Tourist visa refused after WHV

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As noted on the Department's web site on the Working Holiday visa:

Stay longer on a visitor visa

Generally we don't grant a visitor visa after you have been in Australia on a Work and Holiday visa.

If you want to apply for a Visitor visa to stay longer in Australia and the Visitor visa would result in you staying longer than 12 consecutive months in Australia, you must:

  • show there are exceptional circumstances
  • apply for a Visitor visa from outside Australia

For this visa, exceptional circumstances might be that a close family member in Australia has died or is seriously ill and you need to stay.

Given the circumstances, the refusal of your application for a visitor visa is completely expected. The intention of the Working Holiday visa is for you to complete your travels around Australia within the 2 year visa period. It is unlikely that selling your car would be considered an "exceptional circumstance" that would justify the grant of a visitor visa.

You will need to arrange for someone in Australia to sell your car on your behalf. Assuming that the car is registered in Queensland, you can complete the legal transfer of the car's registration online.

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