AEG THALIAN POSITION
THE RIGHT OF
ADIOL PACKATE FOL, HONG KONG
THE STATEMENTS MADE IN HONG KONG BY MR FRANCIS
MAUDE ARE AN ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF AUSTRALIA'S GLOBAL
NON-DISCRIMINATORY POLICY ON
POLICY ON MIGRANT ENTRY. THEY WERE
BASED ON ADVICE OBTAINED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
IMMIGRATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ETHNIC AFFAIRS IN
CANBERRA BY THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION, WHO ASKED THE
DEPARTMENT ΤΟ EXPLAIN THE BASIS OF ENTRY POLICY FOR
PERSONS APPROVED FOR MIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.
IN SUMMARY, A PERSON APPROVED FOR MIGRANT ENTRY IS
GIVEN A VISA WHICH IS VALID FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD (UP TO
ONE YEAR), AND MUST ENTER AUSTRALIA WITHIN THE PERIOD OF
VALIDITY OF THE VISA. THE HOLDER OF THE VISA WOULD,
HOWEVER, NORMALLY BE ABLE, UNDER THE TERMS OF THE VISA,
TO LEAVE AUSTRALIA AND RE-ENTER ANY NUMBER OF TIMES FOR
THREE YEARS FROM THE DATE BEFORE WHICH THE FIRST ENTRY
WAS REQUIRED TO BE MADE.
AFTER THE
RESIDENT WISHING TO
RE-ENTER WOULD BE
A 'RETURN VISA'.
FOR AT LEAST ONE
WOULD NOT NORMALLY BE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY RETURN VISA.
HOWEVER, AN APPLICANT WHO FELL INTO ONE OF SEVERAL
PRESCRIBED CONCESSIONAL CATEGORIES COULD QUALIFY FOR Å
RETURN VISA FOR UP TO FIVE YEARS PROVIDED HE OR SHE HAD
BEEN RESIDENT IN AUSTRALIA AT SOME TIME DURING THE FIVE
YEARS PRECEDING THE APPLICATION.
THE PRESCRIBED
INITIAL THREE YEAR PE10D, A PERMANENT
LEAVE AUSTRALIA WITH PERMISSION TO
REQUIRED TO APPLY AND BE CONSIDERED FOR
SOMEONE WHO HAD NOT BEEN IN AUSTRALIA
YEAR WITHIN THE INITIAL THREE YEARS
CONCESSIONAL CATÉGORIES ARE AS FOLLOWS :