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Thanks so much. I will do

U.S. citizen, not UK. (I'm from the UK - but now an Australian citizen).

I'm interested in this too as it'll be me and my partner at the end of this year.. What communication have you received so far after you submitted your own application last year? Have you been asked for medicals etc yet? Or anything?

In addition to that - an approx cost of an agent!

Thank you - sorry I haven't been here for a while as life took over! My main agent questions are - 1) If applying for the partner visa from OUTSIDE Australia, does that stop the applicant from being able to travel to Australia while the partner one is being processed? Her current tourist visa (that allows her to stay for 3 months as many times as she likes in a 12 month period) expires end of Oct but she is wanting to come back here in November. (Meaning a new evisitor tourist visa would have to be applied for while the partner one had been submitted... Is that possible? She still wants to be able to spend 3 months here at a time and then leave and re enter, as you can on the evisitor. 2) If applying for partner visa from INSIDE Australia, while the applicant holds a current tourist visa - does that mean that the applicant can come and go as much as they like , as a tourist, until that visa expires, AND THEN when it does expire - as long as the applicant is in Australia - they are then given a bridging visa? (Because they applied for the partner one while IN Australia so would qualify for a bridging visa)? 3) . I haven't heard anything more about the sponsor part having to be completed before the partner visa is applied for? I need to do that but I'm unsure whether to get it done now or if it still possible to submit with the partner application later on. Thanks

Hi, My partner is in the USA - I know this is Poms in Oz but wondering if anyone has any info on any panel doctors for medicals in the U.S.? Thanks

Hi, Can anyone please recommend an Australian based migration agent who I could speak to for a free initial consultation before we start to gather everything necessary for our partner visa please? Although we can do some of the details ourselves I'm thinking that by going with an agent for some part it may alleviate some of the stress!! I am not sure if there are different levels of fee paying too - but am on somewhat of a budget so if there is anyone out there that doesn't cost the earth for the process too would be great, although I know its money well spent Thanks in advance!

Do you know how much time this will add on, having to apply to be a sponsor first? Is it just that you have to wait on that before applying for the partner visa?

Yes, we are going to, I was just looking for a bit of advice really on the questions I put in bold. I don't need advice on the getting married part though thanks, that is not for the benefit of a visa, it is for the reasons people get married! Looking at it - it sounds as though it may be better to apply from inside Australia because then at least she can stay here while the partner visa is being processed and we can be together, whereas she may not be allowed to come into Australia while we wait for a visa if she applies offshore?

I didn't think that we could apply for anything sooner though because we are not married yet , but if she is able to be in the country while its being processed thats ok? Im not worried about it having been granted when she arrives - just that it can be in the pipeline and while it is, she can be here. If she was here already on a tourist visa and then we got married and applied for a partner visa while in Australia, she would still be able to stay here while it was being processed and get a bridging visa. Doesn't the same apply if we get married overseas and then she comes here?

Hi, Any help anyone could give me would be so gratefully received! My situation is this... I am an Australian citizen (lived here for 8 years after migrating from the UK). My fiancée is American and currently lives there. We have been in a relationship for the last 2 years going back and forth to see each other. I'm going there for 2 weeks in September to get married. I will then come back home and she will move here in November a few weeks later. I need help with how to apply for the visa. Im thinking that the best visa option is applying for the 820 & 801 as we won't need the prospective marriage, subclass 300 because we will already be married. HOWEVER, you have to be in Australia to apply for the 801 so how does she initially get into the country if we cant apply until she is here? Does she come in on the Evisitor? But then she would have to fill in the immi form on the plane that asks how long you are intending to stay in the country..not wanting to lie at immigration, what do we do about that? The other option is the Partner visa 309 & 100 which you have to be out of the country when you apply - but the same applies... how will she get into the country because obviously after we apply the visa isn't granted for at least 14 months. Our main needs are this: For her to come here in November on a visa to be able to enrol in Medicare straight away, and be able to work. Do you get a bridging visa allowing you to do all of that from when you first lodge the application? And then in that case it's the bridging visa that would allow her into the country at immigration? And all would be ok? Aaarrgghhhh please clarify for me! My other questions are regarding medicals... do we do those here when they are asked for? Or if we do the application from outside Australia for the 309/100 does she have to have had that done already? I also contemplated the prospective marriage visa subclass 300 (and then getting married again here in Australia) as it allows you to work (although I don't believe you can apply for medicare?) but I don't think there is any point doing it that way. Please let me know your thoughts and if there are any other options I haven't thought of as I want to make sure I have everything straight in my head. The proof of relationship stuff should all be good as we have so much evidence through skype call logs, travel etc, joint bank account here in Australia and friends statements etc... Its just the actual getting her into the country and how that we need to work out! Thank you so much in advance! Hazel.