If you applied for your Australia visa Initial Entry date Extension, you can expect to receive a facilitation letter if it is approved.
Sample IED Facilitation Letter
Children born outside of Australia
Please be aware that for a child born outside of Australia (where neither parent is an Australian citizen) you will need to apply for and be granted a visa for that child prior to your travel to Australia. For more information about applicable visas please refer to the department’s website
COVER LETTER
Dear *****,
Thank you for your email, and for the emails your client has sent.
Please find attached a facilitation letter which will facilitate your client’s entry into Australia after the Initial Entry Date expiry. You should retain a copy of this letter, and I have forwarded it to your clients as well as they may require it when making their travel arrangements, when boarding their flights or on arrival in Australia.
Please draw your clients attention to the specific clause titled “Children Born outside of Australia”, copied below with regard to the impending birth of the clients twin children.
Children born outside of Australia
Please be aware that for a child born outside of Australia (where neither parent is an Australian citizen) you will need to apply for and be granted a visa for that child prior to your travel to Australia. For more information about applicable visas please refer to the department’s website
Regards,
Skilled Support Officer – Skilled Support – General Skilled Migration Program Section
Economic and Skilled Visa Program Branch – Visa and Citizenship Management Division
Visa and Citizenship Services Group
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Email: skilled.support@border.gov.au
ATTACHMENT 1
Primary Visa Holder: ***********************
Visa: Class Skilled - Independent (Web) (SI 189)
NOTIFICATION REGARDING TRAVEL IN BREACH OF VISA CONDITION 8504
Dear ***********,
I am writing with reference to the Class Skilled - Independent (Web) (SI 189) visa(s), granted on 01/10/2018, and which included the following visa condition:
8504 The holder must enter Australia as the holder of the visa to which the condition applies before a date specified by the Minister.
This condition required that an initial entry into Australia by each visa holder be made before 31/12/2018.
Recently this department received correspondence advising that the following visa holder(s) may not comply with this condition by entering Australia within the prescribed timeframe.
• Primary Applicant
• Secondary Applicant
While failure to comply with visa conditions may render a visa liable for cancellation under the Migration Act 1958 I am writing to advise that the department has decided not to cancel the relevant visa(s).
General Skilled Migration has no objection to the visa holder(s) travelling to and entering Australia while they continue to hold a Class Skilled - Independent (Web) (SI 189) visa.
The expiry date of the visa(s) is: 01/10/2023
If your General Skilled Migration visa has ceased for any reason then you cannot use this notice to enter Australia as the holder of that visa.
Children born outside of Australia
Please be aware that for a child born outside of Australia (where neither parent is an Australian citizen) you will need to apply for and be granted a visa for that child prior to your travel to Australia. For more information about applicable visas please refer to the department’s website
See: www.border.gov.au
Travelling to Australia
This notice should be sufficient evidence for a travel provider to be satisfied that the visa holder can enter Australia as the holder of a General Skilled Migration visa.
You should retain a copy of this letter as you may require it when making your travel arrangements, when boarding your flight(s) or on arrival in Australia.
Please note that some delays may be encountered upon arrival into Australia while visa validity is verified.
If you require any further assistance regarding this matter please email skilled.support@border.gov.au
Yours sincerely
Gavin
Position number 4188
Skilled Support Officer, General Skilled Migration Service Delivery and Support Section
Permanent Visa & Citizenship Programme Branch | Visa & Citizenship Management Division
Visa & Citizenship Services Group
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
ATTACHMENT 2
NOTICE TO GENERAL SKILLED MIGRATION VISA HOLDERS ABOUT TRAVELLING IN BREACH OF THEIR VISA’S INITIAL ENTRY DATE
The grant of your General Skilled Migration visa included the following visa condition:
8504 The holder must enter Australia as the holder of the visa to which the condition applies before a date specified by the Minister.
This condition requires that an initial entry into Australia by each visa holder be made before the date specified in the “Visa Grant Notice” provided to you when your visa was granted.
General Skilled Migration is aware that you and/or your family members who were granted a visa as part of your application may not comply with this condition.
Failure to comply with visa conditions can render a visa liable for cancellation under the Migration Act 1958 and visa holders are encouraged to make their first entry by the initial entry date.
General Skilled Migration; however; has no objection to visa holders travelling to Australia in breach of condition 8504 and will not seek to cancel a visa where the only reason for doing so would be the breach of this condition.
Visa Validity Period
This notice can only be used during the period for which you hold a valid visa. Information about your visa validity period is also contained in the “Visa Grant Notice”.
If your General Skilled Migration visa has ceased for any reason then you cannot use this notice to enter Australia as the holder of this visa.
Children born outside of Australia
Please be aware that for a child born outside of Australia (where neither parent is an Australian citizen) you will need to apply for; and be granted; a visa for that child prior to your travel to Australia. For more information about applicable visas please refer to the department’s website. See: www.border.gov.au
Travelling to Australia
This notice should be sufficient evidence for a travel provider to be satisfied that the visa holder can enter Australia as the holder of a General Skilled Migration visa.
Visa holder(s) may wish to carry a copy of this notice to present to the airline when checking in at the airport and on arrival into Australia.
Please note that some delays may be encountered upon arrival into Australia while visa validity is verified.
If you require any further assistance please email skilled.support@border.gov.au
General Skilled Migration