Hi, I posted this on the lifestyle forum but maybe the immigration forum is a better place for it.................
I am travelling on a South African pbuttport, so basically need a visa if I want to talk to an Aussie, never mind think about setting foot there..
However, I am a Pr in NZ, and working for an Aussie company. I have a 5 year multiple entry visa subclbutt 456 or whatever that means, giving me 3 months entry authorised for business purposes after each arrival.
Ok, am happy with that.
Now, what if I want to go to aussie for a holiday. Do I need to apply for a separate tourist visa? i dont have one at the moment. If so, can't you only hold one visa for Aus at a time, so if I get a tourist visa my business visa expiresis cancelled? If that is the case it must be the stupidest arrangement yet? Or what if I Transit through an Aussie Airport on my way to South Africa, will I need to get a transit visa and that cancels my business visa? There must be a special place in red-tape heaven for whoever came up with this arrangement if that is indeed the case.
Can anybody tell me if this is the case.........
not an issue but want to know if it is going to become one. Just to make thing really interesting, wife has a tourist visa for Aus, so she can go lie on the beach but I can only attend meetings?
Oh the joy of keeping your nose clean when it comes to immigration.
Bring on my kiwi pbuttport is all I can say, not because i want to go live in Aussie but to not have to deal with this crap.......
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