Yes it is an open date. I submitted with all supporting attachments about 2 days before the intended travel date. Approval arrived on the same travel date.

That happened to me too. The approval letter did arrived though on the day i am supposed to travel. Good thing is that I have not booked the ticket yet and now the next challenge is to find available flights

I have applied for an exemption 3 times under compassionate grounds. I am also a dual Australian Filipino citizen. My partner who is 4 months pregnant was in the Philippines and while I dodge the lockdowns and restrictions there when I returned back to Australia on 10 March, she was left alone w...

I just got my exemption approved today on compassionate ground to rejoin my partner in the Philippines. I suggest when they say provide those documents as they outlined, provide them - NOT ONE LESS

Hope this helps: > https://www.philembassy.org.au/latest/advisory/public-advisory-for-australian-dual-citizens-and-permanent-residents17 April 2020 – The Philippine Embassy in Canberra has received the following advice from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on travel restr...