My partner (Australian) and I (English) will be eligible for the 12 month defacto requirement in July of this year.
My current status: I will be on a student visa (subclass 573) until March 2016 with no travel restrictions.
I am wondering first of all what affect the defacto application will have on my student visa (RE work limitations, travel limitations) This is assuming I apply onshore.
I am also wondering (As I am trying to save as much money as I can for student fees) whether I could go overseas to apply for our visa and return.before it is granted saving about $2000, I just don't know the logistics, whether it would be impossible, what would happen if I came back....what would happen when/if it is granted and I am still in the country....I have read that people have spoken to their CO about coming to aus after applying with a 309....
I have a while to figure this out but I would like to get this confirmed and discussed!
Any thoughts would be appreciated, if anything is uncertain please let me know.
Thank you.
David