[jkkong]

I had a complicated visa history and I am not sure whether I can apply for citizenship now or not. Here is the brief details of my visa conditions:

- I started living in Australia since July 2009 on Student visa
- applied for Temporary graduate visa in March 2013 which was refused because I forgot to submit one document.
- had to reapply it again; however, as it had been over 6 months since my completion of the degree, my Temporary graduate visa was not granted.
- requested MRT review, which was later refused.
- Bridging visa A expired after 28 days of the MRT decision issued
- Granted Bridging visa E as I requested for Ministerial Intervention.
- stayed in Australia with BV E for 3 months
- withdrew the Ministerial Intervention application as I had enough points to apply for Permanent residency visa
- So it has been slightly over a year now in Australia with PR visa

Apart from the fact that I had held BV E for three months, I am able to fulfill the residency requirement to apply for citizenship. There was not a day that my stay in Australia was illegal (without visa).

I heard some people saying that BV E resets the time period of the stay in Australia.
Is it true that all the period of stay before BV E is not counted towards the residency requirement?

Thank you for any advice.

 

[CCMS]

Yes, the BVE will reset the citizenship clock.

www.ausvisa.net.au

 

[ausguest01]

I had a complicated visa history and I am not sure whether I can apply for citizenship now or not. Here is the brief details of my visa conditions:

- I started living in Australia since July 2009 on Student visa
- applied for Temporary graduate visa in March 2013 which was refused because I forgot to submit one document.
- had to reapply it again; however, as it had been over 6 months since my completion of the degree, my Temporary graduate visa was not granted.
- requested MRT review, which was later refused.
- Bridging visa A expired after 28 days of the MRT decision issued
- Granted Bridging visa E as I requested for Ministerial Intervention.
- stayed in Australia with BV E for 3 months
- withdrew the Ministerial Intervention application as I had enough points to apply for Permanent residency visa
- So it has been slightly over a year now in Australia with PR visa

Apart from the fact that I had held BV E for three months, I am able to fulfill the residency requirement to apply for citizenship. There was not a day that my stay in Australia was illegal (without visa).

I heard some people saying that BV E resets the time period of the stay in Australia.
Is it true that all the period of stay before BV E is not counted towards the residency requirement?

Thank you for any advice.

Hey I found your question. Your situation is similar to my friends. He's also on a bridge e after some documentations were missing in 485. Were you allowed to apply for a pr visa for skills select on a bridge e? Please get in contact with me I'm willing to Remunerate for your experience. Thks

 

[Mania]

Hey I found your question. Your situation is similar to my friends. He's also on a bridge e after some documentations were missing in 485. Were you allowed to apply for a pr visa for skills select on a bridge e? Please get in contact with me I'm willing to Remunerate for your experience. Thks

I'd suggest you give us the information surrounding your circumstances just like the poster above and we can probably give you an answer.

If you are going to pay for advice then perhaps you should look for a registered migration agent.

 

[CollegeGirl]

Hey I found your question. Your situation is similar to my friends. He's also on a bridge e after some documentations were missing in 485. Were you allowed to apply for a pr visa for skills select on a bridge e? Please get in contact with me I'm willing to Remunerate for your experience. Thks

Please don't contact anyone privately or publicly here and offer to pay them for their advice - the only people that should be getting paid for their migration advice are MARA-registered migration agents. There are several who post on this forum - their usernames include MarkNortham, CCMS, and wrussell. I'd suggest reaching out to one of them instead and getting professional advice.