sansin

Congratulations Cat74. Very well within the service standards of DIAC. Hoping that it will turn out to be the same for us as well.

martin1978

After a few weeks of not much happening I have received the form to sign declaring my children will have to apply for visas on their own merits(no medicals) and have had a request for a more up to date police cert as mine runs out in september. Looks like things are progressing :-)

savageb

After exactly 4 months to the day, I was granted my provisional partner visa (subclass 309) on Friday. No questions asked, no interview, in fact the first communication I had directly from a CO was to let me know that my visa is granted. How exciting!!! We plan to make the big move in early January.

Now I have a question about initial entry. I assume that all I need to do is enter Australia with the passport that was used in my application, and they will find my visa in their system? Or should I print the approval email from the CO and bring that with me to present to the customs officer when I enter the country?
OR should I go to the embassy and get a physical visa sticker added to my passport?

moneypenny20

Many congrats.

You can do any of those things. However, I would recommend you do get the sticker at some point. Whilst you'd have no problems coming over as you will show up on the system, some places, including some fairly dumb Medicare personnel refuse to understand technology and will only accept a physical sticker in a passport. Easily got though if you leave it till you get here.

savageb

Thank you so much for the response and information. You are always so helpful.

So I can get the visa sticker once landed in Australia? How does one go about doing that?

Thanks again!

moneypenny20

No worries. You just dive into your nearest DIAC office and they'll do it there and then, no fee. Depending on where you are or even if you're in the UK, can be easier than getting to AHC London by 9am. (no idea about other HCs)

savageb

Brilliant, that is definitely something to keep in mind then. Cheers!

bluebird121

I tell you what it is well worth the wait and all the paper work..Next I want to go for my citizenship.

navdeepkaur

u must have sticker other wise they will sometimes not let u clear customs and immigration .go to nearly immigration office and have sticker its free of cost.if u print out visa papers along wd passport that will be ok but dont travel wdout anything

PMV

That may have been true in the past, but is no longer the case, as it is all electronic, and you do not HAVE to get your visa in your passport.

I arrived last year, without a visa in my passport, but cleared immigration no problem. It's worth bringing your grant letter, just for your own peace of mind, but I wasn't asked for it.

Although it's no harm to get your visa in your passport, and many people find it useful, I have not needed it since I arrived 9 months ago. Immigration, job, tax, banks, renting, medicare .. all sorted without any visa in my passport.
Congrats and good luck with the move

moneypenny20

Nonsense.

sansin

I do not find anything of non sensibility in the reply navdeepkaur posted. So, please be courteous and respectful to others.

SillyOldBag

What navdeepkaur said was incorrect. You don't have to have a sticker anymore. The person who posed the question has already been advised by others that for peace of mind they might want to take a copy of the grant letter but other than that they do not have to put themselves to the trouble of getting the sticker which may not be convenient for them.

navdeepkaur

its all rite i dont mind . i know some people r short tempered and crack minded. they dont know how to behave in socially

moneypenny20

Are you referring to me? The post concerned was nonsense and is proved to be so by countless posts on the same subject and confirmed by DIAC. It was incorrect, end of story. Strangely enough, BE doesn't want or encourage incorrect advice to pass without comment, people can find visas rejected, life made more complicated etc. that way. I am not short tempered, nor crack minded. I know perfectly well how to behave socially thanks. I could have written my previous post again to back up my comment of 'nonsense' however that seemed then, and does now, pointless.

I do mind.