Fly to Australia and get back

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Lru

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Hi,
I received my Australian PR recently and was advised to land in Australia before November.
Qtns:
1.Can I return from Australia to the US after my first trip?
2.Can I complete all my Permanent Residence formalities in a week and fly back to the US?
3.what documents /formalities do I have to complete before I fly to Australia and before I fly out of there( in less than a week)?
-lrugnevm
 
I don't know if things have changed now...

My experience is from 2001. I went for a couple of weeks. I did not have to do anything special. When I entered they just looked at the stamping and let me in. When I left, they just stamped again, that too when I mentined I had resident visa.

I haven't been back since then. From my understanding, if you wish to immigrate there you should move before your visa expires preferrably 2 yrs prior so you can apply for citizenship after 2 yrs of continuous stay.

Please verify this with a qualified person, these are just my thoughts.
 
Thank you Spirit

From what i understand -i need a resident return visa now.I need to apply for this again and get that so that I can leave Australia and get back to the United States.I need to provide sufficient documents to prove that I need to get back to the US for a limited amount of time.
-lrugnevm
 
resident visa...

The first visa sheet in your passport gives you the validity date. You don't need to apply for resident visa before leaving Australia.

Regarding citizenship, one has to show legal proof of staying in Australia for atleast 2 years. If there are frequent trips during that 2 year period some delay will be there before grant of citizenship.

I travelled to Australia as a resident in 1992, stayed for a week and got back to Canada. After 2 and half years entered again and stayed for 5 and half years and in the process got Australian passport.

New Zealand was considering increasing the number of years of stay for citizenship. If they do then Australia could follow soon. They may set it for 5 years stay for getting the citizenship.
 
what does...

Can you tell us what your resident visa sheet in your passport say...(one give by Australian Embassy/Consulate). It will be having date before which you need to enter and then the duration beyond that initial entry...usually 2 years or 5 years.
 
then why are you getting confused.

You have a 5 year multiple entry visa to Australia on condition that you make an initial entry before the date mentioned.

Australian rules are straight forward unlike US.

So enjoy your stay over there. But still you need to sort out the US visa bit if you plan to get back.
 
lrugnevm,
If you truly have PR in the legal sense of the word, the consulate or embassy where you picked it up would have put a very large orangeish coloured sticker in your passport. It would have an expiration date on it, as well as the words: "allowed to live in Australia indefinately". This will allow you to come and go as you please into the country and you will not in the first few years need a resident return visa. The previous note about the ability to become an Australian citizen is true. You must meet the residency rule in order to apply for citizenship, and it is better to become a citizen as it is much more difficult to lose your citizenship versus your PR status.
-Steve
 
fly to Australia and come back

Hi!
Filed my I-485, got EAD & AP.
I recently got my Australia immigration. I have to go to Australia before Feb '05; planning to go to Australia next month get it stamped and come back to US.
Question: Is my Australia PR status would affect my US GC process (reject)?
Please throw some light.
Thanks in advance.
 
Shouldn't impact your US GC process I think if you just visit for a week and return.
It is only after getting your US GC if you go and say live there say for 1-2 yrs then you may be in danger of abandoning your residency in US.
 
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