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Thanks jac2011. I hope that it will be alright.

Thank you, jac2011. But please forgive another very silly question of mine. Where should I upload/send the filled forms with request of changing details? Sorry for freaking out but thinking of losing more than 4,000aud if this application fails is killing me now

Dear All, I am so desperate for your help with this issue. Only after submitting my online application and making the payment did I find out two major errors: 1. Contact detail: instead of putting mine in as main applicant, I used my fiancé's (the sponsor). This has been stopping me from receving correspondence from Immigration Office and might cause trouble for arranging interviews in the next stage. 2. For the question "Do the applicant and the sponsor have a mutual commitment to a shared life as husband and wife, or as de facto partners to the exclusion of all others?" I stupidly chose NO. Please help me! I do not know what to do now. I feel like the stupidest person all over the world. Thank you. Hoang.

Dear All, Thank you for your help. I was hit by a bike last week and have been moving around like a lame duck. Fortunately, no bone was broken. Have just discussed with my fiance on what he needs to prepare for attaching to the application. We are quite confused because there are some differences between the checklist that Visa office emailed me (quite simple) and things shared on the internet. Plus, can my fiance's sister-in-law, who is a physiotherapist to a hospital, sign in the forms as witness? My fiance insists on going to a notary service but he can only make it on Thursday nights, after 5pm. Can we use "letter of no record of marriage" as "no impediment to marriage"? Should he post all of the paper documents to Vietnam as backup solution after we finish our online application? Could you enlighten me of all these issues? Sorry for making so many silly questions. Thank you so much.

Same thing here Have yet been a 'real Vietnamese teacher' to my fiance :-P. He decided to go 'self-education' by watching Vietnamese TV and using Google Translate. He did once wow people by saying some sentences in Hue accent. Big star for just 2 seconds

Thank you so much Ozmaniac. So I will apply online from VN :laugh: Uploading scanned documents is so great because it helps to save us from sending things back and forth between Oz and Vn (letter of wedding celebrant, his passport, marital status certificate, form 888, etc.). It takes weeks by postal service! I have just sent my certified papers to Brisbane for booking a wedding date. They told me it would not arrive in 3 weeks :wacko: Thanks again everyone :cute:

We plan to head for Melbourne if Brisbane does not want to take me (no jobs I mean :confused:)

So nice to be greeted with 'xin chao' :wub:. Do you know Vietnamese?

Tks All for such prompt and informative replies :laugh: Sorry for not making it clearer before: 1. Should my fiance apply from Oz as sponsor or should I apply from VN as applicant? I will stay and wait in VN in the meantime. 2. As I know, if apply online, my fiance can just scan and attach the original documents without having them certified. Is is correct? 3. If my fiance applies (online) to sponsor me. Will he be interviewed? (Sound like a silly question, I know, but as he is quite occupied and is not very patient, I would rather carry the burden then). Thank you for being here to help. Without you there would definately more obstacles to overcome because it is really complicated, to me. We cannot afford visa agent, unfortunately :frown:

Dear All, We (Oz and Vietnamese) have been struggling to put in for visa 300. We have been together from 2009 but with many separations because I had to come back to Vietnam after graduation from an Australian uni. He did try to come and live in Vietnam (around 10 times and the longest period is 5 months working as English teacher. We are considering between these options: 1. Online vs. paper-based application. 2. Apply from Australia (my fiancé is Australian-born) vs. from Vietnam Hope you can help shed some lights into this issue. Thank you. Look forward to hearing from you soon. Cheers, Hoang

Dear All, After more than 5 years in a relationship, my Australian boyfriend and I now are hoping to "tie the knot" with me going to Australia (he has come to my home country before but couldn't fit in). We would like to ask for your advice about which visa to apply. 1. Prospective Marriage Visa: We prefer this visa to Partner Visa because it is terribly annoying to go through the bureaucracy in my home country to get the marriage certificate as well as the other related documents. It would be easier if I only have to apply for the "certificate of being single". However, after our marriage will we have to pay the Partner Visa fee as well when apply for the Partner Visa? If we do, the total cost will include the Prospective Marriage Visa fee and Partner Visa fee, won't it? We don't have a big saving and my boyfriend is on a Study Allowance, that's why we can't spend too much on these fees. Besides, is there any interview for issuing Prospective Marriage Visa? My boyfriend can't travel much this time being due to his family issues. 2. Parter Visa: Can I come to Australia on Tourist Visa to get married with him there, then come back to my home country and apply for Partner Visa offshore? Is this against the law? I hope you can help me with this issue because things have become confusing. Thank you all.