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HI again all, bit of an update I have phoned my solicitor today and no we don't need permission to remove the children from the UK ,it seems to have been lost in translation but il repeat that the child's Fathers are NOT on any birth certificates and i have a court approved parental responsibility order we did this a long time ago because we knew this was comming and might have helped with other formal issues . this gives them not right to the children at all .I'll add that all three are my step children. *Against my own wishes my step son whose 18 next year wishes to stay and finish a Chef's apprenticeship he hasn't even yet started but i cant /wont stop him he's planning to do a skilled or YMS visa to see us in Australia but I fear after a while this may become difficult.As I've repeatedly told him ..what better place to do a chef's apprenticeship than Australia? our agent is "Go Matilda and certainly is MARA registered" why they think we should land in Australia first i cant really tell you it might just be that its the best way for us I'm not sure.. Thanks again all :notworthy:

Thanks Verystormy, I'm aware however I've been paying them through SPER so I'm clear in that regard. but thanks for the heads up.

Ahh some more handy info,so it wont matter buckley's if I adopt..i thought it did as it says that on the website but as with half there stuff its barley understandable to normal people that don't have a pHd in understanding government idiocy, thanks maggiemay24 edit,but do i still need leave if there "un-named on the birth certs" as previously noted?

Wow that's some great info Snifter, so from the onset it appears the financial supplement loan may pose a threat after all,its not exactly a HEXS debt but very smiler its just basically a commonwealth debt that's been re-disguised version of the same thing that very quickly fell on its arse, unfortunately for me most people got there debt wiped because it was a complete mess that didn't work out fairly, but I was one of the earlier applicants and I missed out on having mine wiped clean so I'm stuck re-paying it probably until I'm dead or unless of course have the fortunateness of marrying a foreigner and be forced to pay it back in it's entirety (yay me :no: ) No we don't have leave to remove them from the UK if we made the decision not to adopt just yet but is that necessary? I'm not to sure at the moment because there fathers are not on the birth certs and I have legal parental responsibility I had to apply for at the court house so i don't know the in's and outs of that currently. the kids are "7 , 11, and 16" years old. I'd have to say I'm also concerned however in relation to the sponsoring issue could anyone shed more light on any of these issues ? what really blows is i actually just went through all this and obtained a partner residence permit for the UK after even spending time in the detention facility and 6 years apart 1 of those married!!! ,so I'm well accustomed to the major stress it causes over a long period of time it really sucks hmm perhaps I shall write a book one day :cry:. one thing i can say is its alot easier to get into Aus than UK. thanks snifter :cute:

Yeah I don't know the name of the mob in question (my wife dose and she's at work atm) but you are right in the way that obviously would indeed need sorting and handed down from a court before going ( that's how its done via social services and a court to be in any way a legal adoption) ,however in our case its very straight forward as the fathers are not on the birth certificates and was never any contact at all/the children have never met them and don't intend to so I'm lucky as a dad in that regard ,I should have said that in my first reply,so I apologise for that. running off to Australia would be "highly illegal" done in any other way with children without prior consent from BOTH biological parents ,if anyone is reading this and considers that an option please don't as it would certainly afford you a lengthy prison term. thanks again Ferret and thanks for bringing that up for anyone considering doing that.:happy_face_cowboy_w

thanks ferrets ,we are using an agent ,actually the first time we called they suggested going to aust first and applying within ,however for peace of mind were wanting to apply outside. however as I said we are going to use one just trying to gather info first.thanks for the speedy reply

Hi there, I'm an Aussie living in the UK (gowd i hate this place!!!:arghh:) and the time has come for me and my British family to move back to the great land of oz so i guess its time to start stressing for me again lol I have a few questions in regards to immigration back to Australia for my family I'l try to make it as clear as I can. i will quickly add that myself and British wife are married and have been for 3 years but lived together for the last 2 of those years as we were married inside Australia.we have 3 children although ones old enough and wants to stay behind to finish his apprenticeship. *Firstly to make things easier I was thinking I should adopt my step children I figure then they could get citizenship for Aust. so would this make things easier for us and would it be very difficult keeping in mind i already have parental responsibility and there biological fathers are not in the picture at all? *I'm not currently working and probably wont be at the time of my application because I'm the designated at home dad so my wife can work as she has a good job. however because my British wife has a full time job here and there's a strong possibility she can get a transfer to Australia will this effect the application at all? * I have unpaid fines and an unpaid financial supplement study loan in Australia will this effect our application? *we wont have a home to go to although I do have family we can stay with until we are organised will they look badly on that? *we don't have any cash saving yet but we do have the application money ,should we apply now and save for expenses as we are waiting on a decision? *is there anything we could do that might further our chances of obtaining a partner visa for my wife and kids? and is there any more information we should consider?. Thanks in advance for any help.:notworthy: