joveazey

Hi all,

This may sound like a stupid question, but can someone confirm to me that we ALL have to validate before the date specified on the visa grant. Mark has got it into his head that it is only the primary applicant that needs to validate before the date given and that the rest of the family can go after. We are thinking about this because even though 13th July is quite a long way off, houses can take longer than that to sell and he's thinking it would be cheaper for him to go alone to validate.

Thanks

Jo

moneypenny20

Everyone who has a visa sticker in their passport needs to validate by the date stated on the sticker. It would be cheaper just for him to go but not in the long run if everyone else misses the date because he will be in and rest of you will be stuffed

Phoenixuk2oz

Yep, moneypen is right

Everyone travelling on the visa must validate before the end date stated. Also make sure you take into consideration the date/ time differences

Technically you can validate at different times, so long as it's within the date specified and the main visa holder enters Aus first