Don Madge
Deceased RIP
We have just returned from a very enjoyable 3 month visit to Perth, Western Australia.
We are planning to return in December for a longer (4/5 months) visit and hopefully miss most of the cold weather here.
We had a 3 month tourist visa for this trip that came free and was obtained on line. After a thorough search it appears that if we want a tourist visa for over 3 months we will have to pay A$105 each. Also as we are both over 75 we will need an "aged visitor health check" at our expense. For this we will have to travel to Manchester.
We have the option of getting a free 3 month visa in the UK and extending it when we are in OZ at a cost of A$255 each, at A$1.5 to the pound sterling it ain't a cheap option.
So if anybody over 75 who has gone through the procedure to get an extended visa I would be very pleased to hear from them.
Safe travelling.
Don
We are planning to return in December for a longer (4/5 months) visit and hopefully miss most of the cold weather here.
We had a 3 month tourist visa for this trip that came free and was obtained on line. After a thorough search it appears that if we want a tourist visa for over 3 months we will have to pay A$105 each. Also as we are both over 75 we will need an "aged visitor health check" at our expense. For this we will have to travel to Manchester.
We have the option of getting a free 3 month visa in the UK and extending it when we are in OZ at a cost of A$255 each, at A$1.5 to the pound sterling it ain't a cheap option.
So if anybody over 75 who has gone through the procedure to get an extended visa I would be very pleased to hear from them.
Safe travelling.
Don