Cantila

Greetings,

My husband and I have just paid our bond and I'm hoping that we'll get our letter soon granting our visa.

We currently reside in the US.

#14 of the application for PR reads "if your application is successful, how would you like to get your visa?" We selected "attend nearest Australian mission", which is Los Angeles.

Question: is this what happens?:
- DIMIA sends letter saying we're successful with date stating by when we need to validate the visas
- we (send passports to, or fly to?) LA and get stickers in our passports
- we fly to australia by the determined date to validate

Thanks for any help you can offer


Cantil

rajarajaraja

I am in Los Angeles too and I recently got my grant letter........ Since LA embassy has stopped issuing VISAs we need to send our passports to Washington DC.... I am pasting below the email response I got from Washington DC office regarding the same...


Good Luck

..................................

EMBASSY OF AUSTRALIA
IMMIGRATION SECTION
1601 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW
WASHINGTON DC 20036-2273

PHONE: (202) 797 3145
FAX: (202) 797 3040



Evidencing Your Visa In Washington


If you have been granted a visa at another overseas mission but are presently in the United States, our office is able to evidence your visa on behalf of that post. To enable us to assist you, please do the following:

· Advise your processing office that you would like to collect your visa in Washington and ask that they forward appropriate details

· Forward your passport(s) along with a money order for $13US to cover the overnight return post of your travel document(s). If more than 2 passports, the postage fee is $26US. The appropriate mailing address is above.

If you send a prepaid envelope from FedEx, UPS, Airborne, etc., it must have an account number for billing. We will NOT send out return mail where you have simply included your credit card details as our accounts with these companies are usually billed instead.

· Include a covering lettering with your return address and indicate if you have an imminent departure date.

· Please allow up to 2 weeks for the return of your passport



You also may collect your visa in person. Our public hours are from 9 - 11 am , Monday through Friday.

Thank you,

Immigration Section
Washington DC

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Natalie

Hi Rajarajaraja,

Did you ever get your passport stamped through Washington and how long did it take for them to get it back to you?

Natalie



"rajarajaraja" wrote in message news:[email protected]...
    > I am in Los Angeles too and I recently got my grant letter........ Since
    > LA embassy has stopped issuing VISAs we need to send our passports to
    > Washington DC.... I am pasting below the email response I got from
    > Washington DC office regarding the same...
    > Good Luck
    > .................................
    > EMBASSY OF AUSTRALIA
    > IMMIGRATION SECTION
    > 1601 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW
    > WASHINGTON DC 20036-2273
    > PHONE: (202) 797 3145
    > FAX: (202) 797 3040
    > Evidencing Your Visa In Washington
    > If you have been granted a visa at another overseas mission but are
    > presently in the United States, our office is able to evidence your visa
    > on behalf of that post. To enable us to assist you, please do the
    > following:
    > · Advise your processing office that you would like to collect
    > your visa in Washington and ask that they forward appropriate details
    > · Forward your passport(s) along with a money order for $13US to
    > cover the overnight return post of your travel document(s). If more
    > than 2 passports, the postage fee is $26US. The appropriate mailing
    > address is above.
    > If you send a prepaid envelope from FedEx, UPS, Airborne, etc., it must
    > have an account number for billing. We will NOT send out return mail
    > where you have simply included your credit card details as our accounts
    > with these companies are usually billed instead.
    > · Include a covering lettering with your return address and
    > indicate if you have an imminent departure date.
    > · Please allow up to 2 weeks for the return of your passport
    > You also may collect your visa in person. Our public hours are from 9 -
    > 11 am , Monday through Friday.
    > Thank you,
    > Immigration Section
    > Washington DC
    > ----------------------------------
    > Originally posted by Cantila
    > > Greetings,
    > >
    > > My husband and I have just paid our bond and I'm hoping that we'll get
    > > our letter soon granting our visa.
    > >
    > > We currently reside in the US.
    > >
    > > #14 of the application for PR reads "if your application is
    > > #successful, how would you like to get your visa?" We selected
    > > #"attend nearest Australian mission", which is Los Angeles.
    > >
    > > Question: is this what happens?:
    > > - DIMIA sends letter saying we're successful with date stating by when
    > > we need to validate the visas
    > > - we (send passports to, or fly to?) LA and get stickers in our
    > > passports
    > > - we fly to australia by the determined date to validate
    > >
    > > Thanks for any help you can offer
    > >
    > >
    > Cantil
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