Hello everyone! I've been lurking in the background but have been finding this forum so useful I thought I'd say hi!
I am the sponsor (Aussie, been living in UK for 9 years), my partner is British and the applicant. We've been together 4 years and we are currently in Australia travelling in a 4WD in our tent (basically doing a RECCE for where we want to live once the Visa comes through).
Applied in April the week before the sponsor change came in and fully loaded everything up front. Been great to see some movement and am so happy for the 2018 applicants to be going through finally!
We just applied for the 600 visa (in Australia) while we were here as we decided to keep travelling while we wait for the 309 - it was granted in just 4 days! (If only the partner ones were so quick!).
Look forward to seeing more Feb apps go through......then March..... then us!!!! Fingers Crossed for everyone!