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On 18/07/2022 at 08:39, psuwara said:

The IMMI site doesn't make sense, I don't know what category we are in.

 

1. Father Australian Citizen

2. Mother Russian Citizen on a 309 VISA waiting for a 100 VISA approval.

3. Baby born in Australia 2021

 

Do we need to put in a citizenship application? What would the wait time be?

if either is a Australian passport holder, go to Auspost grab the form and apply straightaway. no need for citizenship certificate.

if both parents are PRs (not citizens) then you need to apply for a citizenship cert before applying for a passport.

On 30/08/2022 at 10:37, Ramy said:

Hi Everyone,

Those who are in Wyndham Council and have received the ceremony invite for September 2022 ceremony dates, could you please confirm your dates who were approved for citizenship in April 2022?

Would really appreciate your response on the same.

Regards

Ramy

Did you get any information about this?

Passed my test in May 2022, havent heard anything since.

Applied : May 2021 - Whittlesea Council

Moved to Wyndham Vale, and got invited for the test in the CBD (May 2022)

Attended and passed test today, took 20 mins overall

On 02/12/2021 at 13:00, PFC1975 said:

MAY 2021 - Apply Citizenship 

JUN 2021 - Citizenship Test 

 

Amazing how quickly you got a response.

Is it possible to withdraw my application and apply as a Darwinian?

Applied in May 2021, still showing as received.

Ahh looks like i have to withdraw my Citizenship application for apply for my son's certificate. Wouldnt let me proceed.

22 minutes ago, NickyNook said:

You don’t need to apply for citizenship for your son. He is already a citizen as he was born in Australia to a parent with PR. He just needs a citizenship certificate to prove it. 
 

Can you modify your own citizenship application to remove him from it? I’d have thought it will only cause confusion all round otherwise.

Ill try to give that a shot, thank you.

4 hours ago, NickyNook said:

You should be going for the first option. 

You need to get an Australian Citizenship certificate for your child.

Thank you, I will apply for the certificate.

I might have made it complicated, because when I applied for my citizenship, I included his name as well and it says in the first page

" Do not apply for a certificate if you are applying for citizenship. You will receive a certificate if your application is approved and you become a new citizen. "

Does that mean I cannot apply for his certificate anymore?

hi all,

I wanted to apply for my son's passport who was born in AU last year and was checking the passport requirements on the website here. The thing that is getting me confused is where it says that i need to provide  evidence that the child is an Australian citizen.

I thought just providing birth certificate would be enough, but it says I can show my child is a citizen by  showing
 

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• an Australian citizenship certificate in your name, or
• an Australian passport issued in your name on or after 1 January 2000 that was valid for at least two years, or
• documents that prove you’re a citizen by birth.

 

I would assume that the third is the option I should be going for. But in there it says

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If you were born in Australia on or after 20 August 1986 and one of your parents was an Australian citizen on the day you were born, then you can prove your citizenship by showing us your own full birth certificate and:

• your parent's full birth certificate that shows your parent was born in Australia before 20 August 1986, or
• your parent's Australian passport issued on or after 20 August 1986 that was valid for at least two years and issued before you were born, or
• your parent's Australian citizenship certificate that shows they acquired citizenship before you were born.

 

 

 

Now I am not a citizen (yet). So how do I go about this process?

Please help.

Thank you

ms

Applied in May 2021 (Melbourne - Whittlesea). Included my son's application as well (born last year).

Still showing as "Received".

Have moved to Wyndham Vale since, wondering if it would affect timing for processing.

I was in the same boat, visited dentist once or twice, didnt have a fixed GP.

Luckily neighbor and co-worker agreed to step in.

What i mean by getting knocked back, is that the visa status at the immi portal is recieved but the processing time keeps changing at the end of each month.

I believe I had applied 4 times, 3 of which got refused for not meeting the criteria (the last two of which referenced a TRN of the tourist visa) and the fourth attempt said my parents were a greater risk to the Australian society than my family emergency (despite supporting letters from 3 different hospitals).

Hi all,

So my parents were on a bridging visa (they applied for the aged parent visa) and travelled outside of AU before COVID hit. Unfortunatety they were outside of Australia when the border restrictions kicked in and their bridging visa got expired / cancelled due to them not making it back in time (or rather not allowed to come back).

Have been advised to apply for a tourist visa to get them back (and then applying for an exemption). The tourist visa application was applied for in June 2020 and keeps getting knocked back.

Is there any way to contact the team behind it and ask them to process it due to a family emergency need here in Australia?

Thanks in advance for the help / replies.

I will apply for my wife's onshore partner visa and she will go onto a bridging visa hopefully.

As far as Ive been told, it takes upto 2 years for the case officer to assess the relationship before granting the permanent spouse visa.

Will my wife have any sort of medical cover on the bridging visa until then?

Because if we are planning to have a baby, we want to avoid huge delivery costs (been told its upto $25,000).

Medicare might lower that price, so will private insurance, but private insurance asks for a 12month waiting period....

Hi All,

My parents tourist visa expires on the 9th of Feb. I plan to lodge the application this week.

Will there be enough time for the CO to conduct an initial assessment and place my parents on a bridging visa?

Thanks

Hi,

I will be applying for the 804 parent visa and there is a section on AoS for me which I need to apply for at Human Services. However later in the application form there is no information as to when I have to apply for this?

Should I do it before the application? or when the immi officer asks me to (after the application).

Thanks

For the checklist it says "provide birth certificates for all the persons included in the application"

I assume its asking for birth certificates of those applying for the visa (implied by "the application"), and not every person listed (like fathers brothers sisters etc) right?

As for insurance, I will get it locally just to be safe.

There is a question on the parent visa application form regarding health insurance.

Bit of background. My parents are on a 3 month tourist visa without the "No further stay" condition. Another thread mentioned that the bridging visa would apply the conditions of the tourist visa.

1. Does this mean I have to fund for health insurance during the 30 year wait? Since the tourist visa does not provide medicare cover.

2. Should I find insurance cover before submitting the 804 application? Does it have any affect on the outcome? (both initial queuing and final outcome)

3. They wont be able to work either? Since the tourist visa has a 8101 - No Work requirement?

4. Document requirement. My parents each come from a big family and they dont even remember their DOB of some of their siblings. Do they need to include their birth and marriage certificates too?

5. Considering they have about 2 months left on their tourist visa, will I have enough time to do a health check before they can get queued?

Sorry for creating a new thread, did not want to hijack the other. Mods can merge if they see fit.

Another question is the medical test... I was thinking of getting it it done in advance, but I recollect that the dept gives you a HAP ID and then you have to book it.

She will have roughly 2.5 months to stay in Australia, will it be enough time to get a medical done and submitted in time?

20 hours ago, Marisawright said:

When you say you've been "in contact with her" since March 2018, what do you mean?

been talking with her every day, and visited her family in May 2018. no cohabitation.

19 hours ago, Nemesis said:

If they are married, they do not have to prove cohabitation before marriage - that allows for people with religious/family/etc objections to cohabiting without marriage. You can apply before you  even move in together, as long as you have that marriage certificate.

However without cohabitation they will need as much evidence as possible of the relationship, and should move in together as soon as possible.

Two years down the line, when they go for PR they will be expected to show cohabitation, thats one of the reasons why the Spouse Visa has two stages,to allow for couples to marry, move in, and then prove they are still together.

so how do I go about proving cohabitation? sorry if it sounds like a silly question. i stated on the tourist visa (as a letter address to immigration) that the girl will be staying at my place during her visits.  does that automatically imply cohabitation - esp since it was her relationship to me is listed as a "friend"

thanks for your valuable advice in the next post on how to prove a genuine relationship

18 minutes ago, MaggieMay24 said:

There's absolutely no reason she can't come to Australia on a visitor visa in order to get married.  People have destination weddings all the time.

The issue you need to deal with is building enough evidence to show your relationship is genuine and ongoing for a partner visa application.  The advantage of the PMV is that it requires a lot less evidence.  You must be over 18 years old, you must have met in person, you must be committed to a genuine married life together.  That's pretty much it.  A partner visa (either 309/100 or 820/801) requires you to prove you are already in that genuine life together with shared finances, shared household, shared social lives, etc. and you need to prove that. 

its just that intended marriage was not mentioned in the "reasons to visit" Australia. admittedly our fault, but we were afraid it would risk a rejection.

it looks like PMV is a better method at this point in time - hopefully it wouldnt take a full 18 months to process

14 hours ago, Nemesis said:

Yes, a PMV is strictly offshore as it is designed to allow entry n order to marry and remain in the country.

If you search this and other specialist forums dealing with Australian Immigration you will find thousands of people who have married while on tourist visas. The vast majority will have no issues. It does put pressure on though as you would ned to organise the wedding and get the paperwork together for the Spouse Visa all before the tourist visa expires. 

Getting a PMV offshore gives you longer to plan and get all the papers sorted.

 

Fair enough.

So if I marry her lets say by mid-Feb (end of Feb her visa will expire). And apply immediately for the spouse visa? Will it not be suspicious. Im afraid could result in a ban, or a rejection. And if it is rejected wont it be an issue for future applications? I want to play safe.

Ive been in contact with her since March 2018. Visited her in May. Will conduct an engagement ceremoney in Nov. She will visit Nov, and then again in Dec to Feb.

Families involved from both sides.

Ive heard immigration step in and say "not genuine" enough.

52 minutes ago, Marisawright said:

Exactly so why are you even suggesting it

Didnt know PMV was strictly offshore. Also someone else in the thread said they got married while his wife was on a tourist visa and didnt have any issues. And also learning new stuff, so possibly when i posted the original query i did not know about it

This was from another forum:

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It's a bit of a grey area I think. As others have pointed out, if the intention of the trip is to come here to get married, and you apply for a tourist visa you are technically lying to immigration and risk having the visa cancelled and being banned for years (and getting on Border Security)

3 hours ago, Nemesis said:

There is nothing to stop you marrying her while she is on a tourist visa

Except for the fact, that it wasnt mentioned in the reason on why she intends to visit australia. Because if she intended to come to Australia to marry, she should apply for PMV and not tourist. If it was mentioned in the reason for visitng Australia, the immi guys would have refused the tourist visa.

1 hour ago, Nemesis said:

The PMV is the Prospective Marriage Visa anyway, and is for travelling to Australia in order to get married and then apply onshore for the Spouse Visa. It must be applied for offshore. 

If they get married with her on a tourist visa there is no need for a PMV, they apply straight for the Spouse Visa 820/801

Wont the authorities feel that they have been taken advantage of. Like that they werent told the whole story of her intent to travel. They obviously wont believe the girl fell in love in 3 months and wanted to marry.

It might backfire on both of us

23 hours ago, paulhand said:

In the sense that she meets all the criteria for a partner visa. Marriage in and of itself does not mean she would necessarily qualify for a visa. 

She got a multiple entry 3 month visa without a "no further stay" condition

i will not marry her once she is here, because it considered a breach of tourist visa conditions (it was never mentioned in the intention for visiting when applying for the visa)

once she is here, I will apply for the PMV.

question is - what happens then? does she get bridging or not?