18/08/2026
๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ.
A 3-year multiple-entry Visitor visa grant feels really good.
But a 5-year multiple-entry Visitor visa grant โ after a previous refusal?
That one feels pretty exceptional. ๐
A month ago I posted about an overseas-trained doctor who had come to me after his Visitor visa application had been refused (3 times)
I am very pleased to now be able to share the outcome.
His Visitor visa was granted on 6 August 2026 โ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ฒ-๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฑ and multiple entry.
This client is an experienced General Practitioner who needed to travel to Australia as part of his pathway towards Australian medical registration. With the visa now granted, he can move forward with important steps, including attending the ARIMGSAS course and sitting the Australian Medical Council (AMC) Clinical Examination.
What makes this outcome feel particularly uplifting is because it started with a refusal. Adverse outcomes need be dealt with when a new application is lodged (something I learnt much about from my great teachers at Australian National University in 2009 - David Prince Lisa Chanesman FMIA MIMC MAICD)
When preparing my covering submission letter, I went back to the reasons for refusal, reviewed concerns raised by the Department, identified what was missing or unpersuasive, and strengthened the evidence. For overseas-trained doctors, there is an additional challenge: they have very good reasons for wanting to establish a future career in Australia. However, when applying for a Visitor visa, they must satisfy the Department that the visit itself is genuinely temporary.
That requires a carefully prepared application and often much more evidence than applicants initially expect. This is now something I consider myself to specialise in.
A one month visa grant would have been wonderful - but the Department granted him a five-year multiple-entry visa. This gives this doctor some flexibility while he progresses through the various Australian medical registration requirements. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐: ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ.
This particular GP can now continue his pathway towards Australian medical registration. And I have to say โ a five-year grant after a refusal feels pretty fantastic.
๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ. A 3-year multiple-entry Visitor visa grant feels really good. But a 5-year multiple-entry Visitor visa grant โ after a previous refusal? That one feels pretty exceptional. ๐ A month ago I ...
