Scottish8

Hey guys! This will be my first post in this forum, and as a newbie I am heartened to see such a community where help is always around the corner. I am actually from Singapore and got a post study work visa (485) granted in 2015 March. It will expire in March 2017. I have been with my partner since November 2014 and there were plans for her to sponsor me so i could live with her here in Australia. I gave up a career in Singapore to stay with her here, but unfortunately things aren't going so great between us. We could potentially be breaking up, after being in a relationship for 1 year and 5 months. My first question is, could i still potentially get a partner visa based on my scenario if we do break up? I remember reading somewhere that a visa might still be granted if i stayed put here for a bit prior to the break up. My second question pertains employer sponsorship. I currently work within the Youth Services at a non-profit community organisation. While it is not on the skilled occupations list, can my employer help my case to get a visa? I have heard of people getting visas (primary school teachers, designers) whose occupations are not necessarily on the skilled occupations list. Thanks for reading through my chunk of text. I tried to be as precise as i can. Thanks for your help guys!

Cheers for that! I am in the process of booking a health appointment. Do you only get a HAP ID once you lodge your visa? I'm trying to attain one but it seems to be made available only if you lodge your visa first.

Hey Guys! Hope everyone is having a fruitful start to the year I have just recently graduated and am looking to get this visa so i can work here for the next 2 years. I was thinking of getting an agent to help me out for this but it will obviously cost me a few grand for that, over and above the actual visa application charge. Do you guys think it is straight forward to get it done on your own? Has anyone done it by themselves? What did you guys have to do for that? Thanks so much for your help guys

I actually need to find that out from her when her ex partner did it. She's not around at the moment so i can't give you a concrete answer. But i my guess would be 2013.

Thanks for those informative replies ! What if i was to marry her instead of pursuing the de facto visa? Would that avert all the short-comings as mentioned above? For OZ maniac's post, this line caught my eye " if your relationship with your current fiancé(e) or partner is long standing; or " Do you guys know what long standing is ? 5 years is obviously a long time so i'm trying to find any loophole i can

I think she separated about a year ago? I will need to find out from her. Right now , i just graduated from uni and i am in the process of applying for a post-study grad visa. This will give me about 2 years here in oz. So i am actually only thinking about getting the wheels in motion for the de facto visa perhaps next year, so i can continue living here after my post-study work/grad visa. P.S Thanks for the quick reply

Hey guys, i'm new here ,so please be gentle Basically, my GF is born and raised in Australia. I'm obviously not from here so i am exploring the De Facto Visa as an option. The problem is this this: My girlfriend was already in a de facto relationship with someone else before. She has already separated from him. Her ex-partner therefore got his PR also via a De Facto visa from her previously. So if we explore the de facto option, the immigration department would see it through the lens that she is now sponsoring ANOTHER man through this visa. Will this ruin my chances of exploiting this route, i.e the De Facto Visa?