Hi Jenny, yep my email says I don't need to reapply if the flight details change. It also doesn't give an expiry date for the exemption so I assume once you get it you're exempt for the duration of the ban...

I originally submitted an application for July travel date last week but hadn't received a reply. I needed to know if I had exemption urgently as I had to respond to a job offer in Melbourne. So I submitted another application last night for travel on 26/5 and it was approved next day! I would sa...

I just received my approval! The documentation I uploaded was (1) photo of Visa and accompanying documents (2) Job offer letter (3) Housing offer letter (4) Receipt for original one-way flight that was cancelled in March. I work in medical research, not related to Covid but I argued that it was a...

Ok thanks! Consoling to know others are in the same boat. Please let me know if you hear anything and good luck to you too!

Has anyone had recent success with moving overseas? I was due to move to the US on March 24th - already have a J1 visa that allows me to work for 3 years, a job offer and recently got an offer for housing. We postponed my move only a week beforehand so I had already quit my job and ended my lease...