Hope everyone is safe. Regarding the Travel Exemption Update posted on DHA. Does it mean 491 holder is already allowed to enter just like PR?
https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/travel-restrictions
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Joined: Dec 10, 2019
Thanks for this, @aicee. Pareho tayo ng intindi. Provisional visa holders naman ang may 491 hehe. Tama kaya or masyado lang akong naexcite hahaha
04 Jul 2019 | VETASSESS skills assessment submitted (249311, Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages [TESOL])
01 Aug 2019 | IELTS L/S/W/R (9/9/7.5/8.5/) Overall: 8.5, Proficient
24 Sep 2019 | 249311 TESOL positive skills assessment
28 Sep 2019 | PTE Academic L/S/W/R (81/90/83/90) Overall: 89, Superior
04 Oct 2019 | AITSL suitable skills assessment for 241411 (Secondary School Teacher)
05 Dec 2019 | EOI for 491 lodged, 249311 (NT, 85 points)
09 Dec 2019 | MigrationNT application lodged
24 Dec 2019 | Turned 40, minus 10 points (75 points)
20 Jan 2020 | Status changed from 'Waiting for Admin Review' to 'Case Officer Assessment'
19 May 2020 | Received declaration form from the NT; printed, signed, and uploaded it on the same day
28 May 2020 | Received invite from Skillselect
03 June 2020 | Lodged visa
19 June 2020 | Health clearance provided - No action required
24 Sep 2020 | CO contact asking for additional information: (1) Biometrics, (2) United Kingdom Police Clearance. I was given
70 days to provide those documents.
24 Sep 2020 | Uploaded a letter on immi explaining my inability to provide (1) as VFS Global has not reopened in SG yet since
their closure on 3rd April 2020; (2) the requirement must have been a mistake as I have never been to the UK.
06 Nov 2020 | Done with biometrics
09 Nov 2020 | Visa grant!:-) To God be the Glory!
1 Corinthians 1:5 That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
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Nalito ri ako hehe
19/04/2011 IELTS Competent L:7.0, R: 7.5, W: 6.0, S: 6.0, OBS: 6.5
27/03/2018 PTE Proficient L:73, R: 70, W: 73, S: 78, OBS: 71
07/07/2018 Received Passport (10 years expiry)
08/08/2018 Received Driver's Licence 5 years
09/10/2018 0600H EA Queued for Assessment
29/10/2018 0530H Assessment in Progress
29/10/2018 1200H Outcome Received (Positive)
16/11/2019 1326H EOI Lodged 491 Family Sponsored 90 pts.
28/11/2019 NBI Application. (HIT)
09/12/2019 NBI Clearance Claimed at NBI Ermita for Faster processing
09/01/2020 2100H ITA 491
14/01/2020 Received Sponsorship Documents
20/01/2020 Payroll Statement of Account
27/01/2020 E medical at Nationwide Baguio
28/01/2020 E medical No Action Required. Nationwide Submitted to DHA
29/01/2020 Received Current Payslip
02/02/2020 SSS Inquiry System
07/02/2020 Reference Letter Current
07/02/2020 Provident Fund Update
10/02/2020 Polio Vaccination Certificate
12/02/2020 BIR Form 2316 updated to 2019
15/02/2020 Lodgment of Visa. Frontloaded all Docs including Form 80, 1221, 1281, medicals as per guidelines
18/02/2020 Form 1023
07/05/2020 CO allocated
27/10/2020 Direct Grant. No CO Contact.
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Kapag Initial Entry po required ba na lumabas ng Australia ulet? Or pwede po na dumeretso na ng stay sa Australia?
Joined: Oct 24, 2018
Pgkakaalam ko pwd pong lumabas prin hanggang valid pa ang visa. Pwd ring drtso move in kna upon your intial entry.
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Ngayon, an Date Granted and (Minimum Initial Entry Date) ay equal
Sana iallow na kung based sa interpretation pwede na magtravel. Kasi umaandar na ang oras
and bayad naman na ang visa from Day 1 of Date Granted
Must not arrived after Initial Entry Date = 1 year after Date Granted
19/04/2011 IELTS Competent L:7.0, R: 7.5, W: 6.0, S: 6.0, OBS: 6.5
27/03/2018 PTE Proficient L:73, R: 70, W: 73, S: 78, OBS: 71
07/07/2018 Received Passport (10 years expiry)
08/08/2018 Received Driver's Licence 5 years
09/10/2018 0600H EA Queued for Assessment
29/10/2018 0530H Assessment in Progress
29/10/2018 1200H Outcome Received (Positive)
16/11/2019 1326H EOI Lodged 491 Family Sponsored 90 pts.
28/11/2019 NBI Application. (HIT)
09/12/2019 NBI Clearance Claimed at NBI Ermita for Faster processing
09/01/2020 2100H ITA 491
14/01/2020 Received Sponsorship Documents
20/01/2020 Payroll Statement of Account
27/01/2020 E medical at Nationwide Baguio
28/01/2020 E medical No Action Required. Nationwide Submitted to DHA
29/01/2020 Received Current Payslip
02/02/2020 SSS Inquiry System
07/02/2020 Reference Letter Current
07/02/2020 Provident Fund Update
10/02/2020 Polio Vaccination Certificate
12/02/2020 BIR Form 2316 updated to 2019
15/02/2020 Lodgment of Visa. Frontloaded all Docs including Form 80, 1221, 1281, medicals as per guidelines
18/02/2020 Form 1023
07/05/2020 CO allocated
27/10/2020 Direct Grant. No CO Contact.
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ohhh nice to see this. provisional visa din ako(489) and based sa nabasa sa taas parang pwede na tayo kasi under provisional tayo. allthough i maybe wrong? hahahah.
antay tayo ng mga experto. =P
Joined: Sep 28, 2016
unfortunately inupdate ulit nila today,pang famly visa holder lang pla yon,,ayayay! :
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Joined: Jul 14, 2016
yun lang.... haayysss
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Joined: Jun 02, 2019
Baka madami nagemail inquiry sa kanila about it. Let's keep on praying!!
ANZSCO 233311 (Electrical Engineer)
Age: 30 Language: 10 Experience: 10 Education: 15 Partner: 10 FS: 15
Subclass 491 (Family Sponsored) Granted: May 28, 2021
"This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us--whatever we ask--we know that we have what we asked of him." 1 John 5:14-15
Joined: Oct 24, 2018
Naku, panandaliang ligaya lng pala un
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so pwede ang 491 Provisional Family Sponsored Visa?
19/04/2011 IELTS Competent L:7.0, R: 7.5, W: 6.0, S: 6.0, OBS: 6.5
27/03/2018 PTE Proficient L:73, R: 70, W: 73, S: 78, OBS: 71
07/07/2018 Received Passport (10 years expiry)
08/08/2018 Received Driver's Licence 5 years
09/10/2018 0600H EA Queued for Assessment
29/10/2018 0530H Assessment in Progress
29/10/2018 1200H Outcome Received (Positive)
16/11/2019 1326H EOI Lodged 491 Family Sponsored 90 pts.
28/11/2019 NBI Application. (HIT)
09/12/2019 NBI Clearance Claimed at NBI Ermita for Faster processing
09/01/2020 2100H ITA 491
14/01/2020 Received Sponsorship Documents
20/01/2020 Payroll Statement of Account
27/01/2020 E medical at Nationwide Baguio
28/01/2020 E medical No Action Required. Nationwide Submitted to DHA
29/01/2020 Received Current Payslip
02/02/2020 SSS Inquiry System
07/02/2020 Reference Letter Current
07/02/2020 Provident Fund Update
10/02/2020 Polio Vaccination Certificate
12/02/2020 BIR Form 2316 updated to 2019
15/02/2020 Lodgment of Visa. Frontloaded all Docs including Form 80, 1221, 1281, medicals as per guidelines
18/02/2020 Form 1023
07/05/2020 CO allocated
27/10/2020 Direct Grant. No CO Contact.
19/05/2022 The Big Move
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@tigerlance 491 is called a skilled work (provisional) visa. The exemption refers to the visas in this list (saw this in another thread here).
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Classification of Visas
Visitor visas
Studying and training visas
**Family **and partner visas
Working and skilled visas
Refugee and humanitarian visas
Other visas
https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing
19/04/2011 IELTS Competent L:7.0, R: 7.5, W: 6.0, S: 6.0, OBS: 6.5
27/03/2018 PTE Proficient L:73, R: 70, W: 73, S: 78, OBS: 71
07/07/2018 Received Passport (10 years expiry)
08/08/2018 Received Driver's Licence 5 years
09/10/2018 0600H EA Queued for Assessment
29/10/2018 0530H Assessment in Progress
29/10/2018 1200H Outcome Received (Positive)
16/11/2019 1326H EOI Lodged 491 Family Sponsored 90 pts.
28/11/2019 NBI Application. (HIT)
09/12/2019 NBI Clearance Claimed at NBI Ermita for Faster processing
09/01/2020 2100H ITA 491
14/01/2020 Received Sponsorship Documents
20/01/2020 Payroll Statement of Account
27/01/2020 E medical at Nationwide Baguio
28/01/2020 E medical No Action Required. Nationwide Submitted to DHA
29/01/2020 Received Current Payslip
02/02/2020 SSS Inquiry System
07/02/2020 Reference Letter Current
07/02/2020 Provident Fund Update
10/02/2020 Polio Vaccination Certificate
12/02/2020 BIR Form 2316 updated to 2019
15/02/2020 Lodgment of Visa. Frontloaded all Docs including Form 80, 1221, 1281, medicals as per guidelines
18/02/2020 Form 1023
07/05/2020 CO allocated
27/10/2020 Direct Grant. No CO Contact.
19/05/2022 The Big Move
Joined: May 15, 2017
Posts: 567Member
Joined: Mar 09, 2018
Requests for an inbound travel exemption will generally be approved (by a low-level decision maker) in the below circumstances:
• For urgent or critical medical treatment in Australia, including medical evacuations. These requests can include an accompanying family member where:
o the person receiving treatment is a minor
o a medical condition is life threatening; or
o medical advice supports the requirement for the family member to travel
• To attend a funeral of a close family member. A close family member is defined as a parent, sibling, partner, child or grandparent.
• To visit a close family member who is seriously ill where there is little support in Australia.
• The partner of a person who is in Australia and in the final trimester of their pregnancy or otherwise due to give birth. This instruction also applies to temporary visa holders in Australia and their partners.
• The immediate family member of a visa holder with critical skills in Australia, where the family member in Australia holds a temporary or provisional visa.
• Elite sporting teams who are able to demonstrate how their entry and stay is critical to Australia.
• A non-crew member who is considered critical to the operation of a vessel and/or where a State or Territory authority or tourism body provides support.
Requests for inbound travel exemptions will generally not be approved in the below circumstances:
• If there is a threat to the health of the Australian community.
• Non-critical illness of family members where immediate family support is already available in Australia.
• Requests for temporary visa holders’ family members to join them in Australia.
• Requests for multiple travellers seeking to travel on compassionate grounds outside those articulated above.
• Attending significant family events, such as weddings or major birthdays.
• Any request that includes demonstrably false or misleading documentation or other demonstrably false or misleading evidence or statements of claim or history with the ABF or the Department.
• Adverse alerts including PACE (Passenger Analysis Clearing and Evaluation System) alerts.
19/04/2011 IELTS Competent L:7.0, R: 7.5, W: 6.0, S: 6.0, OBS: 6.5
27/03/2018 PTE Proficient L:73, R: 70, W: 73, S: 78, OBS: 71
07/07/2018 Received Passport (10 years expiry)
08/08/2018 Received Driver's Licence 5 years
09/10/2018 0600H EA Queued for Assessment
29/10/2018 0530H Assessment in Progress
29/10/2018 1200H Outcome Received (Positive)
16/11/2019 1326H EOI Lodged 491 Family Sponsored 90 pts.
28/11/2019 NBI Application. (HIT)
09/12/2019 NBI Clearance Claimed at NBI Ermita for Faster processing
09/01/2020 2100H ITA 491
14/01/2020 Received Sponsorship Documents
20/01/2020 Payroll Statement of Account
27/01/2020 E medical at Nationwide Baguio
28/01/2020 E medical No Action Required. Nationwide Submitted to DHA
29/01/2020 Received Current Payslip
02/02/2020 SSS Inquiry System
07/02/2020 Reference Letter Current
07/02/2020 Provident Fund Update
10/02/2020 Polio Vaccination Certificate
12/02/2020 BIR Form 2316 updated to 2019
15/02/2020 Lodgment of Visa. Frontloaded all Docs including Form 80, 1221, 1281, medicals as per guidelines
18/02/2020 Form 1023
07/05/2020 CO allocated
27/10/2020 Direct Grant. No CO Contact.
19/05/2022 The Big Move
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Joined: Oct 05, 2018
Good day!
I would just like to ask if anyone from the group is familiar with our case?.
My wife will be doing her CAP in New Zealand by July and Im planning to accompany her.
Currently we also have our 491 visa in Australia.
Plan po sana nmin is to have a flight from New Zealand to Australia after ng CAP niya. Exempted na po ba kami for the application of Travel Exemption to travel to Australia considering na manggaling kami sa New Zealand, kahit na hndi nmn kami New Zealand Citizen.
Thank you.
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Joined: Jun 02, 2019
Based dito:
https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/travel-restrictions
You are automatically exempt from the travel restrictions and can enter Australia (without obtaining an individual exemption) if you are:
a person who has been in New Zealand for 14 days or more immediately prior to arrival by air in Australia.
ANZSCO 233311 (Electrical Engineer)
Age: 30 Language: 10 Experience: 10 Education: 15 Partner: 10 FS: 15
Subclass 491 (Family Sponsored) Granted: May 28, 2021
"This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us--whatever we ask--we know that we have what we asked of him." 1 John 5:14-15
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Hello po same question po hehe. thank you po in advance!
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Thank you very much mam..
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I think for 491 the challenge is we need a job offer for a travel exemption to be considered. Otherwise, we need to wait til the border opens.
ANZSCO 233311 (Electrical Engineer)
Age: 30 Language: 10 Experience: 10 Education: 15 Partner: 10 FS: 15
Subclass 491 (Family Sponsored) Granted: May 28, 2021
"This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us--whatever we ask--we know that we have what we asked of him." 1 John 5:14-15
Joined: Sep 25, 2019
May expiration po b ang exemption visa? Thank you
Joined: Dec 31, 2020
merun po.
Joined: Dec 30, 2019
Hi po! Anyone here who applied for exemption prior visa grant? And the exemption is based on critical sector?