I am sure this will be useful information for some. Thanks for sharing.
Cruzader77 wrote:
>I went ahead and called the Australian Embassy in the United States t
>see if they could answer my question. The woman at the embassy wa
>EXTREMELY helpful and answered my question. I am posting the answe
>below so hopefully it will help out others in my situation.
>
>Answer: Yes, you can apply for another visa while your skille
>migration visa is being processed. I specifically asked abou
>travelling to Australia on an ETA visa and Work and Holiday Vis
>(subclass 462). The embassy representative said that I need to b
>aware of the requests for medicals/police checks that will be requeste
>by the case officer for the skilled migration visa. She also state
>that I need to keep my case officer informed of any travel to Australi
>so that I can be notified to leave the country when a decision i
>imminent on the skilled migration visa. (She stated that I do no
>necessarily need to travel back to the USA for this, rather jus
>anywhere outside of Australia).
>
>This is great news for me because I want to do some extended trave
>around Australia before I (hopefully) get my skilled migration vis
>approved.
>
>Hope this helps someone!!!:
>
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>Cruzader7
>Posted via the forums at http://www.gettingdownunder.co
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