easygroove

We're leaving on the 1st April to start our 4 year stay in Sydney (457 visa). We travel via Singapore and i'm told we are not entitled to any additional baggage allowance because we are not emmigrating permanently. 4 years is still a long time though. Has anyone managed to get the additional allowance on a 457 visa?

Sharpy67

No PR, no extra allowance!!!!!!
Thats what we were told by all the major airlines if you want to go via singapore.

However if you go via the states, i believe its two cases per person at 32kilos each (such is the yankee allowance) Strange,eh?

andrew63

Yes.
I am on a 3-yr 457 and we managed to get 35 Kg/person including our 3 kids.
Took several phone calls but they agreed in the end.

Andrew

owieb

We just rocked up at the airport and talked nicely to them. We had approval for 30Kg each (by contacting the airline direct), but in the end we had about 75Kg between us.

Having one-way tickets was a help, the flight wasn't particularly busy and we just explained that we weren't coming back, so they let us take it all.