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Subclass 157 Resident Return visa
You might be able to be granted this visa if you:
•have lawfully spent at least one day in the past five years in Australia
•have spent less than two years in the past five years in Australia
•have been a permanent resident or an Australian citizen for the entire period spent in Australia
•can show a compelling and compassionate reason for having to leave Australia or, if you are outside Australia, for leaving when you did
If you have been living outside Australia for more than three continuous months immediately before applying, you must also show that you were absent for a compelling and compassionate reason.
Travel facility
If you have lived in Australia for at least two years of the past five years and are granted a Subclass 155 Resident Return visa it will have a five year travel facility from date of grant.
If you are granted a Subclass 155 Resident Return visa on the basis of your substantial ties of benefit to Australia, then your travel facility will be for a year from the date of the grant.
If you are granted a Subclass 155 Resident Return visa because you are a family member of a person who holds a Subclass 155, or who has also applied for Resident Return Visa and satisfies criteria for grant, then your travel facility will be for either a year or less than a year from date of grant.
If you are granted a Subclass 157 visa the travel facility will be for 3 months from date of grant.
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