lilbabe

Hi, Got our grant letter today and we're planning to bring our passports to the Australian Embassy here in London, can someone please confirm if the primary applicant need to be present at the Embassy? And what do we need to bring with us?

Many thanks!

Migrant

Hi ,
My VISA stamp also contains ...condition 8... must enter aus. before
"date"
and on my spouse's VISA apart from condition 8, 8502 (shall not
enter before so and so). I hope in our case condition 8 refers to the
initial entry date.
Mr, JAJ, Mr. Lombard ,Please enlighten..
Thanks in advance

SS

ptlabs

SS,

There are two dates you should be aware of.

1. Your first-entry date: The exact wording should be "Initial Entry By DDMMMYY". This should be under the words "Conditions Mig. Reg. Sched. 8".

2. The "Must not arrive after" date. This marks the end of your permanent visa's re-entry authority. http://ptlabs.topcities.com/faq0.html#rrv005 explains what I mean by re-entry authority/facility.

There is no such thing as a "condition 8"...

Peter

kevpreece

hi there,

im pretty sure you have to send in your passports now, they dont do it in person anymore, phone to make sure im correct, dont want a wasted journey.


congrats and have a great time over there.


kev

Jaj

That's correct - unless the visa was granted in London (not Adelaide)
or (possibly) unless there is an emergency. Normally you need to
send your passport to them by post or preferably by courier.

By the way, there's no Australian Embassy in London, there's an
Australian High Commission.

Jeremy

    >On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 17:23:19 +0000, kevpreece <member@british_expats.com> wrote:
    >Originally posted by lilbabe
    >> Hi, Got our grant letter today and we're planning to bring our
    >> passports to the Australian Embassy here in London, can someone please
    >> confirm if the primary applicant need to be present at the Embassy?
    >> And what do we need to bring with us?
    >> Many thanks!
    >hi there,
    >im pretty sure you have to send in your passports now, they dont do
    >it in person anymore, phone to make sure im correct, dont want a
    >wasted journey.
    >congrats and have a great time over there.
    >kev
    >--
    >Posted via http://britishexpats.com

This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction

Jaj

It means you must make your first entry to Australia before (or at the
same time as) your spouse.

Both of you must enter Australia before the initial entry date.
After this is done, you can travel in and out independently.

Jeremy

    >On 18 Nov 2003 06:37:22 -0800, [email protected] (migrant) wrote:
    >Hi ,
    >My VISA stamp also contains ...condition 8... must enter aus. before
    >"date"
    >and on my spouse's VISA apart from condition 8, 8502 (shall not
    >enter before so and so). I hope in our case condition 8 refers to the
    >initial entry date.
    > Mr, JAJ, Mr. Lombard ,Please enlighten..
    >Thanks in advance
    >SS

This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction

lilbabe

Thanks to everyone. We now have our visa's stamped on our passports. Yipee.. i'll post our timelines shortly in a different thread. Regards to all!