Kath27mc

hi
we are in oz, and have been told by our CO that he is processing our
visas. class 136 offshore. today we received a letter asking for flight
details of leaving oz to another country, information on high
commissions in other countries and to check validity of our passports.
Is this a standard pre grant letter. It states that they have not yet
been granted, but surely this is good news. Can anyone help??????
Kath xxxx

-Gill Palmer

kath27mc wrote:
> hi
> we are in oz, and have been told by our CO that he is processing our
> visas. class 136 offshore. today we received a letter asking for flight
> details of leaving oz to another country, information on high
> commissions in other countries and to check validity of our passports.
> Is this a standard pre grant letter. It states that they have not yet
> been granted, but surely this is good news. Can anyone help??????
> Kath xxxx
>
>
> --
> kath27mc
> Posted via http://www.gettingdownunder.com

Hi Kath

Yep - that is a pre-grant letter.

The 136 is an offshore visa - that is, it cannot be granted whilst you
are in Australia.

You now need to choose where you want to go that is (a) outside
Australia and (b) has a DIMA office where they can paste the visa-label
into your passports. You have to let the CO know which office you want
the visa to be "evidenced" (pasted into the passports) by and make
arrangements to travel to the country concerned. Once you have left
Oz, your visa will be granted.

If you are on the East side of Oz, Auckland and Fiji are both popular
destinations. In Auckland you can queue up at the DIMA office in
person and they will paste the visa-label into your passports while you
wait. 2 hours in the queue and then 10 minutes waiting for them to
bring your passports back with the labels inside them. I don't know
what the drill is in Fiji.

If you are in WA then the best bet would probably be Singapore. I
don't know Jakarta at all. I used to know KL reasonably well and I've
a feeling that the Australian HC there is not in the middle of downtown
KL. I think it could be in PJ which is not really worth a visit for
its own sake as a place and is a bit of a trek, I recall.

I've h-e-a-r-d that visa evidencing cannot be done in Bali but I am not
sure. It seems only to have a consular office for Australians visiting
Bali. However, my mother was in Perth just before the grant of her
Contributory Parent visa recently. Her CO specifically suggested Bali
since, like you, Mum had to be outside Australia at the time of the
Grant.

I didn't investigate this though because in the end Mum decided to
return to the UK to spend a few weeks with me so her visa was evidenced
in London whilst she was here.

Cheers

Gill

Kath27mc

Thankyou so much. That was very helpful info. Yippee!!!
Kath xxx

Kath27mc

hi
i wondered if Gill or anyone else could answer this. we have sent an
email with the date of our flights out of oz to singapore, which is
30th january. i sent this on sunday, so they would have received it
monday. i had a confirmation of receipt but have not heard anything
else. does anyone know if i will hear anything before i leave or will
they wait till i have left? getting nervous now!!
thanks kathxxx

-Gill Palmer

On 25 Jan, 05:03, kath27mc
<kath27mc.2ky...@advice.forums.gettingdownunder.co m> wrote:
> hi
> i wondered if Gill or anyone else could answer this. we have sent an
> email with the date of our flights out of oz to singapore, which is
> 30th january. i sent this on sunday, so they would have received it
> monday. i had a confirmation of receipt but have not heard anything
> else. does anyone know if i will hear anything before i leave or will
> they wait till i have left? getting nervous now!!
> thanks kathxxx
>
> --
> kath27mc
> Posted viahttp://www.gettingdownunder.com

-Gill Palmer

On 25 Jan, 05:03, kath27mc
<kath27mc.2ky...@advice.forums.gettingdownunder.co m> wrote:
> hi
> i wondered if Gill or anyone else could answer this. we have sent an
> email with the date of our flights out of oz to singapore, which is
> 30th january. i sent this on sunday, so they would have received it
> monday. i had a confirmation of receipt but have not heard anything
> else. does anyone know if i will hear anything before i leave or will
> they wait till i have left? getting nervous now!!
> thanks kathxxx
>
> --
> kath27mc
> Posted viahttp://www.gettingdownunder.com

Hi Kath

Sorry - I sent you a blank reply just now.

I think they will now wait for you to leave Oz.

In your shoes though, I wouldn't guess. I would ring up your CO and
ask exactly what the CO wants you to do once you have left Oz. Does
he/she want you to fax a certified copy of the page in your passports
with the "Departed Australia" on it - which will give the date of
departure? Do they want you to go to the local DIMA office in the
country you are going to instead so that they can see from the pix that
you are the passport holders and that you left Oz on a particular date?

I do know that once the visa is granted, the CO at the ASPC will
transfer the necessary evidence that the visa has been granted to the
DIMA office in your destination country electronically. The info goes
via the DIMA mainframe in Canberra and takes 48 hours to reach the
offshore office, we were told.

Hope this helps a little.

Cheers and I'm sure it will all be OK.

Please let me know once you are safely back in Oz with everything done
& dusted?

Gill

Kath27mc

thanks gill,
your help has been invaluable. I will let you know when all is safe and
sound. I rang ASPC in the end and it seems that we just go to dima in
singapore and it will all be waiting. fingers crossed. hopefuly back o
the 10th february to Oz. Ill keep u informed.
Kath x

Kath27mc

dear gill,
all well and as it turned out the visas were granted 31 january and our
passports are ready!!!!! picking them up tom orrow, cant wait!! thankyou
so much for your advice. do you live in oz? anyway back to perth
february 9th and begin a new life finally!!! very excited to have the
focus and settled feeling now. once again thanks!!!!
kath xxx

-Gill Palmer

On 1 Feb, 15:08, kath27mc <kath27mc.
2lc...@advice.forums.gettingdownunder.com> wrote:
> dear gill,
> all well and as it turned out the visas were granted 31 january and our
> passports are ready!!!!! picking them up tom orrow, cant wait!! thankyou
> so much for your advice. do you live in oz? anyway back to perth
> february 9th and begin a new life finally!!! very excited to have the
> focus and settled feeling now. once again thanks!!!!
> kath xxx
>
> --
> kath27mc
> Posted viahttp://www.gettingdownunder.com

Hi Kath

Thanks for letting me know. Now you can relax and enjoy a week's
holiday.

I live in the UK. My sister has lived near Perth for about 26 years
and is married to an Ozzie.

Have a great life Downunder. It isn't for everyone and it isn't for
me, but I'm all in favour of trying to help others to get where they
want to be. I've no plans for a visit at the minute since it appears
that Mum and/or my sister may be coming to the UK in June/July. If
not, then i'll probably nip out for a month in November or so.

Cheers

Gill