wellieboots
-
Posts
430 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Gallery
Articles
Everything posted by wellieboots
-
Don't know where you're landing, but the signage in SYD airport for the Aussie queue says Australian and new Zealand passport holders and their families, so it's pretty clear that you can all go together. So since DH and I have been together I have always gone in the Aussie line. I have no idea what it's like anywhere else though.
-
It means at least that at the moment they don't need anything else. This makes it very likely that your visa will be approved in the normal timeframe
-
In a nut shell entering on a WHV then applying for Onshore Spouse visa
wellieboots replied to a topic in Visa Chat
I think if I were you I would have gone for offshore spouse visa but anyway that ship has sailed if you'll pardon the pun and you do have a plan which potentially works, although offshore is a cheaper and quicker route to a visa. So to answer your questions - yes if you have been married 3 years, you should be able to go straight to PR. your WHV is almost certain to expire as onshore partner visas generally take somewhere in the region of 12-18 months to grant. Yes, you will go on to BVA when it expires and yes it will have the same work restrictions as your WHV. And yes, you can't leave on the BVA, you need to apply for a BVB, which are only available in exceptional circumstances such as a death in the family, you can't just get them to go for holidays. -
The OP isn't asking about de facto visas, she is asking about being a de facto added to a 457, which is a completely different thing. OP, I believe that it is very difficult to be added to a 457 as a dependent when it has already been granted.
-
The requirement to go straight to 100 (PR visa) is either to have been together 3 years with no kids or 2 years if you have kids. It is not guaranteed, but that is the guidance and if you provide evidence to prove you meet the requirement, there is no reason to think you would have problems.
-
Citizenship by descent or partner visa first?
wellieboots replied to Shigella's topic in Citizenship
Just on the point of them returning invites, cards, bills, photos etc - they scan them and return them to you, but that doesn't mean theyre not part of your file and that they don't consider them as part of your evidence. It just means they have taken copies and therefore have finished with the originals. So don't feel discouraged or like it wasn't worth it! -
so, when you completed your application (309)
wellieboots replied to familywright's topic in Visa Chat
Yes, we posted it by Special Delivery I think, or maybe it was just Recorded. -
Hi yep, agree with JoandJon. Due to the length of your relationship, you will be eligible to go straight to the 100 PR visa. So this will be valid for initial entry until a year after your meds or police check, whichever is earlier, but your initial entry can easily be for a holiday or reccie. You have 5 years to actually move.
-
That's what this place is for, asking questions and getting support. Don't worry about it! Take care, it is a helluva form but you will get to the last page, I promise!
-
Yes, using the same logic, you are the only migrant, therefore the only one requiring sponsorship.
-
My thinking would be 1. It is definitely not 5 as that would include your wife who is the sponsor. The others are Aussie citizens so although you will need to mention them on the form, they are not applying for migration. Good luck!
-
<p><p>Hi Julie, glad to have been of any help. It is a big adventure but there is a lot of time and hard work goes into it, so I also found it really useful when I was going through the process to get advice from people on here, so I'm very happy to now be able to pass some of it on! If you need anything, let me know and the very best of luck with it all!</p></p>
-
Hi Claire, that's unfortunate, and it doesn't sound consistent with what everyone else is saying - I would call back and chase up, what does your email from your CO say in terms of timescale? If you applied through London, I understand that current timescale is something like 4 or 5 months (alhtough some of these guys seem to be getting them quicker than that). It is if you apply onshore that the timescales are closer to a year. Good luck with whatever you can find out, that really doesn't sound right to me and I would chase it up if I were you. take care
-
I had AB a while ago now (granted over a year ago) and for what it's worth he didn't say much, but i was granted in about 3.5 months (timescale back then was 3-4) and the only time I emailed him to chase he responded within a couple of days with my visa grant email!
-
Fleabo, that's fab news, congratulations!!! I haven't been around for a while as life's been really hectic, but I've been thinking of you and wondering how you were getting on - all the best for your plans for the big move!!!
-
hi all, Just to say thank you for all the help and support that has been out there on PIO which has kept me sane for the last 3 months and 9 days - not that I was counting or anything! Anyway, the news is that my 309 was granted this morning so I can finally post a full timeline: 19/1 - sent special delivery 20/1 - arrived and payment taken 22/1 - app acknowledged by CO, who requested meds and pcc 25/1 - sent away for pcc 2/2 - medical done 7/2 - went away to Oz for a holiday for 3 weeks 1/3 - pcc arrived while on hols, sent away first day back 2/3 - CO acknowleged receipt of pcc and confirmed nothing else required and app would undergo further internal processing 26/4 - sent email to CO requesting a rough timescale if possible 28/4 - VISA GRANTED!!!! WOOHOO!! Thanks so much again for all the time people put into these boards and the very best of luck to everyone who is still waiting - hopefully things are starting to move now...
-
JULY?!! From a Jan application? That's incredible! I really feel for you. But I guess at least you know it's coming. Maybe I should chase mine tomorrow - that email I referred to last week didn't happen because I made a typo in the email address - :sad: So now I'm stuck until tomorrow due to ANZAC day - I feel like such an idiot!
-
I sent a very polite email to my CO this morning just asking if he could confirm whether my application was still on track to be processed within the 3-4 month timeframe and could he give me a very rough idea of when I might expect to hear from him. Not sure if he will even reply but I just said that we were struggling to make plans without knowing what the timeline might be (which is perfectly true, my OH is a bit focused, and he likes to have all his ducks in a row, so he won't even talk about plans to move until we get the email!) keep your chin up every one x
-
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/1163i.pdf Here is the link to the health requirement for temporary visas - on a quick read I think you'll be fine because the WHV is only a short term visa but obviously I've just looked quickly. good luck!
-
Congrats Linda! Hopefully there's good news for the rest of us soon!
-
good luck Linda, let us know how it goes on Monday! The really annoying thing is that the OH suddenly announced on the way to bed the other night - I think we should have gone 6 months ago! OK, so why didn't we lodge an application last year then?! Sorry - just frustrated!
-
they used to say that it helped it to get processed quicker if you frontload, but given the fact they seem to be sticking to the wait times quite rigidly these days, maybe it isn't making any difference. Last year some frontloaded people were getting visas in 2 weeks!
-
No indeed. You only have to send in your passport when it's granted, for them to put the sticker in it, and as per the recent messages on this thread, they appear to be on a bit of a go slow at the moment and there's noone on PIO who has applied in 2010 and been granted yet. I am one of the many people still waiting it out...:swoon:
-
Not really The rules are that if you are outwith Australia when you lodge an app you must be outwith Australia when your visa is granted. Technically I guess you could get round this by going to New Zealand or something and coming back when they are ready to grant it, but it would be difficult to know when that would be. You have to advise your CO in advance that you will be travelling to australia while your visa is in process, and what date you will arrive and leave (just so that they know not to grant it during that time). Also I believe that when you send your passport in it has to be to London if that's where you lodged, but I may be wrong on that because I haven't got to that stage yet!
-
It is SO frustrating sitting waiting isn't it? We didn't frontload the application for various reasons (generally related to the 12 month validity and leaving our options open for when to go as we didn't have fixed plans, also because of little things like time off work to do medicals etc) but I was still hoping it would have been quicker than this. I reach the 3 month mark shortly so I know it won't be TOO much longer but I am getting impatient. Oh well, I guess it isn't going to go any faster just because I'm worrying about it, but I find it hard not to!