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I know a child in the UK going through the exact same issues. School couldn't give a toss about him - wasn't diagnosed until he was in his teens and they used to just deal with him by sending him to detention!

I also know of several children that suffered from dyslexia when I was at a private school in melbourne - they had an entire department dedicated to children with issues such as dyslexia. Can't comment on Sydney though!

It's certainly not cheap - no matter what way you go.

You can apply for the partner visa directly but you want to be sure you meet all the requirements and have enough evidence. So you have to have been together for 12 months (that's a requirement, doesn't matter how mature you are or how solid you feel your relationship it). The only way to waive that 12 month requirement is to get married or register your relationship with a state that allows it.

But getting married isn't enough in itself. So you will still need lots of SOLID evidence to show you meet all 4 evidence categories for a good amount of time:

Joint finances

social evidence (usually the easiest category to meet)

nature of household

nature of commitment to each other

If you live apart more than you live together in the past 12 months and you are applying from a high risk country then a PMV would be better suited to you. Coming from a high risk country you would really need to ensure that your evidence is air tight which is hard to do if you don't live together.

Also, remember that if you apply for an 820/801 FROM a PMV the cost of the 820/801 is reduced. So you costs would be as follows (in AUD):

PMV - $4630.0

820/801 - $1145.00

TOTAL - $5775.00

Hello, All this advice on here is awesome! I was wondering, is the payment for the PMV, temporary partner and finally partner the one off payment? Or after the PMV, did you have to make another payment for the next visa? Thanks so much for everyone posting here. The advice is really helpful.

You pay for the PMV and then when time comes to apply for the partner visa you make another payment - this covers the 820 temporary and 801 permanent visa (so one payment for the 820 and 801)

I can see why you would be able to claim the 10 points for a positive skills assessment - but if you never studied and recieved the AQF qualification I don't see why you could claim points for it....

but it im no expert...I just don't think it makes sense