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Hi all, my husband received his visa yesterday. Applied with biometrics on the 29th March. Absolutely delighted. Submitted all the documents declared above.

If the climate is a concern, I would avoid Cairns like the plague! I've been living in Brisbane for the last three years and we have really struggled with the humidity here, having spent a bit of time working in Cairns, I can tell you it is a gazillion times worse! Toowoomba is absolutely beautiful, really green and a much more reasonable climate, however it is a bit "out in the sticks" which you may find the kids aren't as keen on. That being said, you'll get used to driving a lot more out here wherever you end up and it's still within a reasonable distance to the coast!

New Farm, Bulimba, Hawthorne, Teneriffe, Kangaroo Point....

Unfortunately I think if you are sharing the property, it seems you have to provide evidence that it is large enough to host you and your spouse... This is where the property inspection comes in. I'm hoping we will be ok as we have provided a letter from the landlord stating we will be renting the three bed terraced house but I'm extremely nervous now!

Well we literally just got married last Saturday! Got engaged last September and decided we wanted to get married in front of our Australian friends and family before we went home. We've been together for just under 2 years, have given evidence of the relationship like I said so hopefully that will work....

Hi there, yes we submitted that along with the financial requirement form etc and every other form I could find that might apply! Have you been through the process recently?

Hi there, hoping for some guidance. Im from Scotland, husband is Aussie and we've just submitted our application for him to return with me to the UK with me. i wondered if anyone could give us a bit of guidance, we've submitted the following documents and from my research have done as much as we can but are super confused about the processing times, as the website says applications from Brisbane should take around 10 days... But I'm concerned this isn't accurate. Has anyone had recent experience of how long the process takes? Also if the docs below are likely to be sufficient? We submitted: evidence of our relationship including joint bank accounts, rental agreement from Australia, marriage certificate, social media proof, emails, flights taken together etc, wedding photos, other photos and cards, then also a letter from my current employer outlining salary, time of employment etc, 6 months payslips, a written job offer and contract from my new employer in the UK, new rental agreement in the uk and a letter from the owner of the property, a letter of support of the application from me as sponsor, 6 months of my bank statements stamped by the bank... It's slightly terrifying that they might reject it, do they give a reason or just a flat out no?

A property inspection?! That seems insane! I included a rental agreement but there was no mention of a property inspection in the forums etc that we read?! We submitted: evidence of our relationship including joint bank accounts, rental agreement from Australia, marriage certificate, social media proof, emails, flights taken together etc, wedding photos, other photos and cards, then also a letter from my current employer outlining salary, time of employment etc, 6 months payslips, a written job offer and contract from my new employer in the UK, new rental agreement in the uk and a letter from the owner of the property, a letter of support of the application from me as sponsor, 6 months of my bank statements stamped by the bank... It's slightly terrifying that they might reject it, do they give a reason or just a flat out no? I'm not sure what we could submit other than what we did!

Hi there, thanks for your answer... The confusion comes from being directed to the following link which is meant to tell you how long the processing times are... https://www.gov.uk/visa-processing-times Im confident we have submitted the correct paperwork, I'm also ready to fight them on this if necessary, there is absolutely no mention that these time frames relate to the express service and not just in general! i think our case should be relatively straight forward, I meet the financial requirement through current employment here in AU coupled with a new job offer on my return home, I guess we'll just have to wait and see!

Hi all, hoping someone can give us some guidance. We submitted our app today for a husband visa (I'm Scottish, he's Aussie). I read everywhere to try and find the processing times and the site said from Brisbane it would take around 10 days. When we got to the visa office today they said 12 weeks and that the 10 days is for the express service (which costs an additional $900). We have already booked our flights for the 1st of June (9 weeks from now), can anyone give me an idea of how long their application took to process, ie is 12 weeks being generous or should we be freaking out and buying a new flight for my husband a few weeks later? thanks in advance