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Could anyone tell me if when applying for a partner visa if the stat decs can be certified copies or if they have to be originals. I am using form 888 for the main two but wondered if I had to use an official form for the others or if I could just to print out sign and certify a word doc. Many thanks,

Does anyone know how the up to 12 months in 18 months condition on an evisitor is calculated? I have just re-entered Australia on mine and want to know how long I can stay without overstaying. On my current visa I am only up to five months but I am concerned about a previous evisitor which would in effect fall into an any 18 month period. Counting backwards from my intended leaving date I do not exceed 365 days in 18 months. Will that be okay or is there anywhere I can find out officially. It seems to me if I leave at the end of May Jan 2012 would count in the 18 months but if I leave end of June it wouldn't. Or do they only count forward on your current visa. I want overstay, but I don't want to leave if I don't have to. Any thoughts?

Could anyone tell me if you apply for a partner visa onshore while on a three month multi entry visitor visa if the bridge visa kicks in when your three month stay expires or when the 12-month validity of the visa expires. Many thanks

I am a UK citizen and my boyfriend is an Australian PR. We met almost three years ago and have visited each other back and forth several timesand met each other's families. He cannot live in the UK for long periods due to custody agreements and I have no right to live permanently in Australia. From December - May I visited him on a tourist visa - this was a three-week trip that got extended a few times as we wanted to be together. We took trips met family etc but built up very little relationship evidence as I was a tourist and didn't think I'd end up staying for the time I did. I have been back in the UK for fours months as my visa expired and while I have been helping with an ill relative. I am considering taking a nine month break from my freelance work here and applying for a 6-month tourist visa to return to Oz and spend more time with my partner and my friends and explore some more. I'd like to go for three months return for Xmas and return for six months in January - perhaps with a trip to NZ in Oct and February returning to the UK in summer (either to apply for a souse visa off shore or on a BVB). I am hoping to get multiple entry and to avoid the NFS - in case I end up in a position where I want to apply for an onshore partner visa - a long way off but who knows how long any partner visa will take to process by then. I'm not wanting to apply for PMV. My questions is it okay to mention my bf on the six-month visa application - or will it increase the risk of a nfs/single entry. I have significant funds, will have a return flight and plans for returning home. If I say I'm single with no partner and describe him as my friend will it affect my spouse application down the line either on or offshore. ie. will we be able to submit evidence of the previous three years to strengthen our genuine relationship or just the nine months this time. What they ask is quite specific. Any advice much appreciated

Thanks for your reply. So just to clarify. I could apply for a 6 moth tourist visa and, if granted ,arrive July 2012 stay till Xmas 2012 return Jan 2013 and apply for a spouse or a de facto on shore towards the end of the second six months and stay on a BVA until the partner visa is decided on with work rights (even bridging from a tourist visa). If I left after the BVA kicked in I'd need a BVB. Two final questions. How difficult is a BVB to get. I have elderly relatives at home and would havve to leave at some points for visits or if anything happened inbetween applying for the visa and grant. Current figures I've heard are 13 months. How long can I be in the UK for the five months we have just lived together to count towards the 12 month de facto. We lived together December to May and I was planning to be home 8 weeks - it's now looking more like 12 as my uncle is very ill and is either going to pass away or we'll need to move him to a home/close down his house/sort out his affairs and I'd like to help my mum with all that entails.

Hello. I have several queries that I'm hoping some of you can answer. I've listed my specific questions at the end of a brief summary of my situation. Any advice would be gratefully received. I am a UK citizen and my partner is a UK/New Zealand citizen/Aus PR. We have been together since Jan 2011 with visits back and forth as time allows. Two weeks ago I returned to the UK after spending five months living with him in Melbourne and exploring Victoria on an EVA extended due to visiting to his folks in New Zealand. I would like to return to spend more time with him and travel more together so we can either decide to marry or meet the 12 month living together requirement to apply for de facto. He is tied to Aus because of his school age kids. I have had my whv and my profession is not on the skills list so am thinking a partner visa is the way to go. He has a decent job in Oz and I have the funds needed to self support. I do not want to apply for a PPV. I am thinking of applying for a six month visitor visa and, if granted, returning to Australia July 2013, returning to the UK for Xmas and if things work out returning to Australia in January 2014 for another six months on the same in visa. In this second six month period we would submit an onshore partner visa application and once my 6 months is up go onto a BVA to await processing time (with a possible trip to UK on BVB if necessary as I understand waiting times can be over a year). My questions are: MULTIPLE ENTRY Will I be able to re enter Australia in January 2014 for a second six months - I know technically if I have a multi entry visa I can, but will it cause problems at immigration? I also expect to make a couple of trips to NZ to see my elderly in laws - one possibly towards the end of the second six months for a landmark birthday. Could I go leave Oz May 2014 and still return before the visa's 12 month validity expires? I have looked at the 12 month visa but I don't want to risk the NFS. WORKING RIGHTS ON BVA I always understood that if you went on a BVA the terms of your previous visa continued (in my case visitor visa no working rights) but you could have the no work clause lifted if you could prove financial hardship. I recently read that this has changed and you automatically get working rights on a BVA. Can anyone clarify this? DE FACTO OR NOT? If we do decide to go the de facto route, will the five months we have just lived together count towards the 12 months living requirement given that: a) We are now spending two months apart (I have come home to apply for a longer visa, see my uncle who has had a stroke and attend a wedding and my partner has to go back to NZ end of June to help his 89 year old dad through an operation). b) I have officlal letters delivered to his address, mobile phone contract registered there, loads of photos and shared plane tickets to NZ to see his parents, to Coffs to see his sisters and other trips we have taken together. However, we do not have a shared bank account (I just drew money from his bank to avoid charges to cover his half of the flight over) and I have no bills/rent in my name (how could I being on a tourist visa?). Any help or advice would be much appreciated.