Visa Question??
 

I am applying for a skilled PR Visa. I am in IT.
I want to go to Sydney on a months hoilday in October but I need to come back home for a few months to save a bit more money before I take up my permanent residency there.
If I have been granted my visa before October does that mean that I have to "activate" it when I get there on my holiday or can I het a separate holiday visa for this purpose.

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Re: Visa Question??
 

Hi @boy,

many thanks for your reply!

So just to clarify........if I get my visa before October, can I go to Sydney for my holidays, come back home and go back to Oz permanently anytime afterwards provided I spend 2 years between now and 2007 there?

I was of the impression that I had to move there permanently within 12 months of receiving the visa.....is that wrong?

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Re: Visa Question??
 

Thanks!
that's exactly what I wanted to know!
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Re: Visa Question??
 

    >On 30 Apr 2002 11:00:02 GMT, strewth <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Hi @boy,
    >
    >many thanks for your reply!
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    >So just to clarify........if I get my visa before October, can I go to Sydney for my
    >holidays, come back home and go back to Oz permanently anytime afterwards provided I
    >spend 2 years between now and 2007 there?

Not quite. You need to live in Australia for 2 years at least in the first 5, if you
do you qualify for a Resident Return Visa for another 5 years. But if you stayed
outside Australia for this second 5 years, your PR would be at risk.

The only way to get an unrestricted right to come and go from Australias you wish is
to get Australian citizenship.

    >
    >I was of the impression that I had to move there permanently within 12 months of
    >receiving the visa.....is that wrong?
    >

It is wrong. You have more time than that - *provided* you validate your visa within
the first 12 months by entering Australia.

Jeremy