> Hi Mr P,
>
> If you do a search on Welshtony's posts you'll find he suggested to
> someone in about October that they could lodge an application while
> the PR holder is living in the UK - unfortunately if that's the
> practice in London it's a local thing since at about the same time we
> were approached by some very sad South Americans who were being
> threatened with refusal because the PR holder wasn't "resident" in
> Australia so what I'd suggest is that you either contact a currently
> registered migration agent or Australia House to confirm. I doubt
> that DIMIA could justify London and Santiago applying different rules
> and as the law is clear I think London's reported approach can't be
> expected to apply for ever, so you'd want to jump in and take
> advantage of it if possible.
>
> Cheers,
>
> George Lombard
>
> www.austimmigration.com.au
Thanks George
a phone call awaits in the morning!.
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