What to do if your Australian visa expires?

As far as I know, August 30 is the expiration date for the passports of many students who have graduated in mid-year. If you are not sure whether your visa is about to expire, please check your passport or email to see clearly what your visa is. Is it close to the 8.30 deadline?

One: Student visa renewal failure

Everyone’s visa will have a validity period, especially student visas, which are often more restrictive. Normally, you submit a new visa application (also known as a visa renewal) so that you can legally be detained in Australia. According to the Immigration Bureau, it is illegal to stay in Australia for one more minute after your visa expires.

However, there are always some students who, either due to negligence or for other reasons, missed this validity period, causing their visa to expire before they remembered that it had not been renewed, so they need to deal with it in time. It is possible for most people to get their student visa back within a month or so. The most important factor is: "time".

2: Expired student visa? Remedy?

If your visa really expires, don’t be too anxious, because the domestic student visa will be refused according to the relevant provisions of Australian immigration law. Or the most serious consequence after cancellation is a three-year application ban (3-year exclusion bar). This ban will prevent the visa officer from approving any student visa application and most temporary visa applications submitted within three years after the student returns to the country. Visa application.

But as long as it is submitted within 28 days after you receive the section 20 notice from the Immigration Bureau to cancel your student visa, or within 28 days after your student visa expires, or it is submitted in Australia If you respond promptly within 28 days after your visa application is rejected, the three-year exclusion bar can be reasonably circumvented.

Many applicants believe that they must obtain a new visa before the visa expires. This understanding is incorrect. If you submit a new visa application before the visa expires, you will automatically obtain a bridging visa ( Bridging Visa A), you can legally stay in Australia to continue studying and living until the new visa result comes out. If you have not taken any action to renew your contract after 28 days, then you will become an unlawful citizen.

Three: What should you do if you really become a black citizen?

If you have become a black citizen and find it difficult to live in Australia and want to return to your country, it is okay. The steps to return home are very simple:

1. Book a plane ticket by yourself. It is very simple to book tickets online or by phone. You can decide which day you want to return to your country. You can buy plane tickets with your passport, no problem.

2. Apply for bridge visa E: Go to the immigration area website to download the 1008form and fill it out as required. There is a column to select the purpose of application, just select prepare todeparture.

3. Go to the Immigration Bureau in person with the ticket issuance form + 1008 form + passport, get the number and queue up (in Sydney it is on the 4th floor, in Melbourne it is on the 15th floor). Don’t be afraid, it won’t take more than 5 minutes from the time you hand in the documents to the time the immigration officer gives you a new visa, and he won’t ask you anything.

4. On the day of your flight, under normal circumstances, at the customs, an immigration officer may come to scan and archive your passport, but they will not ask you anything. Then, you can return to your country smoothly.

5. It should be reminded that after black citizens return to China, they cannot apply for any visa and return to Australia within 3 years. Remember this.

In short, the cost of staying in Australia is that you will not be able to return to Australia for at least 3 years, so please be sure to check whether your visa has expired immediately!