louisey66

Can anyone tell me, does the primary applicant on the visa require to be in Australia initially to validate or can the secondary applicant go out and set things up (i.e rental agreement, work etc) a few months early before the lead name arrives???

Sammy T

Hi

It may depend on your particular visa but for the 175 the primary applicant has to enter Oz first, followed by other applicants at any time up until the validation date.

Hope that helps

Sam

louisey66

Thank you, it is a 175 visa.

Sammy T

Hi again

Our visa grant is quite specific about main applicant (hubby) being the first one to enter Oz, followed by me and the children.
What does your say?

Sam

ex_exile

Usually this is true but it depends on how the visa was issued, I *think* that they are supposed to be issued with a 850x(2?) condition to enforce the primary applicant entering first but sometimes this is left off for whatever reason in which case any of the applicants can enter first.

Sammy T

Yeah, we have the condition 8502 on our visa grant letter which says:

"The holder of the visa must not enter Australia before the entry to Australia of the primary applicant."

Obviously if they have not put this on the visa grant letter, I guess you wold be able to enter in which ever order you like?

Sam