My wife first applied for a permanent visa and we made a couple of trips back to Australia within the five year time frame, part of the condition of her visa. She did not live in Australia for two years out of the five and neither did she become a citizen.
She then applied for a Return Resident Visa which is also for five years. She stills has the permanent visa which allows her to travel as often as she wishes within the validity of the visa while maintaining her status as permanent resident. If she did not apply for this visa before her permanent expire, she would have to go through the whole process again if she wanted a permanent visa.
She just recently applied for her second RRV online except this time she only got a one year visa instead of five years.
She has to be in Australia by a certain date and has to apply for her third RRV in Australia. When she applies for her third visa, will she get one year or three months visa even though she will only spend about two weeks out of the year?
She is married to an Australian and has personal ties to Australia. Her situation has been the same for the last ten years and probably will be the same for the next five or so. Has anybody ever applied for RRV to Australia?