ButterflyLadybug

Oh perfect, thank you for the information. I might just do that and see what we actually need

Looking at applying for citizenship for my two children who's father is an Australian citizen, we're all currently in the UK. What sort of evidence do I need to send ? My husband has a British passport and driving licence which state he was born in Australia but unfortunately he no longer has his birth certificate. Wondering if we need to order him a new one before we start the applications

Oh great thank you, I just looked up Paul Hand and his price for a consultation seems really reasonable of he helped you get through the visa process so fast. Will definitely consider contacting him when we get to that stage.

Oh wow, that's so much faster than I thought it would be. Thank you for the information.

Thank you for that information. I didn't realise that the visa could come through so fast so that's great to know. I also didn't realise you had 5 years to make the move once the visa is activated so that certainly gives us a lot more flexibility than I thought we'd have. I have no plans to work once we move over as my children are home educated so whichever visa I'm on should be fine. I think I need to do a bit more research and figure out what would be the best way to go about the move. Am right on thinking I can apply for Citizenship after 4 years with only 1 year of that having to be a permanent resident visa ? So if I do go over on a evisitor that time would be included before my partner visa has come through ? I do think it would be highly unlikely for my visa to be denied as we have been together for 16, own a house together, are in a civil partnership and both in good health with no criminal records.

Me and my partner were planning on applying for a 309/100 visa while still in the UK but I've just discovered that it's possible for me to travel to Australia and apply for a partner visa while there. I just have a few questions if anyone can answer them. When I arrive with a one way ticket can I disclose that I intend to apply for a partner visa before my evisitor runs out or would that be against the terms on the visa ? Basically do I need to say I intend to return to the UK. The evisitor option obviously gives us more flexibility around when we can leave which I think would beneficial when it comes to selling our house. Thank you for any help

Queensland is somewhere we're considering, My partner was actually born in Brisbane and lived there until he was 6 before moving over to the UK. We will definitely be visiting before we make the move, we're hoping to do 2 weeks in Perth and 2 in Brisbane when it's safe to do so. One thing we are considering doing is just having my partner go over by himself and finding a job and setting everything up for us before I bring the kids over. We're just going to see how it goes really. Thank you for your reply

I can clarify a little. My partner will likely have a higher income in Australia which we believe will open up more opportunities for us a family, such as more experiences, not necessarily more future prospects for our kids. I also believe that the education system in Australia aligns more with what we want for our children, currently we home educate them as the school system here is awful and not something we want them to have to endure. If my partner is earning more we will have access to private education. The lifestyle is also something that appeals to us, the weather here is often pretty awful, our children love being outdoors though, we're out in all weather for multiple hours a day. Here we find it hard to meet people as most parents don't seem to take their children out when the weather is bad. I feel like because the lifestyle is more outdoorsy in Australia it would suit us better. Having said all this, even if Australia was completely the same as the UK in terms of opportunities and lifestyle, with my partner being a citizen of Australia and my children being eligible by decent why not give it try. Australia is completely different to the UK, we would have the opportunity to see wildlife we can never see here and to experience a complete different climate and landscape. If we don't like it we can always move back.

We will definitely look into ratification closer to when we want to move. If my partner doesn't manage to get a job we will just stay in England. We don't mind living here but we just felt given my partner's citizenship and the possibility of our children have a better lifestyle and more opportunities we would give it a try

Haha I hear you and if it were just me and my partner we would move out straight away but with two young children it's not something we want to rush into

We wouldn't be moving unless my partner already had a job offer so it taking a while isn't really an issue for us. We have no real issue paying a subscription fee at all, especially if it would help him to get a job faster and with less effort. I just thought that a another poster had suggested ratification wasn't necessary, maybe I miss understood the post we will definitely look into UWW though. Thank you for your reply

I suppose we could just see if he manages to get a job or not and if his degree not being ratified becomes an issue we can do it then. Thanks for your reply

I think we'll be keeping an eye on the situation over there and see how everything goes. We aren't apposed to going over sooner we just need to make sure that we can afford to do it. Thank you for your reply

Unfortunately we will definitely be paying rent and then hopefully a mortgage as we are still a very young family and only just in the process of buying our first house now in the UK. Thanks for the reply, it gives me hope we'll be able to live on part time jobs there in future

Our plan is to wait until my partner has 3 years experience to start the process so I would guess he would have somewhere around 3-5 years experience by the time we make the move. He also has 4 years experience being a web developer/ server admin but I'm not sure if that would be taken I to consideration as he wants to continue on with being a software developer. Thank you for your reply