Isabelj28

You have to do them separately because you attach each one as evidence against a certain criteria.

Are you ready to get married? If so a prospective marriage visa would be an option. This lets you come to Australia but you have to marry within 9 months.

Not saying no hope, just that it's not easy. So, you say you're living together. Do you have a joint tenancy agreement? Joint bills at that address? Can you put wills together naming each other as recipients? Life insurance with both of you on it. That's the kind of stuff they're after. If he's not going back until November you do have time to do this, but don't wait until September/October, start building your evidence now. Also, does he have European heritage? If so, he may qualify for an EU passport, if that's the case you could continue building your evidence in the uk?

If you're just 'seeing' each other, you wouldn't qualify for a partner visa. You have to prove you're defacto, which basically means all but married, so joint financial responsibilities, legal commitments etc.. What is your occupation? As a skills visa maybe your best option?

Think you posted previously and said that you and your partner weren't living together, as a result, I think it might be helpful to at least consult an agent to get them to give you an opinion on the evidence you do have to demonstrate you're a couple. Even if you do the visa application yourself, their advice might be helpful at the start?

Others probably have more insight into the 189 but from what I've read here, the wait for invite wouldn't be that long... Certainly quicker than offshore partner visa

If you can do it without IELTS (enough points) I would do that, save money and time

GSM can also be quicker. Is your job on the sol?

As long as your skills are in demand then yes, go for it. I would guess it's to deter people from making fraudulent partner visa applications?

Er, he lives in regional Oz, so not sure they going to London, to get a passport out of Australia is really feasible?

im not sure whether she can be added to your visa as a dependent or if she needs her own. Either way, as she's over 16 she'll need a medical and uk police check, so it won't be an immediate process. This is a useful example for anyone applying for a visa... Put your dependents on at the outset, very easy to have a quick holiday to validate, less easy to try and add them on after!

He has 90 days to sort himself out, not 28. He can only get a bridging visa if he applied for another visa.

Did you declare her as a non-migrating dependant?

Was she not included as a dependant on your partner visa application?

Why would it be far easier for her???? She's got a job. Your son is unemployed I would suggest it is easier for him to come? No offence to you, I'm sure your son is lovely and wonderful, but if I was friend/family of the lady concerned I would be more concerned about her. Thinking he could be using her for a visa? There was a story such as this on the news here in Oz very recently.

As I say, I would get advice from an Oz specialist because the law of the home country applies in relation to the addition of children etc... But this relates to the granting of visa, where the law of the country you're immigrating to would apply.

Is it an Australian solicitor? It may be worthwhile getting an opinion from a registered migration agent or Australian solicitor as each countries regulations will be quite different. The solicitor has given you advice about The Hague convention and international child abduction which I am sure is correct. However, this relates to Australias own internal regulations for the granting of visas.

That depends. If the child is a citizen of Oz and has a passport you may be able to immigrate without permission. However, if the child needs a visa, Australian regulations state that the non-immigrating parent must give their consent up until the age of 18, (via for 1229) Not sure about the most recent posters situation but the OP definitely said they needed a visa. So in the absence of that you would need a court order, up until age 18. Individual countries are allowed to have their own rules and regulations independent of the Hagur convention, as long as it doesn't breach it.

When completing form 1195 it says you have to have it signed by a person who is not related to you. Do you think my cousins spouse would count as a relative to my husband?

If she's in Australia just now and her 5 year travel period will expire while she's away she can apply for a resident return visa before she goes. If she's been here for 2 years in the past 5 and has ties to Australia, she'll likely get 5 years.

i did 3 months in a serviced apartment and had secured and moved into a property by the end of that time. It depends which suburb of Melbourne you want to be in. I'm now in regional Victoria and commute (an hour) into the city by train everyday.

Yes, I'm in a '2 ceremony a year' place. So it feels like quite a long time, say if you just miss the June ceremony, you can be waiting over 6 months.

I applied in June last year - did test in July. Had to provide extra documents, did that in August. Got the approval in September. Ceremony in January. And I'm in regional Victoria.

But the OP isn't applying for a partner visa - it's says in the first post - just got the go ahead to apply for 186 visa - which is skilled migration. That's why I posted.

Do you have to do it? My partner (now husband) and I applied for 186 and we didn't need one of those, we had lots of other guff, but not that?