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I think you'll be fine. I live in singapore and my partner flies to and from Oz and the uk. He uses his Oz passport to enter and leave the country, as this is the passport his SG visa is attached to, but enters the uk on his british passport. I don't think you'll have a problem. Also singapore gets a lot of trade from being an international air hub and would try to shy away from chucking people into prison for stuff like this! If you're really worried you could always give jetstar your Oz passport number only, then use your uk passport when you physically get to the uk. You'd have no issues there.

Leave Oz on your Oz passport. Enter singapore on your british. Leave sing on your british. Enter uk on british. Leave uk on british. Enter sing on Oz, leave sing on Oz and enter aus on Oz. would that work?

My vague understanding is that the insurance sold with the rego covers you for nothing, it refers to money which goes into a fund for victims of road accidents to pay for their lifetime care. You don't have to buy separate insurance, but you'd be silly not to. You'd have to pay out of pocket for any accidents etc... Pink slips are only needed if the car is I think more than ten years old in nsw. happy to be corrected on any of this, but this was what I was told in Syd.

Looks like you should be ok assuming you're on a temp visa at the moment http://www.qld.gov.au/transport/licensing/driver-licensing/overseas/transfer/index.html

Yeah I'd second northshorepom. If you're going to work in westmead I'd recommend being near a train station. I used to work in parramatta and have a friend who commutes from randwick to parra. He hates it though randwick is a nice suburb - it's a train plus bus each way and takes a long old time, even though parra is well connected with train services.

I think it would be best to provide them with some letter of consent to take the child out of the country just in case you're asked for it - see towards the bottom of the page here - http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/tips/children.html i remember looking at this before in case I wanted to take my niece on holiday outside of the uk

So even if an application went in for a substantive visa, the bridging visa wouldn't kick in until the whv has expired, by which time the child will have been born, making him in breach of that visa.

Yeah I believe so as the child is still his dependent. I'm no expert though!

You're not allowed to be accompanied by any dependent children in Aus on a working holiday visa. So as soon as the kid is born, he will be in breach.

To be fair it does appear harder to get a defacto visa under 12 months cohabitation in wa compared to say qld or nsw as wa does not have the state relationship registration which circumvents the need for the 12 months proof of living together.

https://www.immi.gov.au/fees-charges/visa-pricing-table.htm Gosh it took some digging, try note 19j section 7- $42,220 per applicant.

Hey Scarlett, I'm a social worker and also moved to Oz on a WHV (granted a partner visa afterwards). I've only worked in adult services in NSW so can't comment on much else. The aasw is a much different kettle of fish to the hcpc in that you don't have to be registered to work as a social worker here. Hell yu don't even need the degree. I don't think I consciously know anyone who's actually bothered registering with the aasw. If I were you I would def be looking for social work jobs once here. having said that adult services here is a joke. Very few statutory services apart from mental health, acat and ADHC. There's very little on the adult protection side of things and there are no generic adults teams like you would find in the uk. Instead there are lots of charities who are brokered to provide services. in terms of agencies I would def recommend you register with one in Sydney called ABRS Socialworks. They're part of Barnados and some of the money they make goes back into the charity. They're also very efficient - I registered on a Tuesday, met with them on Wednesday, had a job interview the following Monday and started work two days later. Another of the big players in Sydney is Reed, though I had little to do with them into the end. You should be looking at $23-30 / hour. There was an agency in Melbourne who I approached but they didn't cover sydney so I'll see if I can remember who they were....

When I went to NZ a few years ago I was issued a tourist visa on arrival. Think it was for three or six months. I've got a UK passport btw.

I understand that you would have to independently qualify for an australian visa if you only have NZ permanent residence. How long until you become citizens in NZ? Once you are a citizen you can freely move to Aus as long as you meet the character test for the special category visa (from vague memory it might be 444).

Weren't they in New Zealand yesterday? Didn't catch it personally.

Thanks Pom Queen! It's a bit unusual so I'll stick an update on once I'm a bit further into the process, then the info will be there for anyone else who needs it.

As long as there isn't a "no further stay" condition on your whv then you should have no issues being issued a bridging visa a once your whv expires. Will you have enough evidence to support your defacto application?

Confused.com! so to recap you lodged an application with the MRT when your student visa was cancelled. Now you don't need a student visa because you've completed your course but are still going to the MRT? In the meantime you've applied for offshore RSMS and are on a bridging visa because of the MRT presumably? no idea I'm afraid, just thought I'd try and clarify! What bridging visa are you on? Maybe a migration agent would be the best way forward?

IMHO that sounds really petty of her - what skin is it off her back if you're in her application? It's not like she has to commit to financially supports you for a set period of time? It sounds like she wants to have something up her sleeve to spite you with should you break up, how horrible :-(

In Aus you would preferably live together for 12 months before applying, if you're not married. I don't think you can register a relationship in WA, which would otherwise allow you to waive this requirement.

I would recommend he do the two working holiday visas, then you could look at applying for a partner 820 visa. Google partner migration book 1 australia - this should lead you to a booklet by Aussie immigration. After two years of being granted this visa, if you're still together then he'll get permanent residency. If you break up though, he has 28 days to change visa or leave Aus. with no qualifications and no money it would be very difficult for him to get a skilled work visa. Permanent residency really isn't that easy to get these days, so there aren't many "easy options". Good luck!

Does he really want to study? If not he might be able to get a working holiday visa, assuming he hasn't used it already. Either way he preferably needs to live with you so yu can start collecting evidence for the future :-)

I used the govt site in 2010, dead easy, no proof of funds needed and visa granted in about 12 hours, maybe less. Proof of funds may be required when physically entering Aus.

Hi, I'm starting to prepare for my citizenship application and was wondering if anyone else has applied for citizenship from overseas using the ministerial discretion for partners of Australian citizens? My (brief!) timeline is: March 2010 - arrived in Aus on a WHV March 2011 - applied for 820 partner visa, went onto BVA Feb 2012 - 820 granted April 2013 - 801 granted August 2013 - moved to Singapore for my partner's work May 2014 - looking to apply for aus citizenship through the high commission here in Singapore my partners family live in Aus, we have properties, superannuation, savings and shares invested in Aus. We are going back to visit later this month for a couple of weeks and plan to move back at the soonest in two years and at the latest in 5-10. has anyone else been through this process who has any tips / stories to share? cheers!

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