Does anyone know if it is (still) current practice that the DIA accepts applications after 240 days of residence in the fifth year?
E.g.
20.10.2016 - residence
19.10.2021 - fifth year of residence requirement fulfilled
22.06.2021 - application for residence (4 months earlier)
In my case, I had been present in NZ also from February 2015 to (e.g.) 20.10.2016, so, if I applied on 22.06.2021, DIA could count back, and I would still have been present in the country 5 x 240 days and more than 1350 in total, obviously not all as a resident though. Ah, I am not Australian.