MrsShields12

Just to round this off, my husbands medicare was still running so added the full family onto that .

thank you everyone 

Sorry had kids awake all bloody night( jet lag ) 

hes been living in Scotland with us for four years so we have all just came back to Australia . 

Hey all ! 

So we made the big move and arrived three days ago in NSW as permanent residents.

Filling in our Medicare application and I’m a bit stumped on if I should be applying with my husband and two you g children ( Aussie residents ) as me and my oldest son only have Permanent Residency . 

I don’t know if I should fill in a different form ? 

Can someone help ? 

Ok I stand corrected .  

I can only apologise, looking at the notes then it is possibly correct they do need a medical . 

Speak to migration expert about the matter thoughas you are estranged. 

Sorry for the miss information . 

My husbands visa runs out for Britain on the 1st of August and we don’t really want to wait another 2.5year for him to be able to apply for citizenship for here. 

Si striking whilst the iron is hot so to speak. 

A little nervous but I’m sure it will be ok.

Applied 16th Feb 2018 ( front loaded ) 

request for more Docs 17th Feb ( hadn’t uploaded any supporting docs as I thought I had ages ) 

Sub class 100 granted 15th March 2018! 

Married 2 years 

2 dependant children 

1 child from previous relationship attached to my application . 

No agent used. 

Good Luck all , I fly out to Sydney 28th June  this year x 

I applied for my partner visa in Feb 2018 , 

Me and my husband have been married for just over two years  and have two biological children. 

I done my partner visa online ( without an agent, they are very useful though ) . I front loaded with my medicals and police checks.

I was granted my partner visa subclass 100 ( straight away ) in 4weeks exactly . I didn’t find any of it particularly difficult , The members on this site were invaluable for early information . 

Good Luck 

Again as the above poster said , everyone’s statements will be different lengths as nobody’s relationship is the same . 

Mines personally was six pages , my husband five , both typed. Spanning 3 years ( trip to Aus , our wedding and births of our two children ) . 

Good luck x 

5 hours ago, Amber Snowball said:

Hi, sorry didn’t mean to haul you into an argument. I agree with you as it reflects my experience from years ago.

An unnamed parent has no parental responsibility so therefore no rights to prevent a child leaving the UK. Australia respects this.

If it didn’t I have no idea how either you or me got our visas. I can’t remember filling a form in, just sent the birth certificate with the blank space for fathers name front and centre.

Thanks.

Mines was a little different as my son does know his biological father BUT he has no parental rights due to the year my son was born . 

So all immigration wanted off of me was a form 1129 and a short statement . Nothing more asked . 

5 hours ago, Amber Snowball said:

Hi, sorry didn’t mean to haul you into an argument. I agree with you as it reflects my experience from years ago.

An unnamed parent has no parental responsibility so therefore no rights to prevent a child leaving the UK. Australia respects this.

If it didn’t I have no idea how either you or me got our visas. I can’t remember filling a form in, just sent the birth certificate with the blank space for fathers name front and centre.

Thanks.

Amber , I don’t know what to reply. I this it’s a delicate subject and unless it’s something you need to know inside out ( like I did ) then it’s easy to misconstrue. 

My cousin is a immigration lawyer and he agreed with what I said , but I’m no moderator. 

Its stressful trying to explain what I was total literally 5 weeks ago , It’s not even the posters main point she’s trying to get answers too. 

Oh **** yes people may have gotten confused over that, Sorry all !!

sorry if I was getting a bit heated there , All I was trying to get across was I applied for my partner visa with a dependant that is not my husbands . 

Mad I’m the only person with parental responsibility I did not need to seek permission from his biological dad . 

This poster states that her her daughters father has never been part of her life , Nor is he on her birth certificate which would lead me to believe she has to do what I done . Fill in form 1229 ( consent for a visa to be granted to a minor ) and that’s that. No permission needed from anyone else as in the eyes of the law she’s the only person who is responsible for her child . 

( no expert but that’s what I was personally advised by the service centre , My case officer asked for a brief statement explaining why I was the only person with parental responsibility , that was that ) 

permant reaidence for me and and my son within four weeks . 

Again I apologise Marisa and stormy for the confusion I may have caused.

Different father from what I read her say in the comments . 

Anyway , I’m not here to argue with anyone , this site helped me tremendously. 

I was tagged in this post , I can only try and help her with the information I was provided by the service station. I was tagged due to also begin Scottish and our parental laws being different to the rest of the UK. 

I wish her well 

The father doesn’t have PR to give permission for a visa grant . 

I apologie if I’m wrong 

forgive me but if he’s not on the birth certificate , who’s to say she  knows who the father is ( I’m using This as an example ) . Therefore she couldn’t permission anyway .

My understand was that ANYONE with parental responsibility has to give permission for visa to be granted to a child under 18 years , filling in form 

I filled in form 1229 , Explained why I was the only person with PR in a short seperate statement . 

permanent residence granted in 4weeks , March 2018. 

As I said I’m no expert but I don’t see how permission from a non residential parent , who is not on the birth certificate is going to be achieved . 

Id be interested on the legal answer to this question , I’ll follow and see what comes out of it .

She doesn’t need fathers permission , he’s not on BC

As far as I’m aware of the childs father is not on the birth certificate , In Scotland he has no PR ! I’ll double check this but I’m pretty certain . 

The parental right act wont apply to this user as her daughter was born after 2006 but I think she is ok 

I’m not a professional so please double check 

19 hours ago, Amber Snowball said:

Ok. @MrsShields12 is the user I was thinking of. I have tagged her in so hopefully she will see this. She mentions May 2006 as a significant date and is in Scotland, so not sure if it’s something that is different in England, but it wasn’t. 

The thread is titled Step child and rights and is in the kids down under forum on here. Sorry I can’t post a link my iPad doesn’t like it!

Failing that search the law for where you live and double check. The Australian law is clear and heavily enforced in this area but it respects other countries laws so as long as there has been no change since I moved you will be fine, but please get it confirmed.

Good luck.

Thanks amber sorry I haven’t been on I’ll have a look above and see if I can help out 

Hi all , I applied in the Uk February 2018 and it only took four weeks , front loaded to get my 100 PR , BUT 

The change in the wording from assessment in progress to further assessment happened at the beginning of Feb . Mines done it too . 

Im sorry but I’m sure it’s just because of the system update . 

Good luck everyone 

Simo , again just to add , I applied for citizenship by decent for my two youngest babies in November 2017, that was granted within 10 days . 

Just a point to note , I didn’t think I’d be able to process my visa without my babies having there Australian passports but as they weren’t actually included in the app , You can go ahead without them ( I did fly to London though and apply for them at a later date , just waiting on them coming). That was on the 20th of this month .

When you do make that trip the tourist sights are actually very close by the embassy , may as well make the most of the day lol. 

1 hour ago, simo said:

Hi,

I am currently in a de facto relationship with an Australian citizen and am looking to apply for the partner visa.  We have been in the relationship for 3 years and have a 18 month old child together.  We are currently living in the UK.  I am wondering whether it is worthwhile paying for an agent to handle the application?  My situation seems fairly simple so am not sure if its necessary and the fee of £1500 seems fairly high for help in filling out the forms.  If people do thinks it's worth it, it would be great to have a few recommendations for agents. 

Hi there Simo, 

i can’t tell you either way to get an agent  or not. That is a personal choice,  but I applied for my 309/100 on the 15th of Feb 2018 and it was granted on the 16th of March 2018 , Four weeks all up and I was granted PR status. 

Im from Scotland and my husband is Australian , We have two biological children  and my oldest son , we have been married just over two years . 

Even being de facto , I think you have a pretty strong case and following the application slowly step by step , I don’t think you would need an agent . 

I didn’t use one but I had previously done my husbands Uk spouse application in 2015. 

Just research everything . Reach out if I can help 

the people on this site were unbelievably helpful to me and I’ll forever be in debt to them. 

Thank you for your reply Amber . 

Yes my oldest son is dying to get out there . My husbands family own 180 acre property so the kids can run wild . We live in the central belt of Scotland just now and tbh I would trust them being outside. It’s sad. When did you make the move and did you settle well ? 

Congratulations! 

My offshore PR was approved in 4 weeks . We are very lucky I’ve seen people on this site who have waited 12 months plus . 

Hi Ali , 

yes we have thought about it but I think the process would be quit long . 

We are leaving Scotland at the end of June to move to Australia so I’m not sure if it can even be done outside the U.K . 

As I stress , biological father has no rights at all and has no intention of doing anything about it . 

I may give a couple of lawyers a call and see what my best option is.

thank you all for your advice , I guess I’m just getting overwhelmed, thought I’d have more time , Our PR was granted in 4 weeks . 

We are happily married , great family unit I was just stressing incase something happened to me and my older son was forced to leave Oz . 

Or if we divorced ( not Happening ) 

just a little daunting as we need to move as quick as my husbands uk visa runs out in August . Thank you for your advice xx 

Yea I worded that pretty badly but you’ve gotten the message sorry . 

It was also a “ what if something happened to me and my oldest son wants to stay in Australia with his step father and siblings . As he has PR will he be allowed to stay. Regarding his biological father , he has no rights what so ever .