Yes, don't think it's in the 'spirit' of the visa to stay back to back for the 5 years. Hopefully some clarity emerges on the actual rules... not holding thumbs though 😅
Same, haven't filled it out previous 2 times. Think for my first entry it was still mandatory on the TDAC, but I just put "unknown", and got through fine.
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