Hello everybody my name is Suman Dua and
I'm a registered migration agent based
in Brisbane Australia. In this video
today we are going to talk about the
travel restrictions that are recently
placed in Australia. As you know that we
have the travel restrictions in
Australia and no one can travel into
Australia. However there are some
exemptions and we are going to talk
about these exemptions in detail in our
video today. So you can travel into
Australia if you are an Australian
citizen, permanent resident a New Zealand
citizen who is usually a resident in
Australia or if you are an immediate
family member of Australian citizen or a
permanent resident. You can enter into
Australia but you will have to self
isolate yourself for 14 days in your
home or in a hotel. If you are a New
Zealand citizen traveling into Australia
you will have to provide proof of
your residency in
Australia may be your driver's license
or any documents that prove that you are
a resident in Australia. So immediate
family members of Australian citizens
and permanent residents are also exempt
and can travel into Australia. Now
immediate family members are the spouses
which means the husband or wife,
dependents which means the children or a
legal guardian. So any other family
relationship is not exempt. So it's only
if you're a spouse dependent or a legal
guardian of an Australian citizen or
permanent resident you will be allowed
entry into Australia and you do not need
to seek permission to travel into
Australia. So if you are on a partner
visa which is subclass 100,
subclass 309, subclass 801 and subclass
820 you are considered as immediate
family member and you have a valid visa
to travel into Australia and you do not
need permission to travel into Australia.
Now if you are an immediate family
member who's holding a temporary visa
then in that case you will have to ask
for permission
from the department before you can
travel into Australia. Now let's talk
about the situation in detail. So what if
you are an immediate family member but
you do not have a visa.
So you will first have to lodge a
visa to travel into Australia you will
have to provide evidence of your
relationship like a marriage certificate
and if it's a de facto relationship
evidence of your de facto relationship
like shared evidence of your finances or
properties or any other documents you
think that are relative and for children
you will have to attach the birth
certificate to be able to get the visa
to travel into Australia to unite with
your immediate family members. So if
you're somebody who already has a
temporary visa and are an immediate
family member of an Australian citizen
or permanent resident then you will have
to first seek permission from the
department. So you will have to fill out
that inquiry form that we have put the
link below in the description and you
will have to attach the evidence like
the marriage certificate and the
evidence of your de facto relationship
and the birth certificate of children,
once the Department permits you to
travel only then you can enter into
Australia. So if the department lets you
travel you still have to self isolate
yourself for 14 days in your home or in
a hotel. There might also be some
travelers who are not an immediate
family members but who have
compassionate or compelling reasons to
travel into Australia so for all these
applicants you will still have to fill
that inquiry form and provide the
reasons that why you think that you have
compelling reason to travel into
Australia. So it could be that you have
to look after a close family member who
is seriously ill or it could be that you
have to attend a funeral of your close
family member or it could be any other
reason that you think could be
compelling and compassionate. So you will
have to put all the evidence and explain
to the department why they should let
you travel if the permission is granted
you can enter into Australia and you
will still have to self isolate yourself
for 14 days. If you have any questions
regarding the travel restrictions or you
need any help with applying for the
exemption please get in touch with us.
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