SCissell

Thanks for the advice and I appreciate what you are saying. For personal reasons, being apart for longer than a few weeks is not a feasable option. From my understanding there isn't really any way around this. Will have to go to Australia on a tourist and apply from there and get a bridging visa. But this doesn't allow me to work which is my MAIN concern. And it will take longer a decision on my partner visa when applying onshore rather than offshore....

I have previously had a WHV in Australia so can't apply for another one...

Hello, Was just looking for some advice as me and my partner are currently in a very stressful and sticky situation. We are both currently living in the UK together with plans to move to Australia and settle down there. I am a UK citizen and my partner is an Australian citizen, in the UK on a 2 year youth mobility visa. We will have been together for a year on the 15th November 2018, we have all of our evidence compiled together already and are excited to apply for my partner visa 309/100 come the 15th November. The trouble is, on the Home Affairs website it says that my temporary partner visa 309/100 can take up to 15 months to be granted. My partners UK visa expires in January 2019 and so she will need to leave to go back to Australia then. Obviously this is a problem as my 309/100 visa will almost certainly not have been approved by the time my partners UK visa expires. What is the best thing to do in this situation? For obvious reasons, being apart from each other from January until when my temporary Visa is granted is not something we want to do. In an ideal situation, I want to be able to go back to Australia in January with my partner and be able to work until my temporary Visa is granted but I'm not sure the best way to about this. My main question is this. If i travel to Australia on a tourist Visa, and apply for the 820/801 partner visa while I am there, am I able to get some sort of bridging Visa which allows me to work and stay until a decision is made on my partner Visa. I am not worried about the longer processing times for applying within Australia, this is not an issue to me. I am happy to wait for however long for my partner Visa to be approved, so long as i have the right to stay and work in Australia in the mean time. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks