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  1. CollegeGirl
    No, you don't need new police or medical checks - they'll ask if they want them for some reason, but it's pretty uncommon. There's conflicting advice on whether you should provide the same info you did for the PMV PLUS evidence since then - since you're from a low-risk country, I would probably just provide mostly new evidence (showing you now share an address and share finances, etc., plus wedding photos, cards, marriage cert from BDM, etc. etc.). Just ensure you have evidence in all four categories. (That's the approach I took, and I was approved with no problem.) The PMV-to-820 is pretty low-intensity - they're just verifying that you've married and combined you're lives the way you're supposed to. You don't have to swamp them. And you should get your grant pretty quickly - some people get it the next day, others wait several weeks, but it's pretty rare to wait more than two months when coming from a PMV. Best wishes!
  2. CollegeGirl
    If you're already married in another country, there's no need to marry in Australia as well. Australia recognizes marriages that happen in other countries. She could come live with you for several months and gather evidence of your relationship and then fly offshore to apply for the 309. She'll need to let the embassy know about her plans to fly back to Australia, and ask them to let her know when they're ready to decide the visa so she can get offshore again (a 309 must be granted while she's offshore). Being married does waive the 12-month requirement.
  3. CollegeGirl
    "Engaged" simply means you have both agreed you will get married. It doesn't require any sort of special ceremony or party or anything of the like. It sounds like if you and your girlfriend are already planning for her to come over on a tourist visa and get married in court, you're already engaged.
  4. CollegeGirl
    Hopefully you'll sleep better tonight! My medicals went through the referral process as well, so I know way more about this process than I wish I did. )
  5. CollegeGirl
    Yes. With the application for the Partner Visa, you get a BVA. Once you have that, you're eligible to apply for a BVB - costs somewhere around $150 AUD if I recall correctly, and takes a couple of weeks. They used to require you to have an important reason to travel, but with the length of processing time these days, they're granting them for pretty much anything, including holidays.
  6. CollegeGirl
    Steven, they refer to the MOC for absolutely anything. I wouldn't worry. Referred medicals are usually pretty quick these days. They're only looking for conditions that will cost $35,000 (maybe $40,000) over five years. Sounds like your wife won't come anywhere near that level of cost. Breathe easy - you'll be fine.
  7. CollegeGirl
    I know it feels like it is brand new, but it actually opened to applicants in Mid-December 2013, which means we're right at 8 months now for the first online applicants!
  8. CollegeGirl
    Susie, I think your friend needs to talk to a registered migration agent. Reporting that their relationship is now not legitimate may have consequences for his own visa as well, and you want to go into that with open eyes, knowing what all the options are. This is too complicated a situation for an anonymous forum and requires a professional. Just my two cents.
  9. CollegeGirl
    I agree - get citizenship for all of you. ESPECIALLY if there's a good chance they'll eventually have a parent in both hemispheres, it will make their lives easier as adults as they'll be able to travel freely to see both of you.
  10. CollegeGirl
    From what I've seen on another forum the wait tends to be 3-4 months or so past your eligibility date (two-year anniversary) although it may be taking a little longer for you since you sent them after your eligibility date. Hang in there! It's got to be soon.
  11. CollegeGirl
    I think if you said that to Immigration they'd raise both eyebrows. You never go out of the house without your partner? Ever? Crazytown. Anyway - I agree. Your lack of evidence of living together is so nonexistent it would be suspicious. You probably ARE better off going for a PMV.
  12. CollegeGirl
    Yes. My then-fiance picked a celebrant, put down a deposit, did the NOIM with him, booked our date, etc. They wanted a copy of the NOIM for the PMV application. We ended up changing our date but it wasn't a big deal.
  13. CollegeGirl
    Also, so glad we used George Lombard for our PMV.
  14. CollegeGirl
    Last I had read the significant cost threshold was $35k over 5 years. Is it really $40k now?
  15. CollegeGirl
    Someone on this forum has already verified it with their CO (there was a separate thread on this topic). 10-14 months only applies to new applicants.
  16. CollegeGirl
    Nope. As of about a week ago or so, they upped the wait time to 10-14 months, I'm afraid. Your OH can lodge a NOIM without you there. You just will have to sign it once you're back in Aus. I would pick a wedding date, get the NOIM filled out with that date, but don't actually book anything that you can't get refunded until you have your visa in hand. I know it's hard (I did it myself) but you don't want to have to completely reschedule your wedding if for some reason processing time doesn't go as planned.
  17. CollegeGirl
    You never go grocery shopping, buy petrol, but stamps at the post office, pick up a cup of coffee on your way to the doctor? Really? Okay.
  18. CollegeGirl
    Once initial entry date is set, it's almost impossible to get changed. All you can do is contact your CO and ask, but I think your chances are pretty slim.
  19. CollegeGirl
    Your employer is dumb. Print them out something off the immigration website that says you have the right to live and work indefinitely. You shouldn't have to get an RRV just for an employer that doesn't understand. Your PR visa doesn't "expire." The travel facility on it does.
  20. CollegeGirl
    You might be better off applying and do your medical before anything is diagnosed... just thinking out loud here. I agree contacting George Lombard is going to be your best bet. It's entirely dependent on what they calculate the cost of your care will be. More than $35,000 over a five-year period and it is likely to be a problem.
  21. CollegeGirl
    So you don't have your own bank account - but you must spend money SOMEHOW. No joint bank account with him? You're not on his bank account or credit cards as an authorized user? Surely you have SOME way of spending money - that would be your paper trail.
  22. CollegeGirl
    There is space to describe what the document is, so I would just change the description to something like Incorrect document - please ignore and see other one uploaded titled ___.doc or whatever it is.
  23. CollegeGirl
    One of the compelling and compassionate circumstances DIBP list for grant of a PR Partner Visa after the breakdown of a relationship is there being a child of the relationship. There ARE provisions in place by which parents are allowed to get PR in order to remain in the country with their children even after their relationship has ended.
  24. CollegeGirl
    Oh, I fully agree, as long as people are aware of the "genuine temporary entrant" requirements. Frankly I think DIBP just need to relax that even further and let anyone who qualifies come onshore and apply openly. But I think there's as much chance of that happening as there is of me winning the lotto (and I don't play).
  25. CollegeGirl
    FWIW, medicals can be done in Australia for offshore visas, so there's really nothing to keep someone from coming over on a tourist visa and waiting it out. Of course, it's a serious hassle without being able to work, and with the usual three-month stay types and having to go offshore between stays and the increasing possibility of being told "you're not supposed to be using it this way." But at least it's possible.
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