TNAG-2181-FCO40-3118-Hong-Kong-nationality-international-support-1990 — Page 106

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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 :

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