patrickhemming

Does anyone know who could authorize legal documents in the UK? My partner obviously being here and needing to get her's authorized but without actually knowing a public figure. And by any chance, would a statement from her mother written on the correct visa form that's on the immi website be acceptable if we scanned the copy and attached it to the file for online application?? Or would it be better if we sent that in?

That really makes a lot of sense guys! So no 'Front Loading' for me. I'll wait until they request that. I'll focus more on the celebrant and arranging that. We've set a date roughly for November 2014, which gives me 11 Months. We've tried to factor everything into that and hope we've given ourselves enough time??

Thanks Quinkla - Really informative! we've already factored in the Partner/Spouse visa too etc and wedding costs! Plan is for myself to come over with savings so we have a good start in this! And yes, family is great on both sides so they'll be chipping in too. Thanks again for putting it in black and white for me like that.

Thanks thats really helpful. I noticed you sent your police checks and application together. Does the CO then ask you to send the medical at a later date?

Hey Guys, Just signed up to this as told of this website by a friend who's just moved to Oz. My situation is this: I was in Australia for 12 months and met my fiancee in the end of 2009. We had met a few times and lost contact etc. However a year ago we got back in contact (Thanks to Facebook) and we decided to do the whole long distance thing. 12 months down the line and she has been over for a month long holiday in July and then came back in September and is currently here in the UK but will leave around February. We understand pretty much what we need to do for the visa, photos, plane tickets, hotel confirmations etc from traveling Europe together. We also have the added bonus of her mother coming over a few weeks ago, so we have photos and plane tickets from that too ) My problem is between november and july we dont have our skype logs as we both have had our phones replaced. Skype only records the logs on the device you use so we dont have this evidence as we used our mobiles 99% of the time. would this be a problem? we have facebook chat, just no evidence of calls until July. The other things that are bothering me are the fact that she is halfway through her degree, so if/when my application is successful then she wont be working, maybe part time. I have many friends in Australia who will give me work, so our plan would be for me to come over and work and then look for a place of our own as we shall temporarily be living with her family. Again would this be a problem (the fact she does not have any savings etc)?? I also believe as i spent time on a Working Holiday Visa in Oz then I would need my police check done not only for the UK but also Australia? Did anyone send the health check and background check in with the application straight away or did they ask for it when they're ready? With the new website up and running with immigov im not sure if i should do the application online or fill it out hand written. Not sure if i like the way the website is now. Thanks in advance for your replies, it's driving me crazy as to how to approach the start of putting the application together and also worried that i may 'forget' something. Thanks, Patrick