aston man

i booked up my flights tonight for a rekky in January and i ask the travel agent to book our visa's.he couldn't as it kept coming back refer to Australian immigration.
our application went in at the start of October and we have no confirmation yet that they have received it,would this mean that my file has been registered?hope so and its started to make its way through the pile..

asst

CathnPaul

asst...you need to ring australia house for them to sort it out. We had the same problem with my husbands eta. It took quite a few phone calls for them to confirm that my husband was who he said he was. This happened again when we got to the airport with the eta itself, we were pulled to one side whilst the check in desk confirmed he was who he said he was. Basically, there is someone who has the same name who isnt of good character and it was 'those who keep an eye on us' making sure that the right person was going on the holiday. lol.

seriously, they are great and it took 2full days to sort out. They rung us back in the end to say go ahead with eta now. Hope this has helped.

Vinny van Gogh

Not sure if I can help but.... you dont say how long the visa is for. If you are on a short holiday. 1-90 days - we have used Austravel and they have always sorted the visa, cost 0-37GBP depending on your haggle. All travel agents we have spoken to with in the past do this.

If you holiday is longer -6 -9 or 12 months these visa's - so I have been told - are different and require you to apply. A 12 months visa may need a medical check but even so takes about 6 - 8 weeks from application to grant.

All this info gleaned during our questions to travel and visa agents.

Your travel agent should be able to explain the suituation and give reasons which you dont indicate has been done..suggest you call them back and ask why they cannot sort your visa and / or what needs to be done...and quick

CathnPaul

Any travel agent he had gone too would have had the same problem. Its not the travel agent, but the eta itself. Have a look at a similarly named thread this discussion was continued on:

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...9&goto=newpost

CathnPaul

Any travel agent he had gone too would have had the same problem. Its not the travel agent, but the eta itself. Have a look at a similarly named thread this discussion was continued on:
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...t=406909&pp=15