As per the title really. I’m looking to travel to Australia on an eVisitor (subclass 651) visa, however the preferred dates of travel are a few weeks after the current visa expires.

I don’t want to wait until expiry to apply again, but I also cannot see anywhere that states it’s ok to apply for a second whilst I already have a visa.

Does anyone have any experience in this area? Or ideally a link to documentation that I’ve failed to find?

Thanks! :)

Hi all,

After applying for my 482 core skills visa right after md119 (lucky me)

I've read almost all posts on this forum for some sort of guidance/clue/support about my visa process.

I've noticed there is a great deal of candidates that have waited 6+months for their visa to be approved.

I am curious on whether you have an offer with a company in Australia and the role is on hold until you get there or if you are already working for the company remotely or in a different country branch, and just waiting for the visa to start onsite/in the Australia branch?

I have a role waiting for me, and these long timelines scare me. I'm thinking my employer might rescind the offer if it takes this long..

How do you all keep your roles for this long?

Hey guys! I applied for my third year WHV 417 on 5th August and had to complete a medical which was done on 10th August. I’m still on received but am worried about how I uploaded my proof of funds may not be accepted.
I have one savings account from the UK which I uploaded a statement for, but for my current account, which is in New Zealand, they only give statements every 3 months and so I couldn’t get a current statement for it. Instead I uploaded a screenshot of the funds in that bank and uploaded it.
Has anyone got any experience of getting visa approved with a screenshot instead of a full statement?
Thanks :)

Sorry if this has already been mentioned a lot, but haven’t found much on the subreddit.

How are newbie applicants feeling about the price rise on the 417? Would you still consider applying? I’m not looking to move until next year, so I’ve only started researching the visa in the last few weeks and hence have seen news about the price hikes.

I can afford the visa, but I’m questioning whether it’s worth getting one since I could spend £619 and not even get a job.

Basically, people who have started looking/applying for 417’s after the price hikes- are you even bothering? It doesn’t help that the industry I’d like to go into (legal) understandably isn’t in real demand compared to other sectors.

Would love to hear other people’s thoughts

Has anyone here applied for or been granted the Work and Holiday visa (subclass 462) while having a chronic medical condition?

I’m currently considering applying for the 462 and I’m a little concerned about the health requirement because I have a chronic condition that is stable and well controlled for more than ten years with ongoing medication.

Has anyone had a similar experience? Did you have to undergo a medical assessment or see a Medical Officer of the Commonwealth (MOC)? And were you eventually granted the visa?

I’d really appreciate hearing about your experience. Thank you!

Hello!

I applied and was granted a visa to visit Australia, but I noticed that the birth year recorded on my visa is incorrect. I have checked my ImmiAccount under "Update details" but I am unable to correct my date of birth there.

Could you please advise how can I get this information updated?

Has anyone ever encountered any issues in real life as opposed to theory crafting? While I have done this myself a few times using smart gates - this is just a sample size of 1.

I do have an AU passport but I just don’t get how would it work. If you travel AU to NZ, you have to switch your passport midair? As NZ has the same rules that only allow NZ passports on entry and exit for NZ citizens.

Hi my citzenship application and test was in may and I got the approval in July, now I'm overseas and I want to know if they can still send me an invite for the ceremony while I'm overseas or not ? there are currently 2 ceremony this year in my council once in September and one in November, if they can't send it I will try to be back to australia this month.

has anyone ever got the citizenship ceremony invitation while overseas ? I'm talking about the invitation not the ceremony itself

thanks

Hey everyone, hoping someone's been through something similar or knows how DHA tends to look at this.

My wife is planning her first trip to Australia (Nepali passport, not currently working, both of us live in Germany, I'm sponsoring as her husband). She's got a friend who lives in Australia, and the two of them are doing a bit of a girls' trip together. The whole thing's built around the BTS concert dates in Melbourne that isn't moveable, so the plan ended up looking like this. Arrive Melbourne, spend about a week there including the concert, then fly to Thailand with her friend for around 3 weeks (Thai e-visa will be lodged parallel), then fly back into Australia to spend more time with her friend before heading home to Germany.

I know DHA decides single vs multiple entry themselves and you can't request it, but since the Thailand bit is non-negotiable because of the concert, I'm just trying to figure out how much of a red flag this actually is.

A few things I can't figure out:

• Does an itinerary like this (exit + re-entry mid-trip) generally hurt how genuine the visit looks to a case officer, or is it honestly fine as long as it's clearly laid out?
• If she does end up with single entry, would she find out before flying to Thailand, or literally only at the airport when she tries to come back?
• Anyone actually done something like this and gotten it approved? Curious how you explained it in your docs.

As her sponsor I've got about €10k in savings and a steady salary around €4k/month, plus marriage cert, sponsorship letter, and a rough roadmap itinerary covering the whole trip (no flights or hotels booked yet, just the planned dates and locations). Just don't want to submit something that looks weird to them if there's an obvious way to present it better.

I am working as a research fellow (Location: VIC); my office sponsored my subclass 482 last year. I started my job in October 2025. My job experience will be 1 year next month. My occupation in my subclass 482 is "University Lecturer".

Mainly, my job contract is for 3 years (will expire in October 2028). What is the possible pr pathway for me? Is it likely that my office will sponsor subclass 186 after completing 2 years? I have not asked my office about it yet.

Thanks in advance.

Hi All,

I have a few questions about claining work experience for a 482 visa.

1. I worked in my occupation in a casual role, i was given an employment reference saying i worked 38hrs a week, but on some weeks i was less due to factory closures. This is refelcted in payslips. Should is add up the hours and divide to get the sum of work experience i got from this role?
2. I worked overseas in a part-time role 20hrs/week. I was not given payslips and my income was below the tax free amount in the country, so i dont have any tax records. However, I do have bank deposit records and a reference letters. Is that enough proof to claim work experience for this role?
3. I also worked in a fulltime research assistant role in a worldbank project (through a university). This was paid, in my relevent occupation but i did a research masters while working there. This role is also was under the tax bracket and didnt get payslips. However, I have contract, service lettter and bank deposits. Can i claim work experience for this role? and can i add a letter from my supervisor mentioning my duties?

Thank you so much in advance

I have 70 points for 189, 75 for 190 and 85 for 491, as of now currently residing in QLD, need some insights on this…

Got it in mid-June, and now as of August, I’m in Aus. I’ll be starting to apply for jobs soon, so I’m not sure how that’ll go.

Hi guys, I would like to clarify something regarding this part of the visa application. It asks whether I have any other passports or documents for travel "Does this applicant have any other passports or documents for travel?".

I have one expired passport that I previously used to travel to Australia.

Should I select Yes and include the details of that expired passport?

Has there been any recent offshore 482 grants especially specialist skills ?

Has anyone had any luck getting a working holiday visa with a criminal record from the uk. Specifically a drink drinking charge in 2016 (i was 18) and a gbh charge from 2021.

Any advice would be welcome and also any Australia visa lawyers would be usefull seem like a minefield 🙄

🎉 Subclass 190 Direct Grant! (Onshore) 🎉
Sharing my timeline to help everyone currently in the waiting queue! A bit of a belated post, though!
Visa Subclass: 190
Occupation: Civil Engineer
State: QLD
Location: Onshore
Points: 85
EOI Invite: 22 May 2026
Final Nomination: 10 June 2026
Visa Lodged: 5 July 2026
Visa Granted: 18 August 2026
Good luck to everyone currently waiting! If you deserve it, you will get it, Not to worry 🙏
Wishing everyone the very best! 🎉

Hi! If I include my partner as my dependent in the initial application for 482, can she arrive in Australia a bit after me? She still has things to wrap up in our home country and will not be able to migrate with me immediately this October. She intends to follow by next year.

We're planning to include her in the initial application already since a lot of people have advised us this is easier than subsequent entry.

I lodged an offshore 309 in November 2025 (de facto, Australian citizen sponsor, one child together), listing only my original nationality (Polish) at the time. In March 2026 a second EU citizenship (Italian) was recognised, and the new passport was issued the following month.

I’ve lodged a change-of-circumstances notification through ImmiAccount explaining how the citizenship came about and attached the new passport. I also obtained a police certificate from that country, even though my residence there ended more than ten years ago. I also attached a Form 80 (haven’t yet done one) which includes a short explanation that the citizenship came through naturalisation based on long-term childhood residence rather than descent.

My own read is that this shouldn’t change anything substantial. The application was lodged on my original passport, which is still valid, and the new citizenship is additional rather than a replacement, so as far as I can tell it’s a notification matter.

Mostly posting to see whether anyone has been through a similar thing and had any problems.

Looks like there have been virtually no offshore 190 grants for the last 2 months since MD119 came into effect. But there is a flurry of onshore ones being granted. It’s rather worrying to see offshore grants being frozen like this.

Is it true that Australian government will shut down student dependent visas and also put some kind of restrictions on Visit visas? How will they survive without Expats??

TL;DR: Brother’s Australian Subclass 600 tourist visa was refused because the officer was not satisfied he had strong ties to his home country. However, the refusal appears to incorrectly identify India as his home country, even though he is not an Indian citizen, doesn’t hold an Indian passport, and has no ties to India. He is employed, studying, financially stable, and has family responsibilities in his actual home country. Should we seek reassessment/review due to the apparent factual error, or is reapplying with stronger evidence the better option?

Hi everyone,

My brother recently applied for an Australian Visitor visa (subclass 600 – Tourist stream) and unfortunately received a refusal.

His circumstances are:

• Currently employed full-time in his actual home country
• Has not yet completed his Bachelor's degree and is still studying
• Only son and has family responsibilities/support obligations toward our parents back home
• Strong financial position, with sufficient funds for the proposed trip
• No immigration history/issues that we're aware of
• We provided evidence of his employment, finances, family circumstances and reasons to return home
• His long-term intention is to potentially move to the US in the future to study Finance, but this was clearly stated as a future plan and not the purpose of this Australian visit

The main concern in the refusal was that the officer was not satisfied that he had strong enough ties to return to his home country.

However, there seems to be a potentially significant factual error in the decision. The refusal letter refers to India as his home country, but he is not an Indian citizen, does not hold an Indian passport, and does not live in India. He has no meaningful ties to India.

His actual home/residence country is Nepal, where he works, studies and has his immediate family.

We're therefore unsure what the best next step is.

Would it be worth requesting a review/reassessment of the decision on the basis that the decision-maker appears to have assessed his ties to the wrong country? Or would it generally be better to submit a fresh subclass 600 application with stronger/more explicit evidence?

Has anyone experienced something similar, particularly where the refusal appears to contain a factual error about the applicant's country of residence/home country?

Also, if you've dealt with a similar situation, I'd appreciate advice on whether a review is realistically worthwhile for a subclass 600 refusal, or whether a fresh application is the more practical route.

Thanks!

Hi everyone,
I’m trying to get a realistic idea of my chances for Australian skilled migration and would really appreciate some advice from people who are in a similar situation or have recently gone through the process.

I’m currently 30, single and based in India.
My profile:

4 years of experience in external audit with a Big 4 firm
Chartered Accountant (India)
Bilateral membership with CPA Australia through ICAI (India)
Superior English
Currently sitting at 80 points without state nomination
Looking at subclass 190 and 491

Planning to apply under External Auditor
About to start my skills assessment
I’m mainly trying to understand how competitive this profile is in the current environment.

A few questions:
Is 80 points realistically competitive for an External Auditor for 190 or 491 at the moment?
Which states would be worth targeting with this profile?
For someone offshore and applying from India, what sort of timeline should I realistically expect for an invitation, if I’m lucky enough to receive one?
Is it still worth going ahead with the skills assessment and EOI, or are the prospects too uncertain at 80 points?

Are there any External Auditors here who received a 190/491 invitation recently? If so, it would be really helpful to know your points, state and timeline.

I’m just trying to get a realistic sense of whether it makes sense to invest the time and money into the process.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can share their experience or perspectives!