Alan Collett

The latest info for the 6 months to the end of February 2003 is here:
http://www.gomatilda.com/news/article.cfm?articleid=261

Probably of interest to some ...

Best regards.

Steve Smith

Alan,

Naive question, but...

We would be applying from the UK. There seems to be a significant difference between Skilled Independent via London and Adelaide (97 weeks v. 52 weeks). Is it possible to apply directly to Adelaide from the UK, or do we have to go through London?

Second naive question...

If we got the go-ahead, how long do you actually have to get down to Australia to get the stamp in the passport? Is there any restriction on going for a short break to get the stamp and then returning to the UK to sort out personal affairs?

Thanks in advance.


Steve



"Alan Collett" wrote in message...
    > The latest info for the 6 months to the end of February 2003 is here:
    > http://www.gomatilda.com/news/article.cfm?articleid=261
    > Probably of interest to some ...
    > Best regards.
    > --
    > Alan Collett of Go Matilda, http://www.gomatilda.com

Alan Collett

Steve,

1. You MUST now apply to Adelaide directly. A skilled visa application sent to London will be returned to you.

2. Re visa validation - more information is here:http://www.gomatilda.com/visas/faqs.cfm#07

Hope this helps.

ptlabs

Not entitled to re-enter Australia if you're not an Aussie citizen after 5 years of PR? Where did you get an idea like that?

Once the 5 years are up, you either get a Resident Return Visa (RRV) or take up Oz citizenship. An RRV allows a permanent resident to preserve his/her permanent resident status when travelling in and out of Australia.


Peter

Konstantin Tsolov

Hi Peter,

Just curious, when you get a PR (and validate it by arrival),
do you automatically receive a RRV (on entry for instance) or
you are just entiteled to a RRV and have to take additional
formal steps to obtain it?

Or, OTOH, the PR "contains" the functionality of a RRV for
those 5 years?

--kosio

ptlabs wrote:
    > Originally posted by joh117
    >
    >>You then have 5 years to travel in and out of Australia as often as
    >>you like. Once 5 years is up you must have Australian Citizenship
    >>otherwise you are not entitled to enter back into Oz.
    >
    >
    > Not entitled to re-enter Australia if you're not an Aussie citizen after
    > 5 years of PR? Where did you get an idea like that?
    >
    > Once the 5 years are up, you either get a Resident Return Visa (RRV) or
    > take up Oz citizenship. An RRV allows a permanent resident to preserve
    > his/her permanent resident status when travelling in and out of
    > Australia.
    >
    >
    > Peter
    >
    > --
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Steve Smith

Alan,

Thanks for that. Quite new to all of this, gradually realising the extent
of the useful resources available!

I presume that everyone on my application (wife, 3 children) would need to
travel in order to get the stamp - I couldn't travel on my own?

Thanks again for the pointers.

Steve


"Alan Collett" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Steve,
    > 1. You MUST now apply to Adelaide directly. A skilled visa application
    > sent to London will be returned to you.
    > 2. Re visa validation - more information is
    > here:http://www.gomatilda.com/visas/faqs.cfm#07
    > Hope this helps.
    > Originally posted by Steve Smith
    > > Alan,
    > >
    > > Naive question, but...
    > >
    > > We would be applying from the UK. There seems to be a significant
    > > difference between Skilled Independent via London and Adelaide (97
    > > weeks v.
    > > 52 weeks). Is it possible to apply directly to Adelaide from the
    > > UK, or do
    > > we have to go through London?
    > >
    > > Second naive question...
    > >
    > > If we got the go-ahead, how long do you actually have to get down to
    > > Australia to get the stamp in the passport? Is there any
    > > restriction on
    > > going for a short break to get the stamp and then returning to
    > > the UK to
    > > sort out personal affairs?
    > >
    > > Thanks in advance.
    > >
    > >
    > > Steve
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > "Alan Collett" wrote in message
    > > news:[email protected]"]news:712892.104874930-
    > > [email protected][/url]...
    > > > The latest info for the 6 months to the end of February 2003 is
    > > here:
    > > > http://www.gomatilda.com/news/article.cfm?articleid=261"]-
    > > http://www.gomatilda.com/news/article.cfm?articleid=261[/url]
    > > > Probably of interest to some ...
    > > > Best regards.
    > > > --
    > > > Alan Collett of Go Matilda, http://www.gomatilda.com/"]ht-
    > > tp://www.gomatilda.com[/url]
    > > Posted via http://britishexpats.com/"]http://britishexpats.-
    > com[/url]
    > --
    > Alan Collett of Go Matilda, http://www.gomatilda.com
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Jaj

Permanent visas granted to new migrants have a re-entry facility for 5
years. This functions like a RRV, although it's not.

After the 5 year period is up, unless you've become a citizen, you
need to get an RRV to travel and re-enter Australia as a permanent
resident.

Jeremy

    >On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 13:10:31 +0200, Konstantin Tsolov wrote:
    >Hi Peter,
    >Just curious, when you get a PR (and validate it by arrival),
    >do you automatically receive a RRV (on entry for instance) or
    >you are just entiteled to a RRV and have to take additional
    >formal steps to obtain it?
    >Or, OTOH, the PR "contains" the functionality of a RRV for
    >those 5 years?
    >--kosio

This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction

Jaj

Hi Steve
All the family members need to validate.

Plus, the main applicant has to arrive first (or at least at the same
time as the rest of the family).

Jeremy

    >On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:19:32 +0000 (UTC), "Steve Smith" wrote:
    >Alan,
    >Thanks for that. Quite new to all of this, gradually realising the extent
    >of the useful resources available!
    >I presume that everyone on my application (wife, 3 children) would need to
    >travel in order to get the stamp - I couldn't travel on my own?
    >Thanks again for the pointers.
    >Steve

This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction