Hullo all, I really do need some help and advice. I have become so confused with all of the different types of visas and their requirements, being a bit older has slowed my comprehension a bit.
I am an Australian living in the UK in a defacto same sex relationship, I have a right of abode here in the UK as my father was born here. We have been in a committed defacto relationship for four months and wish to take my partner home to live in Australia.
I am 62 and my partner is 58. Me, retired, home owner with no debts and modest superannuation savings, my partner is a self employed film maker/ editor/ musician. We have tried for a 12 months partnership visa through a visa agent here in London but advised by them that my partner will need quite a lot of money to cover her time there, being self employed the ready$$$ aren't there. She has been granted a three month tourist visa by Oz Immigration.
Is my partner able to apply for any kind of permanency once in Australia?
Please help, I am at my wits end, the rules and regulations are so confusing and it would be so much easier for us to go and live in Spain where we have an old Spanish friend who knows their system from many years experience.