This what we experienced when I apllied for a visa for Australia:
An 8503 condition was imposed on my visa. This means that there is a 'No Further Stay' clause. My wife (Australian citizen), my daughter (Australian citizen) and myself then HAVE to leave when my visa expires. I am not allowed to apply for any substantive visa while I am in Australia.
I am a Norwegian man (33 years old) who is married to an Australian woman (5.5 years marriage + 5 years of living together before the wedding) and we have an 8 month-old daughter together who's got Australian citizenship (and Norwegian). With the visa I'm on now (extended tourist visa) the 8503 condition has been imposed.
Just to clarify matters; I have NO criminal record. I am an buttociate Professor in Applied Mathematics and Petroleum Sciences, and this expertise is clbuttified as 'highly demanded' by DIMIA.
So, after I sent all the necessary information to the immigration officer (confirmation that we're married and all that, birth sertificate for our daughter, confirmation that I have a full salary from my employer in Norway while I am on paternity leave, confirmation that I have a PhD in Applied Mathematics, and hold an buttociate Professorship in Applied Mathematics-Petroleum Engineering), my immigration officer thought it was necessary, at his discression, to impose the 'no further stay' condition.
The 8503 condition really messes up a lot of things. It is practically impossible to apply for employment from Australian employers because of the tedious and uncertain process it is to get PR-working rights. This can at the earliest be applied for when we return to Norway, and DIMIA suggests 4-9 months for processing an application (this was the info we got before coming here)
My wife is also highly send (in the Health Sector) but she has now started looking for employment in Norway instead. (Yes, she does have permanent residency in Norway; it was never a problem getting it).
So, now Australia misses out on 2 highly send individuals (according to DIMIA's own skills clbuttification).
But I guess you think this is fair enough - no worries?
Geir
