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A 309/100 granted today!!!  Can’t quite believe it. Best of luck for quick news to everyone waiting 

Submitted 30/8/18

RFI 5/12/18

We are the same, submitted August 2018, RFI in December and now waiting, waiting, waiting. It’s really difficult not having any idea of timelines for approval. Fingers crossed it’s soon.

Hi All

Have submitted both applicant and sponsor forms online at the ned of August (without an agent) but my partner thinks it is odd that there has been no request for information about his employment/salary.  Have we missed something or are we worried over nothing?  Thank you for any information you may have.

I'm jumping on this thread, hope you don't mind.  My partner's check will come back NO LIVE TRACE but are we correct in thinking this is NOT a conviction so can tick no for criminal convictions?  Or do we need to tick yes and outline the details of the caution from  20 years ago?

11 hours ago, ali said:

Hi, welcome to the forum, as others have said, if you have been away from Oz for 10 years without renewing the travel part of your visa, then you need to apply for a resident return visa.  There are certain criteria to be met in order to be granted this and they can be granted - if you haven't applied for this before you need to read up on it and apply.  If you have never held a RRV, then it would be unlikely that you would be granted the 5 year one unless you had exceptional circumstances.

Your partner is your defacto - you can apply for a partner visa even though you don't have an intention to marry … but first, you need to see if you can get an RRV to return to Aus.

Thank you!  RRV in place and we are ready to apply!!!

Thank you Nemesis.  That's made me much more confident.  

10 hours ago, Marisawright said:

Why do you think you're not de facto?   You call her your fiancé but if you've got no intention of marrying, she's not your fiancé, she's your de facto partner.  I notice a lot of people in the UK call it "fiancé" because there's still a stigma in parts of the UK about living together.

I thought as we are ‘officially’ engaged as in ring, family friends know etc that was distinct from de facto. Now I’m reading all the comments here from you fab folk, I feel confident we can apply for 309/100 partner. Thank you!

6 hours ago, Marisawright said:

Oops, as others have said, your first step will be to find out whether you're allowed back in the country yourself.  

When you get a PR visa, it's for life, BUT that means nothing - because if you leave Australia for too long, you lose the right to re-enter. 

When you first get your PR visa, you get a 5 year permission to travel, meaning you can come and go as often as you like.  But after that 5 years are up, when you want to travel, you need to apply for another RRV (Resident Return Visa) - otherwise when you leave Australia, they won't let you back in!    That's why people get citizenship, so they don't have to keep getting a RRV every 5 years.

To apply for a RRV, you need to have lived in Australia for at least 2 years out of the previous 5 years. Obviously that doesn't apply to you, so you may be in trouble. Your only hope is if you can demonstrate "ties of benefit to Australia" - in which case, they'll give you a one year RRV, which is just long enough to move to Australia and get settled.  I'm guessing you may have trouble demonstrating strong ties, if you've managed to stay away for ten years - if you want to give it a try, I suggest getting a MARA registered agent to do the application for you. It will cost money but they will know how to make your case, if you've got one.   

Thank you. Have maintained my RRV so keen to apply for partner/children visas before that’s due again.

10 hours ago, Tulip1 said:

I'm not sure but surely the travel part of your PR has expired?

Thank you. I have maintained my RRV and travel back annually to see family. I was hung up on the fact we are engaged but honestly, with two small kids and a mortgage and the general ‘busy’ of life, a wedding is not on the agenda, yet anyway. 

Just starting our visa and stuck on the first screen.  I am OZ PR but live in the Uk for the last 10 ears with my fiancé.  We have two kids but have no intention of getting married in the immediate future - do we apply as prospective marriage because we are engaged  or as partner?  Prospective states we must intend to get married and partner states we must be defacto.  What do i do????  thank you wise ones!