Jasmine Sallis

You can request a longer than 3 month stay in the application but it's at discretion of case officer to decide how long you are given.

Second working holiday visa only for those who completed the required regional work. No options for that route again. Engineers are generally in demand and would depend on your points score and skills assessment outcome. Skilled visa would not be a quick solution but a longer term commitment to moving to Australia.

Surprisingly the documents required are minimal compared to most visa applications. One with face and signature, proof of birth, proof of current citizenship and some others - if you fill out the application online via immiaccount and get to the end the required documents come up in a list before payment or lodgement is required (only for citizenship applications in my experience). This info will likely change by the time most people read this comment!

When I got health insurance for my husband for first visit as a tourist it was around $100 so not too expensive.

Bridging visas get us all stumped - generally takes me a good hour going through the regs for a particular circumstance to fully comprehend it! Not a surprise there is no definite answer being offered.

https://www.vetassess.com.au/home/contact-us In my experience usually the way to get in contact with the assessor is through the general migration email migrate@vetassess.com.au They then forward your enquiry to the assessor and you can request they call you back. More skills assessment refusals from VETASSESS of late.

Have seen Visas refused because points were not as claimed on initial EOI so it is important to make sure EOI claims are correct.

Just a note - for countries eligible for ETA this does not have no further stay condition! It's not valid for one year though.

Points also particularly high for certain occupations. I somehow feel that changes in November will mean many people's points increase (if single or partnered to someone that speaks English essentially) which won't really give much of an edge.

Some states are good at giving release letters if required - a matter of being upfront about not being able to find work and attempting but having found opportunities elsewhere. Without a release letter there can be issues with a state or NT withdraw their sponsorship.

Lots of your enquiries do not necessarily have a definite answer and a lot of it will depend on which country your parents are from, purpose of their visit and other personal circumstances. Definitely you need a comprehensive invitation letter. Bond is requested by the Department if they choose but only for the Family Sponsored Stream. Health Insurance only required for the 5 year or 10 year temporary sponsored parent visa but the two visas you have mentioned.

What information do I need to submit? The information below if from an automated email from the 801 processing team. Received a few months ago. You need to give us the following information: Your online application form through ImmiAccount: https://online.immi.gov.au/lusc/login A copy of the biodata page in your current passport Your sponsor’s statutory declaration in support of your relationship Your sponsor’s current passport or other valid identity document Statutory declarations or Form 888s from two Australian citizens or permanent residents, including evidence that they are Australian citizens or permanent residents: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/form-listing/forms/888.pdf Evidence of your relationship with your sponsor since the grant of your Temporary Partner visa. If there is a child of the relationship please upload a copy of the child’s birth certificate. See information on gathering your documents: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/partner-onshore/permanent-801#HowTo A National Police Certificate (NPC). If you did not provide an NPC as part of your Temporary Partner visa, you will need to do so now. Please provide a National Police Certificate from the Australian Federal Police (Complete Disclosure Code 33) See: https://www.afp.gov.au/what-we-do/services/criminal-records/national-police-checks A penal certificate for any country outside Australia in which you have resided cumulatively for 12 months or more since the grant of the Temporary Partner visa. See: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/help-support/meeting-our-requirements/character

Yes you are right costly indeed. Especially when looking at the ten year option as a total sum. Perhaps then a Tourist Visa with request for longer stay given the circumstances.

The forms are different as Sponsor (person putting up the bond needs to do an additional form). Which ones is best really depends on the ins and outs of the situation. Also sponsorship only possible for certain family relationships.

Gotta love decision ready applications!

Review rights?

Might be an idea to check out the new (opened for application july 1st 2019) Temporary Sponsored Parent Visa (subclass 870). My understanding of 12 months in 18 months situation is that the requirement is to be offshore for 6 months before next entry if have been in Australia for 12 months continuously. (Not sure if this applies in your case).

For statutory declarations from another country you have to meet the criteria of that country. So however they do statutory declarations in India is how it should be done.

Have you heard of the Temporary Sponsored Parent Visa (870). Might be worth looking it up and having a read. It's not permenant and can only be renewed once. Applications only opened on the 1st of July 2019.

The old parent visa that does not require the contribution has not been scrapped but has a 30+ wait period. Temporary sponsored parent visa opened for applications on 1st June 2019 (with sponsorship applications opening 17th April 2019). Wait times difficult to determine. Visa can be applied for 3 or 5 years and renewed once only. That would take him to 86 if did the 5 year one and renewed once? Visa requires health insurance. Hope this general info helps.

Lastly I'll say that I have seen a case at the AAT (not mine) where a relationship wasn't declared on a tourist visa application (and the couple were not yet engaged so it technically did not need to be declared on the tourist visa application) but this then led to the later partner visa being refused because of this action. As the case was at the AAT when I came across it as an observer this meant long delays in the couple being together - in fact their child was already one at the time.

As a Registered Migration Agent I can never recommend that people are not upfront in their intentions (firstly because it is a legal requirement) but also because the problems that could result later on are too costly in both time and money. It makes sense you are confused - this question comes up even in Migration Agent forums!

Something similar happened to a friend of mine (not someone I was representing). The Agent she used hadn't reminded her the two years was up. She uploaded her documents on her ImmiAccount about 12 months after she could. Clicked the button at the bottom (that reads updated or something similar) and a week later received notification that she was moved onto the 801.

I wouldn't be able to speculate because everyone's situation is so different. People definitely do what you are attempting and sometimes it works but sometimes it doesn't. So many factors at play. Before I was a Migration Agent we attempted this for my husband. He came as a tourist first but had the 'no further stay' condition. Applied offshore after visiting but got lucky as his partner visa was granted within 4 months. We had already applied for him to come back on another tourist visa but ended up withdrawing this application and he came on the partner visa instead.

In cases where I have had clients apply for partner visas and then tourist visas while they are waiting they basically submit a 'mini partner visa' with almost the same documents proving the relationship and explaining intentions in relation to the tourist visa. Hope this helps, apologies can't be more specific as will depend on your individual circumstances.