LondonGuy2013

HI All, I am a British Citizen, my defacto partner is Colombian and we have a 9 month old daughter who is a dual UK/AU national and a passport for both. Our mothers have never met our daughter (their first grandchild) and we will be applying in October for an exemption to leave Australia and plan to be our of Australia for 8 to 12 months from January 2022. We want to travel to the UK in January for a few weeks to see my family and then will go to Colombia for a few months and then to Spain (where my mum is based) for a few months and then back to UK for a few weeks before we return back to Australia sometime around October 2022. My question is should I apply for a 'family permit'(fee free) for my Colombian partner? I'm really confused with the different pathways on offer (Close family member of an EEA or Swiss national / Family member of a qualifying British citizen (Surinder Singh route) etc) Should I be looking at a different visa altogether or am I on the right track? If anyone can help and simplify this for me I would really appreciate it! TIA

Thanks Paul, really appreciate the reply. So my partner would not be under any time limit to come back to Australia (excluding the 5 year travel facility)?

Hello All, My partner is currently on an 820 and will be eligible to apply for the 801 in October and as we have had a baby we want to apply Feb/March time an exemption of 3+ months to go to the UK to be with my family for 6-12 months. Immigration have confirmed that She can be granted the 801 offshore but they could not give me a straight answer if the subclass 801 granted offshore is the 801 automatically activated or is there a time limit to have to return to Australia for the Visa to be activated - or if once granted you get the 5 year Travel facility etc that comes with PR? Does anyone have any experience of this scenario perhaps? Thanks

Thanks also Marisa and Tulip - doesnt sound harsh really and I understand the reasoning. Really sounds like I maybe best placed to go for a Subclass 870 for them in a few years so at least they could be here for 10 years. Would the 870 work for my mums partner too? thks

Thanks Paul. Yes he has 2 adult daughters he no longer has any connection with but thanks for raising that - I hadn't considered his children may impact the family balance testing!

Hello All, I hope everyone is safe and well. I am a AU citizen and also UK citizen - I have been in Australia 8 years now and just had my first child - it has made my mother who is 72 re-evaluate life in the UK and she often says 'I want to move to Australia to spend more time with her granddaughter' - obviously I understand this is not so straight forward! I also have 1 brother in the UK who is 44 years - ideally he would also like to migrate but I understand this may not be possible and would also impact the Visa that I would apply for my mother although he could just visit for longer periods on temporary visa's if needs be etc. To complicate things further my mother - has a long term partner of 20 years - they ARE NOT MARRIED, who would also ideally come with her. My mother also has a mild kidney issues. My question is: 1) Does anyone have experience of their parent migrating with a significant other who was not married? Is this even possible? 2) At the age of 72 what would be the best Visa to attempt at this stage (I have checked through all the different types). Any help or guidance is much appreciated Thanks