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  1. RockDr
    You would always have the option of applying for another 457 if your employment is still going fine. You just wouldn't be able to get a PR visa unless they change the medical requirements (which could happen, never say never...). So this would probably mean eventually having to retire in the UK.
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    So you've just been given a health waiver and yet you still have to redo a medical... sums it all up really. Glad to hear you're finally well on the way to getting the visa and being able to go home :hug:
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    I declared sheepskin rug and a bunch of rocks, and my boxes didn't even get touched by customs/quarantine...
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    I'm deleting some of the posts in this thread. This is an english language forum, so please post in english. Feel free to use the PM system if you wish to communicate in other languages.
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    Can I ask what your career is? and where you're living? Personally, a career isn't worth losing the love of your life. Go be with her, then figure out a skilled route to get into Australia (even if it involves retraining), rather than postponing the next ten years of your life waiting for a visa.
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    If you've been together (DeFacto or married) three years (or two years if there's kids involved) and can prove it, then you'll get PR straight off, otherwise you'll get put on the temp visa for two years.
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    They've been together for 13yrs, so she would get PR straight away.
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    In all honesty, if your daughter is likely to go to uni, it would be possible to come back to the UK at 16, ready to slot into the two years of a-levels. Not having GCSEs in this circumstance would not jeopardise uni entrance, and once you're at uni, GCSEs are irrelevant.
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    Hehe, I'm sur eyou'd be able to work your way through the visa situation should it arise, just make sure you don't find yourself a nice temporary resident bloke...
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    No you wouldn't be eligible for LRR, but you might be eligible for the Partner visa in that case...
  11. RockDr
    My interpretation of Readybrek's post is that the three children are hers, and two of the three are also his. So while he doesn't have any claim over the child who isn't his, both parents have claim to the other two. @Readybrek if this is more than just a hypothetical question, I strongly advise you to get in touch with an immigration lawyer.
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    My take on this aspect of things. If one wants to stay and the other wants to go home, are you really willing to break up over this? At the end of the day, if one of you finds they really can't cope with the isolation (and it could be either of you, people never really know how they're going to react to a situation until they're in it), there's not much they can do to correct this over in australia, so you're probably better off both heading home. The one who prefers the lifestyle in australia will cope much better with making the effort to build a better lifestyle in the UK, than the one who's stuck in australia for the rest of their life without family and friends. Probably better to make a decision now along the lines of "give it two years and if one of you doesn't like it you all go home", that way it won't tear you apart in the event that it does happen. Might also be worth agreeing now on how often you want to budget to fly home. For me, from experience I know that I need a trip home every 18months or so to keep that feeling of isolation and homesickness at bay, others don't have such close family ties and are happy to never go back.
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    I think you can actually get your GP to request a copy of the medical notes. You should at least be able to get hold of the X-ray. In australia I went and got mine a month after I had the medical because I needed it for a scuba-diving medical. They just handed over the films and a copy of the report. The doctor who did my medical showed me everything he was writing on the form, and all the test results before he put it in the sealed envelope. The envelope is sealed or the data sent electronically because they don't want you to be able to tamper with it, not because they don't want you to know your own test results...
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    Whopperdaisy I think you've hit the nail on the head there. the daughter is entitled to a child visa, which would give her PR and eventually citizenship. As a parent, the mother would then be able to apply for a parent visa, which would give her PR, completely independently of the child's father. The spouse visa will only become a PR visa if the couple are still together after two years. The issue here becomes that if they do break up after the mother and child have entered australia to live but before PR is granted, confusedd could stop the mother taking the child home (hague convention) and apply for the child's PR visa. In the meantime, the mother's visa would be cancelled and she might have to leave australia without the child, as she wouldn't be able to apply for a parent visa until the child's visa is granted. Once she is out of the country, unless she has a skill to get herself an independent visa, she would either have to fork out for a contributory parent visa, or get the non-contributory visa, which has a waiting time of many years, during which time, she still has no right to live in australia. The long and short of this is that both parents need to be very careful about how they tread here, as it would be very easy for the other parent to screw them over big time. I would highly recommend going to see an experienced migration agent, and making sure all parties are aware of their options.
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    Just read this thread, and my immediate reaction was that a copy of the information should probably be stickied in the migration issues forum. Many of the people who are just looking for help with visas don't necessarily read the other section of the phorum, and they are the people who really need to be made aware of the implications of the Hague Convention.
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