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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_permanent_resident
Australian permanent resident
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Australian permanent residents are residents of Australia who hold permanent residency visas but are not citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia.
Holders of permanent residency visas may remain in Australia indefinitely. A 5-year initial visa, which corresponds to the underlying migration scheme, is granted alongside the permanent residency. Until the initial visa expires, the visa holder may leave and re-enter Australia freely. A notable feature of the permanent residency visa is that, even after the initial visa expires, the holder is entitled to stay in Australia indefinitely without breaching immigration regulations.[1]
After the initial visa expires, if the holder wishes to continue to travel to and from Australia as a permanent resident, they must obtain a Resident Return Visa (RRV).[2] However those who live for too long outside Australia may lose their permanent resident status.
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/g ... -the-visa-works.htm
As a permanent resident you are permitted to remain in Australia indefinitely. This visa also allows you to travel to and enter Australia for five (5) years from the date the visa is granted. The expiry of this visa does not affect your permanent resident status if you are in Australia. However, if you wish to continue to travel to and from Australia as a permanent resident after the initial visa has expired, you must obtain a Resident Return Visa (RRV). Your eligibility for an RRV will depend on the period that you have resided in Australia.
http://www.immi.gov.au/media/fact-sheets/95documents.htm
Fact Sheet 95 - Documents Needed to Enter Australia
On this page
Valid entry documents
Authority to Return (ATR) and Return Endorsement (RE)
Resident Return Visas (RRVs)
Emergencies overseas
Business Skills visa holders prevented
Applying for RRVs
Former Australian Citizens
Re-evidence of return visa labels/authorities
Australian Declaratory Visa (ADV)
Application Charges
On-line
Everyone travelling to Australia needs an approved travel document, visa or authority to enter Australia.
Australian citizens who have automatic right of entry to Australia, need only present a current Australian passport on arrival.
Australian citizens who hold dual or multiple nationalities should hold an Australian passport and use it to enter or leave Australia, even if they use a foreign passport overseas. The only exception is where they have been issued an Australian Declaratory Visa.
Permanent residents (migrants) cannot travel on their migrant visas once they have been granted Australian citizenship. This is because the migrant visa ceases to be in effect when Australian citizenship is acquired, even though it may not yet have reached its expiry date or been physically cancelled.
New Zealand citizens travelling on New Zealand passports receive electronic visas that entitle them to stay in Australia.
All other non-citizens, including people who migrated and now live in Australia permanently, must hold valid visas or authorities for re-entry to Australia.
Anyone who arrives without a visa, an authority for re-entry or an Australian or New Zealand passport may be refused entry to Australia or have their entry delayed until their identities and claims to enter Australia have been checked.
In addition to the above requirements, all persons entering Australia must also fill out an incoming passenger card (IPC). All non-citizens are required to make a health and character declaration on the IPC.
Valid entry documents
Passports: A current Australian passport ensures the holder can enter Australia. A current New Zealand passport ensures the holder can enter Australia, subject to health and character requirements.
Migrant visas: New migrants are issued with a multiple re-entry visa when their immigration to Australia is approved. These visas allow holders to travel to and from Australia as permanent residents for up to five years from the date of grant.
After the initial visa has expired, if the holder wants to continue to travel to and from Australia as a permanent resident, they must obtain a Resident Return Visa (RRV).
Resident Return visas: RRVs allow permanent residents of Australia to re-enter Australia as often as they want during the validity of the visa. RRVs may be valid for five years or three months.
Permanent residents should obtain their RRVs before leaving Australia to avoid travel delays and the need to obtain an RRV through an overseas office of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship.
Permanent residents can also travel with an 'old-style' RRV, such as an Authority to Return or a Return Endorsement.
Australian citizens are not eligible for an RRV.
Authority to Return (ATR) and Return Endorsement (RE)
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Resident Return Visas (RRVs)
The purpose of RRVs is to facilitate the re-entry into Australia of non-citizen permanent residents and to ensure that only those people who have a genuine commitment to residing in Australia, or who are contributing to Australia's well-being, retain the right to return to Australia and remain permanently.
The applicant must be one of the following:
a permanent resident holding a valid permanent visa
a former permanent resident whose last permanent visa was not cancelled
a former Australian citizen who has lost or renounced his or her Australian citizenship.
For a five-year RRV, applicants must have spent two years out of the past five years in Australia as a permanent resident, or have substantial and beneficial ties to Australia. Applicants who have been absent from Australia for more than five years must also have compelling reasons for their absence of more than five years.
A three-month RRV may be granted to persons who don't yet qualify for a five-year RRV but have strong reasons to go overseas, such as the severe illness of a family member. Applicants must have spent at least one day in Australia in the past five years as a permanent resident, and have compelling and compassionate reasons for departing Australia.
Partners and family members of an RRV holder who are or have been permanent residents may be granted RRVs on the basis that the head of their family holds an RRV. An RRV granted on this basis will have the same validity period as the one held by the head of their family, whether the family member applies for an RRV at the same time as the head of their family or later.
If the family member meets one of the other criteria for an RRV in their own right, they will be granted an RRV with the full five-year validity.
Emergencies overseas
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Business Skills visa holders prevented
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Applying for RRVs
Any departmental office will accept an application for an RRV. In Australia, RRV applicants do not need to fill in a form if they:
attend an office in person, present a valid passport and pay the application charge, or
post a request for an RRV with their passport and payment of the application charge.
Applicants in Australia who meet the residence requirements for a five year RRV can apply electronically via the department's website.
See: Five Year Resident Return Visa (Subclass 155)
Such applications are usually decided within 24 hours. Applicants who are travelling should make a brief visit to an office of the department to have the visa label placed in their passports.
Overseas applicants can apply at any Australian overseas mission by completing form 1085 and lodging it with their passport and payment of the application charge (Form 990i refers).
If more than one person is travelling on the same passport, only one application and one charge is required. Family members with separate passports must apply and pay separately.
Former Australian Citizens
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Re-evidence of return visa labels/authorities
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Australian Declaratory Visa (ADV)
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Application Charges
Where payment of an application charge is required, applicants can check the amount of the charge with their nearest departmental office or Australian overseas mission. Such charges are also listed in Form 990i.
See: Visa Charges
On-line
Further information for Returning Residents is available on the department's website.
See: Five Year Resident Return Visa (Subclass 155)–About this Visa
Further information is available on the department's website.
See: www.immi.gov.au
The department also operates a national general enquiries line.
Telephone: 131 881
Hours of operation: Monday to Friday from 8.30 am to 4.30 pm (recorded information is available outside these hours).
Fact Sheet 95. Produced by the National Communications Branch, Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Canberra.
Last reviewed September 2010.
© Commonwealth of Australia 2010.
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