Initial Entry Date for your skilled visa - can this be changed?

ambasite

Just got my pre-grant letter for Skilled Migration Visa , it states that "Initial Entry Date for your skilled visa will be - 10 February 2011". I am gong home for a few weeks for Christmas and flying back to Oz first week in January- anyone know if it is possible to change the Initial Entry Date?? thanks.

hussey

ambasite wrote: »

Just got my pre-grant letter for Skilled Migration Visa , it states that "Initial Entry Date for your skilled visa will be - 10 February 2011". I am gong home for a few weeks for Christmas and flying back to Oz first week in January- anyone know if it is possible to change the Initial Entry Date?? thanks.

Are you sure that's not the 'no later' than date?

If you have your pre-grant letter, then you should inform the DIAC when you expect to leave/arrive in Aus .. usually you have a year of the grant date.

it probably doesn't mean after date

ambasite

hussey wrote: »

Are you sure that's not the 'no later' than date?

If you have your pre-grant letter, then you should inform the DIAC when you expect to leave/arrive in Aus .. usually you have a year of the grant date.

it probably doesn't mean after date

yeah it's "Initial Entry Date" alright. Not sure how or why they came up with this specific date. Like you say, i thought i would have one year to activate the visa from the date the grant letter was issued.


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Initial Entry Date for your skilled visa will be - 10 February 2011

woolymammoth

The initial entry dates generally arise from legal specifications within the immigration law, and are calculated on other "perishable" items such as medicals and police certs (which are valid for 1 year). It's the date that you have to enter Australia by, and cannot be changed, by law. This is true or partner migration anyway, and i assume it's not much different for other visas. Depending on the visa conditions, you can be allowed to leave and reënter Aus after you've entered and activated the visa. It doesn't, however, mean you have to enter on that specific date. You can arrive before, just not after!

ambasite

woolymammoth wrote: »

The initial entry dates generally arise from legal specifications within the immigration law, and are calculated on other "perishable" items such as medicals and police certs (which are valid for 1 year). It's the date that you have to enter Australia by, and cannot be changed, by law. This is true or partner migration anyway, and i assume it's not much different for other visas. Depending on the visa conditions, you can be allowed to leave and reënter Aus after you've entered and activated the visa. It doesn't, however, mean you have to enter on that specific date. You can arrive before, just not after!

was onto Visa First - you are right - just seems like a confusing term "initial" entry date. cheers.

HardyBuckFan

just out of curiousity OP, how long did the whole skilled visa process take, am thinking of applying early next year

hussey

HardyBuckFan wrote: »

just out of curiousity OP, how long did the whole skilled visa process take, am thinking of applying early next year

depends on skill, but avg seems to be at least 9 months

HardyBuckFan

cheers, thought it would be longer than that, i'm a qualified accountant so hopefully i won't be waiting 3 years!