DangerDave

It doesn't state that you are not allowed to be accompanied with children at all. it states you can not be visited by dependents. If the child is my dependent e.g i have full custody rights and look after the kid 100%, then its not her dependent is it now? And if the kid has my surname, how would they know anyway if she applies for the visa, gets it and goes there by herself and we come on the next flight. they couldn't! And on top of it I also spoke to a person that done it and got away with it. So there is a chance there.

Im aware of that and like i said we won´t go down that road, but for the sake the argument it´s good to get as many opinions as you can get.

my mistake this is a reply from an agent not officer

Thanks for your replies guys, much appreciated. Well I actually also spoke to a immigration officer about this and like I thought. it is possible to do it but we decided to apply for a partner visa from the start anyway. I will post his reply below, maybe it comes handy for someone at a later time.

HI, Firstly i apologies I know this is the wrong thread but whenever i click on migration issues, it logs me out for some reason and cant post I wanted to run this by you helpful lot here first. I'm Australian citizen and my girlfriend is German. We have a 6 month old baby together, that is an Australian citizen as well through me. Currently we are living in Germany but we would like to go to Australia soon. She has never been there, so she would like to first check it out and see if she can live so far away from her family. we been looking into different visas for us to go down and of-course the main choice would be partner visa but the process is long and expensive, especially if she wouldn't like it and we would be going back in 6 months-1 year. The other option I found is WHV. She is not yet 30 ( she will be in January) I know you are not allowed to bring dependent children with you but what if the child is an Australian citizen already? so in that case the child does not need a visa and I would have a job so I would look after them both. I read that in this case its shouldn't be a problem to get WHV, but haven't found many cases like this on the net. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you David