Hi all
Im awaiting the outcome of a 309/100, my partner is Aussie PR sponsoring me - our application has been submitted since Dec 2019, no news yet but thats okay and understandable given current processing times.
Our situation is my partners ' must enter by date' is coming up this year, she made the decision months ago to return asap without me as she's worried how it will affect my partner application if she doesn't. I've been granted a 600 and travel exemption but realistically we cant risk us both leaving our jobs given there is no guarantee of actually flying in the current climate so we decided she will go and il go later. The problem is since June she has had 5 flights cancelled 3 of which were business class fares. It's looking more likely she wont make it back by the entry date which is at the end of November, she is now really struggling mentally to cope with the stress of it all.
She applied for an RRV in hope we could buy more time but recently she has convinced herself that they will outright reject her application. She feels she can't prove enough ties or reasons for being outside the country. She submitted the application about 8 weeks ago, and has given evidence of all her cancelled flights so far to show how hard she's trying to return to meet her visa requirements - along with evidence of history of her time in Australia, the reason she left (which was her relationship with me) and a paragraph explaining of our serious intention to return and remain in Australia along with my partner application details which again show our intent. I feel like surly in these times this is enough to secure her visa, we cant be the only people in this exact situation and case officers are human to... right? She worked so hard to get PR in the first place she doesn't deserve to lose it over this.
I know no one can say for sure how it will go, but can anyone with recent experience of this process share if immigration are being more lenient with RRV's? Everyday she's calling the airlines and it usually ends in tears, this morning Qatar offered her a $18'000 first class flight 3 days before she has to land in Australia, again no guarantee she wont get bumped or cancelled. It's just madness that she even has to consider buying this ticket. I just want her to not have to go through this any longer. She's so depressed i'm now uneasy about her to returning on her own, she's not mentally strong enough. Im trying to comfort her the best I can in this situation, Im pretty desperate for her to get her RRV so she can relax a little .
Apologies for the long long post, I think i just needed to get it out of my system we are so stressed, these times are truely awful
thanks all, Jack