Brisvegasgirl73

Long story....see original post. http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/migration-issues/172750-bringing-my-soulmate-australia.html#

OK well he doesn't mind having to go back once we are married, we just want to make that commitment to each other. We can survive until his partner visa is approved being apart. Thanks guys for advice so far.

My fiancee is coming to Auz from UK to see me for a holiday...just wondered if we are allowed to marry whilst he is here on a tourist visa or not?

Just wondering if anybody knows how long it take for a PMV to be granted? Thanks :-)

OK just another question...If he comes here for a holiday can we get married whilst he is here on a tourist visa and then he goes back to UK and applies for partner visa? Is that allowed and is it quicker? It's just we know it can take up to 7 -9 months for the PMV to be granted....we want to get married asap now we have already waited a lifetime :-(

Also just wondering...but he and his family moved to Auz when he was 10 and lived here for a short time before going back to the UK. Does the fact that he has lived here before (even as a child) help with applying to live here again?

I would love to live in the UK (I have a british passport so easy to do) but I have 4 children under the age of 13 and an ex-husband who would not allow me to leave the country with them. The only option is for him to come here.

Hi Guys, I thought I would just give you an update on this thread. I got back from the UK yesterday after seeing my soulmate for the first time since originally starting this thread. We have had a tough few months and I needed to see if my feelings were still 'real' by seeing him. Well no doubt about it...seeing him again just made me love him more and the feeling is still mutual. Leaving was the hardest thing to do and now we are back to where we were...no idea what to do next. He has decided to give up everything to move to Australia to be with me but we don't know where to start. He doesn't have any skills on the list so that won't help. We don't want to wait years to be together and reading back through all your old replies I am more confused than ever as to a plan of action. What is the best thing to do? HELP?

k8Bug79 - thank you so much for sharing your story. It gives me so much hope that things can and will work out for us in the end. So glad you ended up with your true love. What a lovely love story you both have. Thank you for your support and encouragement. Means a lot.

I know somebody who DOES own a company that could possibly sponsor him but does it have to be something in the skilled visa list? Yes would be hard to leave my kids although I know they would be happy with their Dad just as much as me and with technology these days, although not the same as being with them, it makes the world a smaller place I guess. I guess a perk of my job as a travel consultant, I can come back for a visit to see them on the cheap. Lots to think about I guess. Yes we could get married and live on opposite sides of the world for a time...been apart this long I don't suppose doing that for a bit will be that much harder. I have contacts in the UK workwise so that would not be much of a problem for me. So much to think about. Thanks.

Even at age 5 we had a thing for each other....thought I would share this pic taken 34 years ago. We will end up together....somehow :-) Thanks for all the great advice and messages of support. Much appreciated!

Thanks for that clarification....it's all starting to make sense now! :-) If only things were simple hey. He is reading these posts too and is giving us both food for thought. Thank you SO much for sharing your knowledge on this stuff with me...and for explaining it so well. Where there is a will there is a way! :-)

So if my ex has the kids for 12 months say (my ex has suggested this).....can I work in the UK on a British Passport then? Am I entitled to National Insurance etc? If we lived together for 12 months in the UK or decided to get married whilst I was there...he then applies for a spouse visa offshore right which could take 9 months or so? So that means he would not be able to return with me after 12 months? SO confused now.

Thanks GeorgeD....I agree , I just need advice to get him here not advice on my love life. :-) Had enough of that from family over the past 30 years! LOL

He waited for me because he didn't feel he could truly love another person as deeply and completely as he loved me and he believed that eventually for whatever reason our time would come. Sometimes we can't always be with someone we love (as was our case thanks to family at the time) and sometimes we make mistakes and think we can be happy with someone else. My husband was aware from the start of my life long love for my soulmate and still wanted to marry me knowing this. We both thought we could make it work. 16 years later we decided it was time to cut our losses. The reasons behind me marrying someone other than him are beside the point as are the reasons for my marriage ending. My soulmate and I have only recently reconnected (as he gave me space whilst I was married) and learnt we are still both deeply in love with each other,nobody else has made us happy,we are now single and available...my ex husband has moved on and is happy...and now we believe it is our time. Please stop making assumptions...I didn't come here for judgement on my love life I came for advice on how to finally be with the man I have always loved given the distance now between us. He is 39 (same as me) but we have looked at the skilled migration option and his career is not listed as a needed skill here in Australia. He also has a dog he wants to bring, which is another cost and compliated excercise. I have 4 children so can not move to UK. :-(