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This has definitely already happened and it was 2017 as we came over June 2017 and I was advised by Immi that I can't apply for citizenship until June 2021 ...

I am not 100% sure but as soon as you put her details into a PR visa, they are going to see that one of her parents is Australian and I would imagine advise you that she qualifies for citizenship and therefore negates the need for a permanent residency visa? Hopefully one of the migration agents can advise.

Check out Williamstown too in the West - as well as Bayside (St Kilda, Brighton, Aspendale, Edithvale) if you want to be near the sea.

I can't see you acquiring a partner visa without the required 12 months of defacto. They are tightening up on the partner visa category, and if you only have a few months proof, you will be classed more like boyfriend and girlfriend, not life partner material. Immi will need to see clear proof of the evidence beyond just bf/gf to a proper committed relationship.

I wouldn't advise turning up at airport on a one way ticket full stop. It's an immediate red flag for immigration to probe further.

These people are clearly not sensible when it comes to money. Why do they need such a huge house? We are a family of 3 and rent a 2 bed/2 lounge cottage in Melbourne area for 1700 a month. We do run two cars (needed for work AND we live in a bushfire area so we would need to be mobile) and our vehicle expenses are nowhere near close to that. Our daughter's activities costs us around $400 a month, granted, but that's our choice and easily affordable given that we also save 2K+ a month, and we jointly earn less than 200K a year. Our health insurance with top level cover is 320/month, so they need to shop around. Also we don't close to that on food! What are they buying??? Reality check required. As is some common sense!

We checked with Centre link when we arrived and were told there would be no waivers at all, but I presume they assess on a case by case basis perhaps? Our friend with the autistic son also didn't receive any waiver at all. Just make sure you have all the right paperwork in place when you present yourselves at Centrelink. Good luck!

Yep the 190 either needs a complete overhaul with tighter regulation on visa holders or a new visa stream entirely.

Go Management. Here in Melbourne, I.T. graduates with Masters are finding it hard to secure perm work as the market is over saturated, with employers able to get the cream of the crop. Guess depends where in Oz you want to go. Maybe reach out to a few recruiters in your preferred destination, and do some market research to help you in your decision. Some IT roles are very specialised but general Degree in I.T. are ten to a cent!

Pay for an agent to do a professional job. Its too important to try and go it alone. The only other way may be a WHV but that's only for two years. Or else he goes to college in UK, gets a trade and some experience under his belt and hope there's a work route in a few years time. The advice above from the migration agent about a further education route looks much more viable to me, and its their job - far better than well meaning advice on this forum, which is okay for more straight forward applications.

Ditto. Talk to an agent. Its too important to make a potential mistake, just because of impatience to move. Turning up in WA with three minors who do not have a substantive visa for residency is going to look odd to immigration, that's providing you even manage to secure visitor visas for them. If you make the wrong decision, you could get turned back at the border and that would create an awful scenario for the kids. Best to get advice from a professional.

PS your partner can't claim for anything in her name or in her own right. So she won't receive a carers payment or anything like that, but you can apply for family credit in your name depending on your income level etc.

If you are Australian, then you apply for all assistance and benefits under your name. I came across on a 100 last year and cannot claim anything in my name for the first two years. My husband, the Aussie, registered for family payments thru Centrelink and we get half our childcare paid that way. Also a mate of mine gets funded speech therapy and things for her autistic son, again claimed via the dad who is the Aussie as she, like me, cannot claim until after 104 weeks. Good luck.

Homemaker Centre in Springvale. One stop shop.

Officer and Pakenham are full of new build suburbia, lots of building works on new estates and is one of Melbournes fastest growing areas, huge population growth and lots of migrant communities have settled here. The new estates in Berwick are also the same, esp along the Berwick-Cranbourne Road. The older village side of Berwick is very lovely but you pay a premium for living there as a result. Easy access down to the beach at Frankston, and the other way up into the Hills to lovely townships like Emerald, etc. All three have good infrastructure links to the city, rail and road, although Melbourne traffic is somewhat horrendous so choose as best as possible with regard to commute. Lots of places to eat and play, massive shopping centre at Narre Warren (Westfield Fountaingate) with lots of satellite/smaller shopping centres about. Also good weekly market at Dandenong which isn't that far away. Both Cardinia and Casey Councils are very progressive, and investing heavily in citizen infrastructure, to support their huge growth corridors.

Yeah it's family friendly, and easy access to beaches and also the Yarra/Dandenong Ranges. Very green and leafy, with good parks and schools.

You'd need to investigate what visa you could apply for, so your job is a key point here and whether you'd qualify for a work visa. Your dad being there doesn't qualify you for a visa and/or residency on its own. Also, as you would be taking your daughter away from the UK, you would need - in line with The Hague a convention - permission from her other parent to remove her from the UK, otherwise it could be classed as child abduction if the other parent pursues it.

We got ours last year. Applied Feb, granted May. Just make sure you've all your evidence sorted and read the Partner Booklet and other info carefully, to make sure you have your bases covered.

I think you'll be fine yourselves. We were together since 2003, married 2006, daughter dual citizen 2011 and applied 2017. We uploaded different files for financial, social, identity, etc (combined various pieces of financial evidence into one PDF etc, all annotated with a cover sheet for each section of evidence), as well as witness statements, Form 80, personal statements, etc. Once you pay fee, you will be given access to the upload screens for both yourself and your sponsor. It's a case of uploading PDFs in each section. There's a max number of 60 uploads per person, hence the need to combine different documents into combined PDFs. Good luck!

I annotated bank statements, and cross referenced them within the PDF files that I uploaded, and cross referenced any other evidence, like witness statements, etc. I also annotated bank statements for joint outgoings and expenses, and provided copies of bills in both our names from utility and insurance firms. Our application had four main sections of evidence: 1) standard stuff like passports, driving licences, proof of addresses, wills, etc; 2) financial/household joint statement outlining how we manage our household and then evidence annotated for joint expenditure, transfers between ourselves before we had a joint account, etc; 3) social evidence including a cover statement and annotated evidence - including photographs and appropriateFacebook histories, and 4) witness statements and our own individual statements on our relationship.

The Courts will be totally child-centric, and disregard a lot of fluff for the real facts, such as precisely this question. You will need to provide enough evidence to justify your decision as being in the best interests of your daughter, not yourselves, and also have enough evidence to counteract your ex partners evidence as to why she should stay. He also has the EU Human Rights legislation on his side, particularly in relation to Article 8 - the right to family life - and the number of people your decision to remove her from the UK would affect (I.e, your daughters extended/step family, all of whom are classed as her family in the eyes of the law). You need to have strong enough evidence to counteract that. And you can't use that Article yourself, as you already have the family life in the UK. In addition, your evidence needs to focus on your daughter, not what you believe is wrong with your ex, as this could just be regarded as parental alienation syndrome or malicious mother syndrome, both of which have been well documented in family law over the last decade or so. All that said, there are those who have been successful in gaining permission to remove their child (note also that you'll need to register this with the Australian family law courts as well, as required under The Hague Convention). Get a good solicitor who specialises in international family law.

Most occupations need post-qualification experience. Have you looked at your occupation to see what it requires in order to qualify?

I would consult with a migration agent and secure professional advice. You wouldn't want to bungle an application and stitch yourself up. In theory, there's nothing to stop you applying but equally Immi could refuse it - but an agent can help you navigate through the complexities. If Australia remains your dream, even after the overstay etc, then a little expense now for an agent will pay dividends longer term.

We only put tickets in if we could cross reference them with photos or Facebook posts or witness statements, otherwise I don't see how they could be real evidence. We used wedding and party invites addressed to both of us and downloaded our booking.com bookings history and cross referenced trips with Facebook entries and/or photos to prove joint travel, and also cross referenced our joint bank account for hotel, zoo, museum, meals out, etc.

No way to fast track this visa ... You just submit the best possible application you can and wait. Good luck.