We still haven't received our exemptions. Travel date is July 9th :( I can't take this insanity anymore. Got locked down for another 6 weeks. All my plans for having one last trip around the countryside in Victoria and the coast got cancelled. Not only that but the boys can't even see their frien...

That's what we did for my husband. We applied in total 4 times, got one request for more information and one deny. After the denial I applied again, not noticing that they actually denied one of my older applications. They approved the last one I placed in, so we ended up with one extra applicati...

Congratulations to all who have received their exemptions!We are still waiting - I applied last week for intended travel date July 9th. We are returning to our home country and my husband and the kids' father is already there, waiting for us. It took us a month to get his approval to leave back i...

Yes, my husband received one request for more information and one rejection. After 4 applications with pretty much the same documents and narrative they finally decided to let him go. He was returning permanently to our home country. One way ticket and all. Still not good enough for ABF.

I posted before about our experience with getting an apporoval for my husband to return permanently to USA where we are citizens. He got his approval on the 4th application and flew on June 9th. I am coming back to say that not even once anyone asked him for his approval letter. They were more co...