Resident Return Visa

The Subclass 157 (Resident Return) Visa is for those Australian permanent residents or former Australian citizens who are looking to return to Australia after the travel facility of their previous visa expires. Subclass 157 comes with a 3-month travel facility from the visa grant date and permits individuals to stay, work, and study in Australia permanently. This visa allows holders to undertake all the activities that were previously permitted on their original permanent visa. They can travel to and from Australia multiple times during the validity of the travel facility. Additionally, 157 Visa holders can enrol in Medicare and sponsor eligible relatives for permanent residence. To be eligible, individuals must have spent a minimum of 1 day and less than 2 years in the past 5 years in Australia immediately before applying for the visa. The individual should have been an Australian permanent resident or citizen the whole time they were present in Australia and must have had a compelling reason to leave the country.