Extending PR visa & good state high schools in Brisbane???
Oct 10th 2007, 2:14 am
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Extending PR visa & good state high schools in Brisbane???
Can anyone give any guidance about whether it's possible to extend the validity of a PR visa?
We emigrated to Melbourne in Sept 2005 and stayed for a year. I had a good job and was settling in well but unfortunately due to circumstances that I won't bore you with (family stuff mostly) it didn't work out for us and we returned to the UK in Sept 06 (big mistake, I think!). Our PR visas are valid until Apr 09.
I'm keen to give it another go (wife & family not surprisingly very cautious about the prospect) but as the first stab at settling in Oz cost us so much, I don't think financially we will have enough capital to return and set ourselves up again (Brisbane maybe) by the time our visas expire. Also issues with my daughter's schooling - she didn't have a particularly good experience of school in Melbourne and I wouldn't want to make a similar mistake again. Anyone know any good state high schools in the Brisbane metropolitan area?
Final question - if we go back to Oz as visitors before our PR visas run out, would we need visitor visas, given that at that point we wouldn't be intending to stay permanently and PR visas aren't meant to cover visits?
If we do need visitor visas would they have the effect of cancelling our PR visas?
I thought another visit may help us to make a final decision.
Grateful for any advice anyone can give.
Thanks a lot
We emigrated to Melbourne in Sept 2005 and stayed for a year. I had a good job and was settling in well but unfortunately due to circumstances that I won't bore you with (family stuff mostly) it didn't work out for us and we returned to the UK in Sept 06 (big mistake, I think!). Our PR visas are valid until Apr 09.
I'm keen to give it another go (wife & family not surprisingly very cautious about the prospect) but as the first stab at settling in Oz cost us so much, I don't think financially we will have enough capital to return and set ourselves up again (Brisbane maybe) by the time our visas expire. Also issues with my daughter's schooling - she didn't have a particularly good experience of school in Melbourne and I wouldn't want to make a similar mistake again. Anyone know any good state high schools in the Brisbane metropolitan area?
Final question - if we go back to Oz as visitors before our PR visas run out, would we need visitor visas, given that at that point we wouldn't be intending to stay permanently and PR visas aren't meant to cover visits?
If we do need visitor visas would they have the effect of cancelling our PR visas?
I thought another visit may help us to make a final decision.
Grateful for any advice anyone can give.
Thanks a lot
Oct 10th 2007, 2:20 pm
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Re: Extending PR visa & good state high schools in Brisbane???
Can anyone give any guidance about whether it's possible to extend the validity of a PR visa?
We emigrated to Melbourne in Sept 2005 and stayed for a year. I had a good job and was settling in well but unfortunately due to circumstances that I won't bore you with (family stuff mostly) it didn't work out for us and we returned to the UK in Sept 06 (big mistake, I think!). Our PR visas are valid until Apr 09.
I'm keen to give it another go (wife & family not surprisingly very cautious about the prospect) but as the first stab at settling in Oz cost us so much, I don't think financially we will have enough capital to return and set ourselves up again (Brisbane maybe) by the time our visas expire. Also issues with my daughter's schooling - she didn't have a particularly good experience of school in Melbourne and I wouldn't want to make a similar mistake again. Anyone know any good state high schools in the Brisbane metropolitan area?
Final question - if we go back to Oz as visitors before our PR visas run out, would we need visitor visas, given that at that point we wouldn't be intending to stay permanently and PR visas aren't meant to cover visits?
If we do need visitor visas would they have the effect of cancelling our PR visas?
I thought another visit may help us to make a final decision.
We emigrated to Melbourne in Sept 2005 and stayed for a year. I had a good job and was settling in well but unfortunately due to circumstances that I won't bore you with (family stuff mostly) it didn't work out for us and we returned to the UK in Sept 06 (big mistake, I think!). Our PR visas are valid until Apr 09.
I'm keen to give it another go (wife & family not surprisingly very cautious about the prospect) but as the first stab at settling in Oz cost us so much, I don't think financially we will have enough capital to return and set ourselves up again (Brisbane maybe) by the time our visas expire. Also issues with my daughter's schooling - she didn't have a particularly good experience of school in Melbourne and I wouldn't want to make a similar mistake again. Anyone know any good state high schools in the Brisbane metropolitan area?
Final question - if we go back to Oz as visitors before our PR visas run out, would we need visitor visas, given that at that point we wouldn't be intending to stay permanently and PR visas aren't meant to cover visits?
If we do need visitor visas would they have the effect of cancelling our PR visas?
I thought another visit may help us to make a final decision.
Is it possible to get an RRV? If you don't have 2 years in Australia (as a PR) in the last 5 years, you need to peruse carefully the requirements outlined on form 968i:
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/968i.pdf
Be warned. It is much easier to get a concessional 5 year RRV if you are clearly living in Australia. Just visiting won't do, however.
Oct 11th 2007, 2:43 am
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Re: Extending PR visa & good state high schools in Brisbane???
Thanks so much JAJ for a very helpful reply especially re the visitor visa, that's good to know.
Having read the form you directed me to, I'm not too optimistic about our chances re a 5 year RRV. The 3 month RRV might be a go'er but that all depends on what the immigration dept regard as compelling and compassionate circumstances for departing Australia and being absent for what would be over 2 years if we go back at the end of next year.
My gut feeling tells me that the facts that we chose the wrong place to settle, don't as yet have enough capital to set ourselves up as we would wish and that I don't want to disrupt my daughter's education while she's studying for GCSEs won't cut the ice.
Do you (or does anyone else) have any clue as to what kind of circumstances would be regarded as compelling/compassionate?
Cheers
Having read the form you directed me to, I'm not too optimistic about our chances re a 5 year RRV. The 3 month RRV might be a go'er but that all depends on what the immigration dept regard as compelling and compassionate circumstances for departing Australia and being absent for what would be over 2 years if we go back at the end of next year.
My gut feeling tells me that the facts that we chose the wrong place to settle, don't as yet have enough capital to set ourselves up as we would wish and that I don't want to disrupt my daughter's education while she's studying for GCSEs won't cut the ice.
Do you (or does anyone else) have any clue as to what kind of circumstances would be regarded as compelling/compassionate?
Cheers
Oct 11th 2007, 3:05 am
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Re: Extending PR visa & good state high schools in Brisbane???
Thanks so much JAJ for a very helpful reply especially re the visitor visa, that's good to know.
Having read the form you directed me to, I'm not too optimistic about our chances re a 5 year RRV. The 3 month RRV might be a go'er but that all depends on what the immigration dept regard as compelling and compassionate circumstances for departing Australia and being absent for what would be over 2 years if we go back at the end of next year.
My gut feeling tells me that the facts that we chose the wrong place to settle, don't as yet have enough capital to set ourselves up as we would wish and that I don't want to disrupt my daughter's education while she's studying for GCSEs won't cut the ice.
Do you (or does anyone else) have any clue as to what kind of circumstances would be regarded as compelling/compassionate?
Having read the form you directed me to, I'm not too optimistic about our chances re a 5 year RRV. The 3 month RRV might be a go'er but that all depends on what the immigration dept regard as compelling and compassionate circumstances for departing Australia and being absent for what would be over 2 years if we go back at the end of next year.
My gut feeling tells me that the facts that we chose the wrong place to settle, don't as yet have enough capital to set ourselves up as we would wish and that I don't want to disrupt my daughter's education while she's studying for GCSEs won't cut the ice.
Do you (or does anyone else) have any clue as to what kind of circumstances would be regarded as compelling/compassionate?
But the bottom line is likely to be that if you remain outside Australia you will likely struggle to meet the criteria for a resident return visa and if that's refused, your PR is gone.
Did you read what it said about getting a 5 year RRV based on "substantial ties" for those who do not have the full 2 years?
