Exactly my point. What is to stop you from applying again for travel on May 1st? It doesn't ask you to show you have booked a ticket, just the flight you would take and from where you will depart as this can't be changed. The exemption simply unblocks your passport from travel restrictions. The e...

Fyi, the exemption to travel is not dated and states the date is irrelevant, only the departure port must stay the same. If the department is looking at applications by nearest departure date as seems to be the case, plus applications are not linked, so if you are rejected you have to start again...

Having just got back to the UK via an exemption due to business requirements, I would suggest staying in Australia. Everything is closed here (apart from supermarkets), there are no restrictions/mandatory isolation requirements for people entering the country, therefore, I don't see how the UK is...

@bmo. I applied under unavoidable personal business, they finally accepted once I sent historical financial statements to show why I needed to travel at this time (the business is seasonal) as well as a letter from another director in the biz saying I was required to return. I'm halfway through t...

I'm currently sat in Sydney airport having missed my flight, waiting to be picked up as my application has been rejected and I'm not allowed to leave Australia. I have PR but have a business in the UK. I also travel back a couple of times a year. The business is in trouble but apparently that isn...