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Due to unexpected circumstances it looks like a move back to Australia might be on the cards in the near future.

I am married to a Thai so I was hoping to get some updated information on what type of visa would be required for her to be able to move there with me.

Anyone gone trough this procedure and able to help out with advice.

Cost involved as we would be using an agent,time taken to obtain the visa,apply here or use an agent in Australia.

With all this covid going on things might not be as straight forward as they used to be.

Anyway thanks in advance for any helpful information,much appreciated.

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Best to contact the Australian Embassy as getting back to Oz is no easy matter whether you are a citizen or not. . You'll have to do 14 days quarantine on arrival and be reminded there's still 30 thousand still trying to get home from last year as entry into OZ is restricted.  Good luck. 

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11 minutes ago, chainarong said:

Best to contact the Australian Embassy as getting back to Oz is no easy matter whether you are a citizen or not. . You'll have to do 14 days quarantine on arrival and be reminded there's still 30 thousand still trying to get home from last year as entry into OZ is restricted.  Good luck. 

Yes traveling overseas at the moment is very difficult with restricted flights,quarantine and what not. But we are hoping for things to improve in the near future. So maybe starting the visa application would be a start as I have heard it takes anything from 6 months to a year. 

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Not sure what you mean by the phrase 'use an agent'. If you mean what expats in Thailand mean by that phrase, then you'd be barking up the wrong eucalypt.

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3 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

Not sure what you mean by the phrase 'use an agent'. If you mean what expats in Thailand mean by that phrase, then you'd be barking up the wrong eucalypt.

Are you saying an agent here can.t  expedite? 

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55 minutes ago, chainarong said:

Best to contact the Australian Embassy as getting back to Oz is no easy matter whether you are a citizen or not. . You'll have to do 14 days quarantine on arrival and be reminded there's still 30 thousand still trying to get home from last year as entry into OZ is restricted.  Good luck. 

 

True but I'm aware that during the Covid 19 period citizens can take some flights Bkk to Sydney, additional to the flights organized directly through the Aust. Embassy Bkk.

 

Two weeks ago the agent at Flight Centre Northern Beaches (they have re-opened some of their shops) mentioned one option is an approved flight on Cathay Pacific, Bkk to HK, 2.5 hr stopover, then direct HK to Sydney. Luggage, boarding passes etc., booked right thru to Sydney.

 

Fare AUD$860 (one way per pax) includes check-in luggage (from memory 30Kg), includes meals, no extras for seats etc. And authorized to bring passengers into Sydney under the daily quotas of arrivals rules etc.

 

No hassles in terms of transfer in HK.

 

Before disclosing the above the agent asked me if I was an Oz citizen and I am. Whether the above is available to non-Oz arrivals needs to be checked. Whether the check-in luggage can be increased also needs checking. 

 

The agent mentioned beware of flights showing on numerous searches, some with very low fares but everything is extra and expensive and there's no information whether transfer is allowed. One example was a transfer in Manila but passengers have to claim their check-in luggage, go thru customs and passport etc., then re check-in for Manila to Sydney. Labelled as a 'self-transfer' flight with no option for 'help'. Plus no details available whether passengers are currently allowed, under the Philippines current Covid 19 regulations, to do any system of transfer in Manila. Also no info whether the flight is allowed to bring passengers in under the Covid 19 period quotas on arrivals.

 

One other thought, I wonder if both you and your having completed the 2 jabs of a Covid 19 vaccine would help?

 

Good luck, hope you can make it. 

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On 4/26/2021 at 12:01 PM, scorecard said:

 

True but I'm aware that during the Covid 19 period citizens can take some flights Bkk to Sydney, additional to the flights organized directly through the Aust. Embassy Bkk.

 

Two weeks ago the agent at Flight Centre Northern Beaches (they have re-opened some of their shops) mentioned one option is an approved flight on Cathay Pacific, Bkk to HK, 2.5 hr stopover, then direct HK to Sydney. Luggage, boarding passes etc., booked right thru to Sydney.

 

Fare AUD$860 (one way per pax) includes check-in luggage (from memory 30Kg), includes meals, no extras for seats etc. And authorized to bring passengers into Sydney under the daily quotas of arrivals rules etc.

 

No hassles in terms of transfer in HK.

 

Before disclosing the above the agent asked me if I was an Oz citizen and I am. Whether the above is available to non-Oz arrivals needs to be checked. Whether the check-in luggage can be increased also needs checking. 

 

The agent mentioned beware of flights showing on numerous searches, some with very low fares but everything is extra and expensive and there's no information whether transfer is allowed. One example was a transfer in Manila but passengers have to claim their check-in luggage, go thru customs and passport etc., then re check-in for Manila to Sydney. Labelled as a 'self-transfer' flight with no option for 'help'. Plus no details available whether passengers are currently allowed, under the Philippines current Covid 19 regulations, to do any system of transfer in Manila. Also no info whether the flight is allowed to bring passengers in under the Covid 19 period quotas on arrivals.

 

One other thought, I wonder if both you and your having completed the 2 jabs of a Covid 19 vaccine would help?

 

Good luck, hope you can make it. 

No, the jury's still out in on Flu jabs no decision  made there yet ( work in progress). I'm not sure of all your other stuff. As Of yesterday Adelaide just opened their airport to International after stopping flights for the past two weeks, Perth has reduced international numbers this week to one thousand passengers a week  and Brisbane has just came back to numbers they will take after a reduction , each state will only except a certain amount of international passengers per week. All people from India are now stopped from entering. I'd get in touch with Foreign Affairs if I was you, and get all the right info and proper procedure. The flights entering OZ are only allowed a certain number of seats, they certainly are not packed out, some flights arrive with 10 passengers, as the weekly arrival numbers have been reached.  

 

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The latest arrival caps for Australian cities

 

International air passenger arrival caps

The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications administers passenger caps applying to arrivals into Australian airports.

These caps are set by National Cabinet based on advice about state and territory hotel quarantine and related resourcing capacity.

The following international passenger arrival caps are in place:

  • Adelaide: No more than 530 arrivals per week.*
  • Brisbane: No more than 500 arrivals per week, with additional surge capacity of 150 passengers per week.
  • Melbourne: No more than 880 arrivals per week, with additional surge capacity of 120 passengers per week.
  • Perth: No more than 512 arrivals per week from 29 April 2021.
  • Sydney: No more than 430 arrivals per day.
  • Individual arrangements for the Northern Territory and Tasmania settled between the Commonwealth and those jurisdictions.

* International passenger arrivals into Adelaide have been temporarily suspended for three days (25—27 April 2021).

National Cabinet will continue to monitor the ongoing appropriateness of quarantine arrangements and caps on international passenger arrivals in light of the global and local COVID-19 situation.

 

https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/department/media/mr_20210303-int-air-passenger-arrival-caps.aspx

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9 minutes ago, chainarong said:

No, the jury's still out in on Flu jabs no decision  made there yet ( work in progress). I'm not sure of all your other stuff. As Of yesterday Adelaide just opened their airport to International after stopping flights for the past two weeks, Perth has reduced international numbers this week to one thousand passengers a week  and Brisbane has just came back to numbers they will take after a reduction , each state will only except a certain amount of international passengers per week. All people from India are now stopped from entering. I'd get in touch with Foreign Affairs if I was you, and get all the right info and proper procedure. The flights entering OZ are only allowed a certain number of seats, they certainly are not packed out, some flights arrive with 10 passengers, as the weekly arrival numbers have been reached.  

 

The information I shared about the approved flight Bkk to Sydney via HK was correct when I wrote it.

 

You mentioned "...'each state will only except a certain amount of international passengers per week..."

 

I asked the Flight Centre lady about this in terms of the 'approved' Cathay Pacific flight she had mentioned.

 

Her response was clear 'Yes, Cathay only makes bookings which are within the total allowance of people allowed to enter each day on arrival at Sydney airport".

 

But I would certainly check all of this again to see if anything has changed overnight before I booked and paid for this or any flight. 

 

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On 4/26/2021 at 10:14 AM, Titan1962 said:

I am married to a Thai so I was hoping to get some updated information on what type of visa would be required for her to be able to move there with me.

You need to go to the homeaffairs.gov.au to get the latest. It is explicit but takes a lot of clicks to get there.

Part of what you will find:

 

(Subclasses 309 and 100)

Partner visa (apply overseas)

Allows the partner or spouse of an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen to live in Australia.

You apply for the temporary and the permanent partner visas together.

You must be outside Australia when you apply

The temporary Partner provisional visa leads directly to the permanent Partner visa

Stay

The Partner provisional visa allows you to stay temporarily, while we process your permanent Partner (Migrant) visa (subclass 100) application.

Cost

From AUD7,715

Processing Time

Partner provisional visa (subclass 309)

We process:

75% of applications in 22 months

90% of applications in 24 months

Partner (Migrant) visa (subclass 100)

We process:

75% of applications in 17 months

90% of applications in 21 months

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7 minutes ago, GreasyFingers said:

You need to go to the homeaffairs.gov.au to get the latest. It is explicit but takes a lot of clicks to get there.

Part of what you will find:

 

(Subclasses 309 and 100)

Partner visa (apply overseas)

Allows the partner or spouse of an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen to live in Australia.

You apply for the temporary and the permanent partner visas together.

You must be outside Australia when you apply

The temporary Partner provisional visa leads directly to the permanent Partner visa

Stay

The Partner provisional visa allows you to stay temporarily, while we process your permanent Partner (Migrant) visa (subclass 100) application.

Cost

From AUD7,715

Processing Time

Partner provisional visa (subclass 309)

We process:

75% of applications in 22 months

90% of applications in 24 months

Partner (Migrant) visa (subclass 100)

We process:

75% of applications in 17 months

90% of applications in 21 months

Thanks for that information,very helpful.

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Just now, Titan1962 said:

Thanks for that information,very helpful.

Helpful, but not encouraging. As a temporary measure your wife could ask for a 3 year tourist visa but would need to exit/enter Australia every 3 months. These are automatic but if you present an itinerary of needing to be in Australia on multiple occasions you might get it. I used eye surgery and checkups.

If you have the time open an Immiaccount with them and do it yourself. Filling out the application online is easy enough but you need copies of a lot of documents that will take time.

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50 minutes ago, Jillie Norman said:

What other conditions can be used?

I do not know. The normal tourist visa is only for 6 months but late in the ImmiAccount application there is (I think from a poor memory) a box to tick to have multiple entries. You then have to provide information why you need to be able to enter the country multiple times over an extended period.

As well as the eye problem and a Christmas visit I also explained that all of my siblings were older than me (70 yo) so we needed to go back at short notice if any of them were ill or were to die. The family would expect my wife to go with me.

None of this was BS but just a story that seemed reasonable. It will of course depend on who deals with your application but you should have an email contact if there is a problem. On a previous application there was an obvious mistake on the dates that were corrected via email.

This was also the third tourist application for my wife, a month before Covid hit and we are yet to utilize it, but is valid to 2023.

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Greasy Fingers  has it   right...     2 Mates, married to Thai women here,   did it this way.    Visa application  in each case took  almost 12 months to process.     Complicated, but not impossible to do yourself..  Best of luck

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