In the letter we received yesterday about getting our visa, it had the following paragraph in it:
Travel to Australia
Once granted a visa to enter Australia as a migrant, visa holders must make their own travel arrangements and pay their own airfares. However, there may be eligibility for a special reduced one-way economy fare, as well as a more generous baggage allowance.These concessions, which may be available to prospective non-humanitarian applicants ö outside of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland ö through the International Organization for Migration (IOM), are the result of negotiations with a large number of international carriers on designated routes.
To receive more information on IOM concessional fares, baggage allowance and eligibility criteria, please do not hesitate to contact IOM at
Website: www.iom.int
Facsimile: +61-2-6257 3743
So I went to the website because I'll certainly take a cheap fare and am kind of interested in the larger baggage allowance. But it seems on the site that this thing is more for the benefit of refugees. Which we certainly are not! But why would our case officer have included it in her letter to us if we didn't qualify? I dunno, I guess what I'm asking is, should I email them about it or would I be taking something away from people who really need it and making myself look really cheap? -- Britta
