is holding a subclass 309 provisional visa, then an RRV is out of the question. (I'm assuming OP applied offshore)
If the passport is expiring, a new passport with the visa label re-issued into the new passport would suffice for the moment.
Peter
Mar 17th 2007, 7:27 pm
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ian&juliette
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Location: Solihull
Posts: 32
Re: Passport Expiry
The visa validity is not affected by passport expiry, although you should ask the AHC London to re-stamp it in the new passport. This will avoid risk of delays at check-in.
Incidentally, you will need to get a Resident Return Visa before April 2008. Do that once you have settled in Australia. You should be ok without 2 years residence as (based on your other thread) you will have an Australian spouse and dependent child, which constitute "substantial ties" to Australia. LIVING in Australia also helps (a lot) with concessional RRVs.
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/968i.pdf
Incidentally, you will need to get a Resident Return Visa before April 2008. Do that once you have settled in Australia. You should be ok without 2 years residence as (based on your other thread) you will have an Australian spouse and dependent child, which constitute "substantial ties" to Australia. LIVING in Australia also helps (a lot) with concessional RRVs.
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/968i.pdf
I think from the sounds of it I may as well get a new passport and ask the AHC to transfer the visa across.
Many thanks
Ian
