Overstaying Australian Visa

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INDAH MELINDASARI, B.Com
MARN 0961 448 | UPDATED MAY 2019
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Did You Overstayed Your Australian Visa?
Overstaying Australian visa is a nightmare for every Australian visa holder. Most Australian visa holders do not realize that they have overstayed their visa. And when it happens, they do not know what the right thing to do is.
Should they notify the Department? Or should they keep it to themselves?
ONE derland Consulting is here to explain the right things to do when you accidentally overstay your Australian visa.
Are you currently staying temporarily in Australia? What visa do you hold now?
If you are an Australian temporary migrant, you should be aware of your visa’s expiry date. You have to leave Australia before your visa expires or else you will be in trouble.
What are the consequences of overstaying an Australian visa? And what should you do if you accidentally overstayed your Australian visa?
Impact of overstaying Australian Visa
Generally, if you are caught overstaying your Australian visa, you will face detention, deportation, or re-entry bans. But, you will encounter different impacts if you have overstayed your Australian visa for less or more than 28 days. Here are the consequences:
Overstaying Australian visa less than 28 days
If you overstay your Australian visa less than 28 days and you have an Australian partner, you may be able to apply for an Australian visa to remain there legally. But, you need to provide the evidence to support your eligibility for an Australian partner visa. It is better to seek legal advice from a registered migration agent to help you.
And if you are willing to sort your visa status, you can consider applying for a bridging visa. With the bridging visa, you can stay legally in Australia and arrange your departure to your home country or prepare for another Australian visa application.
Overstaying Australian visa more than 28 days
If you overstay your Australian visa for more than 28 days, the situation will be worse for you. It will lead you to an exclusion period once you apply for another Australian visa. It means your future visa application will not be granted for a minimum of three years. The situation is applicable even if you left Australia voluntarily.
You also need to pay any debts that you own to the Australian Government for detaining and removing you from the country. If you do not pay it, your future Australian visa application will not be granted.
Even though you have overstayed your Australian visa, you still have a chance to apply for an Australian visa with a Schedule 3 Criteria. Never heard about Schedule 3 Criteria? We will explain it to you.
Sounds complicated to you?
We do understand that overstaying visa case sounds complicated to you. ONE derland Consulting will delightedly help you to find the best solutions for your case. Also, it is better to have a registered migration agent as a registered migration agent will give you the most valid information and clear visa pathways for you.
Even during the COVID-19 Pandemic, applying for a visa to Australia is indeed very complicated. With our visa specialists at ONE derland Consulting, we will help you assess your visa options. We have a 98% success rate and one of the most recommended migration agents in Australia. Read our 4.9* score customer reviews.
We specialise in complex visa cases. As registered Australian migration agents with the Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA), we are regulated in our professional practice and bound by the profession’s Code of Conduct issued by the Migration Agents Registration Authority.
Take the first leap and get in touch with us. Our migration agents and our team are professional, honest, and our team members can speak various languages such as Mandarin/ Chinese, Bahasa Indonesia, Arabic, Japanese, Polish, German and Russian. Contact us through email at [email protected] or via phone on 1300 827 159. Alternatively, you may book your consultation online, and it is 100% refundable if you become our client.
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