Initial entry date
If all requirements are met and visas are granted, all applicants will be required to make at least an initial entry to Australia on these visas by no later than -21 April 2009.
The initial entry date cannot be extended once the application is finalised, and a visa may be cancelled if a visa holder does not enter Australia by that date.
Please advise whether you and your spouse are able to arrive in Australia prior to the 21st of April 2009. If you are unable to do so or would like to have the initial entry date extended you will be required to do new permanent medicals and provide new police certificates. Please advise the department as soon as possible of your decision.
After departure from Australia, please allow at least 3 working days before approaching the Australian overseas mission to have visas evidenced in your passport, to allow time for the electronic transfer of visa data to that mission. Details of the department's overseas missions may be found here: http://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/overseas/index.htm
It may then take at least 5 working days for the evidencing process to be finalised, depending on the processing priorities at the overseas mission. If you are unable to go to the Australian overseas mission in person, you should check with the mission for other arrangements.
When you have provided your travel itinerary, you will not hear from the GSM Adelaide office until after the visas have been granted. When approaching the overseas mission, please take a copy of this letter for verification. If travel plans are changed, please advise the GSM Adelaide office immediately.
Passport details
All applicants must provide details of their passport or travel documents before the application can be finalised. Please ensure that your travel documents have an adequate period of validity to allow you to enter Australia. Please note that any visas granted will be linked to the passport information held by this office.
If not already provided, please provide certified copies of the personal particulars pages of all the applicants’ passports, including any amendments such as passport validity extensions.
If any applicant does not currently hold a passport, or needs to extend or renew a passport, please arrange this now and provide copies of relevant pages.
As any visas granted will be linked to the passport information held by this office, please ensure that you have provided current valid passport details before your application is finalised.
