Australia Permanent Residents Require Valid Visa To Return Australia Resident Return Visa (Class BB) (Subclass 155) Australia Resident Return Visa or RRV Subclass 155 visa is a permanent visa for all Australia permanent residents whose first permanent visa, regardless of the visa subclass, has ceased after 5 years of visa grant. As an Australia permanent...Read More

You may be able to recover or regain your lost Australian PR by applying for subclass 159 visa Regaining Australian PR by former permanent residents may be possible by applying for a subclass 159 visa, Subclass 159 visa is for eligible Norfolk Island or NI (click here to learn more) and former permanent residents who...Read More

If you are a former Australia PR or citizen, you could apply to return as a PR Recovering PR using subclass 157 – if you have departed Australia as a PR and has not renewed your permanent visa (former PR), it is still possible for recovering your PR by applying for a RRV subclass 157...Read More

You can request for Ministerial discretion or waiver if you are not able to meet the general residence requirements Australian citizenship residency discretions & exemptions – residence requirements or having lived in Australia is necessary to ensure that a person who wishes to become an Australian citizen has spent sufficient time in Australia to gain...Read More

To be granted Australian citizenship, the Department must be satisfied with your identity. Citizenship by conferral and identity requirement – if you are applying for Australian citizenship by conferral under the Australian Citizenship Act 2007, the Department must be satisfied as to your identity pursuant to s. 24(3). Section 24(3) states that the Department must...Read More

You could still be granted a permanent partner visa if you suffered from domestic violence Domestic violence and your partner visa Domestic violence and your partner visa – if you are on a partner visa (click here for more information on prospective marriage subclass 300 visa or offshore subclass 309 partner visa or onshore subclass...Read More

If you have been sentenced to 12 months or more imprisonment, your visa will be cancelled Permanent residence visa cancellation – the Department has the power to cancel a permanent residence visa (click here to learn more about Subclass 155 RRV) for a number of reasons. Permanent residence visa cancellation can be mandatory or “automatic”...Read More

When applying for a visa you are required to satisfy the health criteria or PIC 4005 PIC 4005 health requirements – what are the purposes of PIC 4005 health criteria? protect the Australian community from threats to public healthcontain Australian public expenditure on health and community servicessafeguard the access of Australian residents to health and...Read More

PIC 4001 & section 501 (Character test) do not apply to Protection visa applicants s501 Apply To Protection Visa applicants? Unless you have been convicted of a particular serious crime, you cannot be regarded as someone who may pose a danger to the Australian community. The Department of Home Affairs should assess your Protection subclass...Read More

Australian citizenship by birth Australian citizenship by birth – children born before 20 August 1986 acquired Australian citizen by simply using their birth certificate issued by an Australian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. This is enough to confirm you are an Australian citizen provided your parents were not in Australia as foreign diplomats or...Read More