Originally Posted by funky_beat (Post 9015260)

Hi,
We have been granted VE175 visa in July 2010 and our initial entry date is June 11,2011. We planned to do the validation trip in April/May 2011 for couple of weeks and come back, but we have just found out that my wife is about 10 weeks pregnant(After the visa grant) and the due date is July 1st 2011. We now plan to have the baby born in Australia and will be travelling while wife is 30-32 weeks pragnent(Checked with Airline its ok to travel) before the initial entry date. My question is do we need to notify DIAC about this and whether there could be any issues at the airport e.g. turned away or denied entry due to wife being pragnent. As far as I know there shouldn't be any issue but wife was chatting today with a friend in Australia (australian citizen) whose husband works at the airport told that you are not allowed to enter Australia if you are pragnent. Just wondering if this is true and in this case can we have our initial entry date extended. Appreciate your feedback please.

Cheers,

Originally Posted by funky_beat (Post 9015260)

Hi,
We have been granted VE175 visa in July 2010 and our initial entry date is June 11,2011. We planned to do the validation trip in April/May 2011 for couple of weeks and come back, but we have just found out that my wife is about 10 weeks pregnant(After the visa grant) and the due date is July 1st 2011. We now plan to have the baby born in Australia and will be travelling while wife is 30-32 weeks pragnent(Checked with Airline its ok to travel) before the initial entry date. My question is do we need to notify DIAC about this and whether there could be any issues at the airport e.g. turned away or denied entry due to wife being pragnent. As far as I know there shouldn't be any issue but wife was chatting today with a friend in Australia (australian citizen) whose husband works at the airport told that you are not allowed to enter Australia if you are pragnent. Just wondering if this is true and in this case can we have our initial entry date extended. Appreciate your feedback please.


Cheers,

Originally Posted by gr8leo87 (Post 9015319)

If you a citizen or a permanent resident you can be allowed to enter australia as and when you please.

It's for the non residents that they can't enter the country when they are so much pregnant that they might just pop out the baby within their valid visa period.

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 9015561)

Rubbish. There is no rule at all that says you cannot enter Australia while pregnant. That includes tourists, temporary visa holders, PR AND citizens. Please don't scare people with wrong information like this.

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 9015561)

Rubbish. There is no rule at all that says you cannot enter Australia while pregnant. That includes tourists, temporary visa holders, PR AND citizens. Please don't scare people with wrong information like this.

Originally Posted by gr8leo87 (Post 9016564)

It was never my intention to scare people with wrong information. May be I was wrong about Australia but I had definitely heard about this rule may be for some other country.

And I represented an opinion, in good faith, to the best of my knowledge. And I wasn't charging any money for that neither assumed any responsibility for the information provided.

And I did clear his confusion that residents and citizen can enter Australia while pregnant or as and when they please. Hell they can even enter Australia with their water broken!

Originally Posted by gr8leo87 (Post 9015319)

they are so much pregnant that they might just pop out the baby within their valid visa period.

Originally Posted by mandymcqueen (Post 9016227)

Exactly and any baby born in Australia, to non Australian Citizens, the baby is given the same visa as the parents anyway so why would they not let pregnant woman in the country

Originally Posted by funky_beat (Post 9020333)

Hi,
Thank you all for your valueable feedback, feel relieved now. Anyway I'll let the case officer know of change in circumstances since its mentioned in the grant letter to do so.

Cheers