Oyster33

hi,



I am a pakistani citizen. I did my masters from australia last year.
Unfortunately (my fault) i overstayed my visa by 9 days. Now I want to
go to Australia just to visit my friends on a short stay visa. Currently
I am in the US and will be applying for a visa from here. Shd i mention
this overstay on my application? Is this gonna make my application look
bad and result in a refusal? pls help ... any suggestions are highly
appreciated....

George Lombard

Dear Oyster,

If you don't mention your overstay that will make you look bad. Of course
their systems will reveal your situation immediately. If you have a good
excuse they might exercise their discretion, but ordinarily people in your
situation face a three year ban.

Cheers

George Lombard

Oyster33

3 years ban for 9 days? is this because i am from pakistan?

Fuzzyness

Originally posted by oyster33

    > 3 years ban for 9 days? is this because i am from pakistan?



no. i would hazard a guess it would be because you contravened
australian laws that forbid people staying in the country longer than
there visa allows. whether you are from pakistan or cambodia the same
law would still apply.

Morphee

Hi there.

my advise is same as George do not mentioned over stay .. just apply
for visit visa if you have nothing against you in australia (criminal
or fruad etc.. case) then shouldnt be any problem...

some time it depends of visa officer or persone to person. but in
general you should not have any problem unless you have problem in US
or had prob in Auss.


take care Dude


champ



"George Lombard" <> wrote in message news:<Y6POb.7450$>...
    > Dear Oyster,
    >
    > If you don't mention your overstay that will make you look bad. Of course
    > their systems will reveal your situation immediately. If you have a good
    > excuse they might exercise their discretion, but ordinarily people in your
    > situation face a three year ban.
    >
    > Cheers
    >
    > George Lombard
    > --
    > www.austimmigration.com.au
    >
    >
    > "oyster33" <member20187@british_expats.com> wrote in message
    > news:...
    > >
    > > hi,
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > I am a pakistani citizen. I did my masters from australia last year.
    > > Unfortunately (my fault) i overstayed my visa by 9 days. Now I want to
    > > go to Australia just to visit my friends on a short stay visa. Currently
    > > I am in the US and will be applying for a visa from here. Shd i mention
    > > this overstay on my application? Is this gonna make my application look
    > > bad and result in a refusal? pls help ... any suggestions are highly
    > > appreciated....
    > >
    > >
    > > --
    > > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Peter Tomo

Originally posted by Morphee

    > my advise is same as George do not mentioned over stay ..


    > some time it depends of visa officer or persone to person. but in

    > general you should not have any problem...


    > "George Lombard" wrote in message

    > > If you don't mention your overstay that will make you look
    > bad...

Exactly on the contrary. George wrote that it would do harm not to
mention the overstay.



Let's distinguish between personal opinion and advice. Let's not
"advise" to cheat immigration system.



Peter

Oyster33

thanks for all the replies....



but i was just wondering, isnt the 3 year ban for only for ppl who
overstay for more than 28 days...



i am mailing my application tom... i dont have any problems such as a
crminal record or otherwise in my 2 years stay in the states .. so wish
me luck that i get a kind hearted immigration officer who loves art! as
i am an artist!

Jaj

George is correct that you need to mention your overstay on any form
it's asked for, but as you only overstayed 9 days the legal 3 year ban
will not take effect. You need to overstay 28 days or more for this to
happen.

However, the fact you have overstayed in itself may be a black mark for
the DIMIA case officer assessing your next tourist visa application (as
it may indicate you're a potential overstay risk next time).

Jeremy

George Lombard wrote:
    > Dear Oyster,
    >
    > If you don't mention your overstay that will make you look bad. Of course
    > their systems will reveal your situation immediately. If you have a good
    > excuse they might exercise their discretion, but ordinarily people in your
    > situation face a three year ban.
    >
    > Cheers
    >
    > George Lombard
    > --
    > www.austimmigration.com.au
    >
    >
    > "oyster33" <member20187@british_expats.com> wrote in message
    > news:...
    >
    >>hi,
    >>I am a pakistani citizen. I did my masters from australia last year.
    >>Unfortunately (my fault) i overstayed my visa by 9 days. Now I want to
    >>go to Australia just to visit my friends on a short stay visa. Currently
    >>I am in the US and will be applying for a visa from here. Shd i mention
    >>this overstay on my application? Is this gonna make my application look
    >>bad and result in a refusal? pls help ... any suggestions are highly
    >>appreciated....
    >>--
    >>Posted via http://britishexpats.com
    >
    >
    >

Oyster33

GOT MY VISA TODAY!!!!! that too without the no furthur stay
restriction!!!! no 3 year ban.. no overstay issue... i am at the top of
the world!!! :)

good luck to all of you too!!!