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FM CANBERRA
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 314
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG,
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MY TELNO 278 AND YOUR TELNO 217: INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR
HONG KONG: AUSTRALIA
SUMMARY
1. AUSTRALIANS OBJECT TO IMPLICATION IN OUR PROPOSED WORDING FOR PARLIAMENTARY OR MEDIA USE THAT PERMANENT RESIDENCE CAN BE ''DEFERRED'': THIS WOULD BE CONTRARY TO THE SPIRIT OF AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION PRINCIPLES. INSTRUCTIONS SOUGHT.
DETAIL
2. WE PUT THE PROPOSED FORM OF WORDS IN MY TUR IN WRITING TO IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ON 26 MARCH. THE HEAD OF IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT'S SOCIAL POLICY BRANCH (ADCOCK), REPLIED TODAY (COPY BY FAX O HKD AND DPA, HONG KONG) MAKING THE FOLLOWING POINTS:
A) OUR PROPOSED TEXT COULD BE MISLEADING AS IT GIVES THE IMPRESSION THAT AUSTRALIAN PERMANENT RESIDENCE CAN BE DEFERRED:
B) DEFERMENT IS STRICTLY SPEAKING NOT POSSIBLE : AN APPROVED MIGRANT RECEIVES A VISA VALID FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD (UP TO ONE YEAR) AND MUST ENTER AUSTRALIA WITHIN THE VISA'S VALIDITY. THE VISA HOLDER WOULD NORMALLY BE ABLE, UNDER THE TERMS OF THE VISA, TO LEAVE AND RE-ENTER AUSTRALIA ANY NUMBER OF TIMES DURING A THREE YEAR PERIOD FROM THE DATE BY WHICH THE FIRST ENTRY HAD TO BE MADE. AFTER THE INITIAL THREE YEAR PERIOD A PERMANENT RESIDENT WISHING TO LEAVE AUSTRALIA WITH PERMISSION TO RE-ENTER MUST APPLY FOR A ''RETURN VISA'', EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN CATEGORIES (MY TELNO 256), PERSONS WHO HAD NOT BEEN IN AUSTRALIA FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR OF THE INITIAL THREE YEAR PERIOD WOULD NOT (NOT) NORMALLY BE
ELIGIBLE FOR ANY RETURN VISA.
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3. THE CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE ISSUE OF ''RETURN VISAS'' GRANTED
AFTER THE INITIAL 3 YEAR PERIOD ARE:
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