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Hi Rock Dr is not like she will be granted subclass 309 first which is temporary and then subclass 100 which is permanent.

its like we have been apart for 6yrs but since 2007 I have traveled and visited her, the culture in the country she lives does not allow unmarried couples to live together, so even though I have traveled to visit her and our relationship is genuine and we have never lived at same address or had a joint account. so I am worried how I am gonna show that we had joined financial commitment and show our relationship is genuine and continuing

I am going to apply for a spouse visa after we get married in May this year but i want to prove that we have been in a defacto relationship for more than 2 yrs, basically i want her to get the permanent visa and not the temporary, wait 2yrs and get permanent. we both have lived in the same country, we both studied at the same uni but we have never lived under the same roof.

Who is a defacto in the view of immigration and what documents will immigration ask to prove defacto relationship? is it hard to prove defacto relationship if we are living in different countries.

theoretically you tick the right boxes you r in but if you are applying for a visa subclass that is under priority processing arrangements, there are chances that your visa may fall to the last category of priority and no decision taken on your visa for ages, say more than 5 years, this means you have literally lost your money but DIAC will advice that your visa is in the queue and one day they will process your application and give a decision on your visa, to say more clearly DIAC can hold your money once you pay for the visa and not allot any resources in their end to process your visa and wait until you withdraw your application and forfeit you visa application charge, if you are a onshore applicant there may be compelling situation like withdrawing your application, for eg: like your skill being more attractive in your home or any other country and you want to migrate anywhere else or you not getting a better job in Australia because of your temporary visa and being in a bridging visa means you have to get a exit visa from Australia to even visit your own country and you may not get that exit visa for more than 3 months. so finally the chances are, you pay and get your visa within a reasonable time or you pay dont get your visa and wait for ages and ages for your visa to be processed, get frustrated and withdraw the application or in rare cases DIAC assuming that you did not make an application and returning your fees.

What is your occupation? Since you are from Bangalore I am assuming that you should be working in IT. If you are a IT worker, then you should get your skill assessed by Australian Computer Society ( ACS ) and if you get assessed as one of the below ICT Business Analyst 261111 Australian Computer Society Systems Analyst 261112 Australian Computer Society Analyst Programmer 261311 Australian Computer Society Developer Programmer 261312 Australian Computer Society Software Engineer 261313 Australian Computer Society and have more than 5 yrs exp in IT industry there is good chance of you getting PR otherwise forget about applying. If you are not a IT worker, refer to this document " http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/_pdf/sol-schedule1.pdf ", your occupation should be in this list to apply for PR, then comes IELTS, you should score at least 7 in each reading, writing, listing and speaking. How long will your company be sending you to AUS, what visa will you be on, if you have an off shore PR application it will not entitle you for a Bridging visa, so whatever visa you come here on if it expires before a decision on you PR is taken you have to leave, PR application in category 4 will normally take anywhere between 6 - 12 months. if you apply off shore you have to get stamped off shore need not be India, it can be be in NZ or any other country where there is an Australian Embassy. Yes Medicals is a important criteria, if you fail in Medicals there is no chance of immigrating permanently to Aus, dosent matter where your visa is applied you can contact Immigration from Aus and send any documents to Immigration while being in Aus.

If you become a Australian citizen you become a Indian PR if you obtain a OCI visa and after obtaining the OCI Visa you can become a Indian citizen after 5 years and if you want to return to Aus for your retirement or studies for your children you can become an Aus citizen again.

you need to tell DIAC only if you are permanently moving to Gold coast, other than that enjoying your Holiday anywhere in Aus is not a concern for DIAC but if you need to leave Aus while being in BVA you need to apply for BVB and then leave, otherwise you cannot return.

if you are off shore and applied for PR and your wife is willing to study in AUS then a separate Student visa has to be applied. if you are a Permanent resident and applying a spouse visa for your wife, your wife may not qualify for the permanent visa if you cannot prove the relationship to be more than two years, in that case your wife will get a temporary visa which will entitle her to medicare, unlimited work rights but will not be eligible for domestic fees for tertiary studies.

The problem with this government is they have transitional arrangements and once people are in transitional arrangement they are automatically last in the queue and they dont get a chance to move front because of the constant changes that push more people to the last of the queue. I know how it is to be in a bridging visa, I was not able to secure a job in my related field just because I did not have a Permanent visa, I was fed up, I started to drive Taxis then again after few months I will chin up and search for jobs again and finally landed in one, even though I had a job since I was in bridging visa, I couldnt leave Aus for more than 3 months, couldnt bring my partner to Aus. I was in this hell visa for more than 2 years. Every time a new rule changes I will qualify for it but will not be able to lodge a new application while being on Bridging visa or the department will not re-evaluate existing application to new rules, the applicant cannot change his occupation or update his experience after lodging an application but the department can constantly change the goal post to qualify, the only remedy was to make a new application off-shore while being onshore. one fine day the department made a change that was in favour to my situation and I was granted a visa but still I cannot forget the time I was in bridging visa.

Excellent VB, I would like to know the outcome of this case. I was in G4 for 2 1/2 years before my occupation was moved to G3 and getting my visa on April this year, if my occupation was not moved I would have been on the same boat and left Aus for good by now instead of being in bridging visa. I hope labour does not ever come to power again for the mess they have done to immigration policies. 1. Overspending 2. Introducing new taxes 3. Messing up immigration policies ( not just with skilled migration but with humanatarian grants as well) Are the success stories of this labour government. Shame on you 1. Chris Evans 2. Chris Bowen

I am not a expert but are you not able to apply for RRV (Resident return vias) or provisional RRV if you have spent less than 2 years of 5. RRV is for people who had PR or was an Australian Citizen.

I am sorry if my post has offended you kate10, as you understand the concern that the help is not for me but my friend, my friend really needs help, I am not a unregistered agent but a DIY fan, I did my own as I knew about it and I helped some of my friends in similar situation to do their application themselves and they have got their, I am not a fan of agents just because I have seen some of my friends had to go home only because the agent did a lousy job, its just not me bashing agents you can find so many people in this same forum who are not happy with their agents and I would say this forum has members just because they have a DIY application and need more help or have used a agent and in trouble. can someone please tell, if a second application for 885 can be lodged while a RSMS application is in progress and the applicant being in bridging visa? Thank you.

Thanks Westly, I am not a fan of migration agent (I did my own application and went through all the trouble with DIAC myself), I advised him not to use one (mainly because it will break the communication between the applicant and DIAC) but he did go through a Migration agent (The application is decision ready), I have asked him to ask his migration agent why it has taken 5 months and still no CO and what will happen if his company gets liquidated? I thought of posting this question here to know if his application will still be valid if his company gets liquidated and have any further chance of applying a new onshore 885, individually? Though I am personally not a fan of migration agents, can any migration agent reading this give a solution for this, Please. if it will involve any fees, Please let me know I can forward the information to him.

Hi, One of my friend had applied for RSMS 5 months back, he is working for a IT firm and been working there for past 1.5yrs, his employers decided to sponsor him, he was in TR visa, had the required score in IELTS and was assessed as ICT business analyst which is in current SOL, though he could have applied individually he was scared of this Labour government immigration scam ie) feared some thing will change and his application will go to endless waiting so he wanted to go the employer sponsored route, his application was lodged 5 months back, despite being in priority 1, a case officer is not alloted yet, the trouble is his company is doing really bad now, it may go to administrators and may even be liquidated, so if that happens what will be the status of his RSMS application, right now he is in bridging visa because his TR expired 5 months back, is there any chance of him making an individual application if his RSMS is in risk. Please help Thank you.