Hugh4243

No plan B but now you have highlighted the possibility I will discuss it with them - thanks Hugh4243

Hello All Following the meeting yesterday my son now has a better idea of his next move. Briefly - because that is all that I know so far Firstly he withdraws his current partnership visa application. My son then leaves Australia - once he is offshore and following a short wait of a few months he can apply for an ETA to return. Upon his return to Australia he can start the process of applying for another partnership visa. There may be some more detail I am unaware of but I think this is the plan so far. once again many thanks all Hopefully the plan is as straightforward as that . Hugh4243

Many thanks - he has struggled with quite a few things over the years he has been away but has always picked himself up and worked his way around the world. It seems that he has now finally found a like minded soul and settled into a good routine of life - so whilst he has obviously not gone about things the right way - which I now understand much more about - hopefully there might be a correct route for them to follow and with time and some effort and correct advice they will sort things out. once again a huge thank you to all of you who have offered advice and help an unbelievable response between unknown people - helps my beliefs too that the world is still a good place - cheers I will update this thread as and when and maybe it will help others too.

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Once again many thanks for all your help - my son and his partner have a meeting today we will see what the meeting brings - if it helps anyone else I can put the outcome on here. cheers andrew

Many thanks. For all of the advice so far.

Ok - many thanks. All your comments sound about right to me - Yes they are having a meeting - with an advisor so I except the reasons. Many thanks I shall wait and see the outcome. Hugh4243

We are guessing that the IMMI were informed by another source that the first relationship had ended - will never know but sounds about right. I think due to the time and effort they had both put in to applying for the relationship visa - and the fact everything was all seemingly correct and in place via the immigration advisor it was a question of just waiting for an outcome. Then COVID struck and lockdown and the relationship went downhill - I truly believe my son thought that possibly the outcome of his application would of been sorted by then but nothing came through - wether it got lost in the system or Covid delayed it will never know. As the first relationship failed he should of informed IMMI but was hoping - wrongly- that it would of been accepted. Non of the detail has yet to be fully explored and my son has a meeting booked for Thursday this week with another immigration advisor - to go through the situation he finds himself in. As I am on the other side of the planet I am just trying to help and gleam as much advice as I can to assist - and to try and understand the process a bit better to help next time if he gets the opportunity.

Many thanks for the honesty in your reply exactly what I was hoping for - it would seem the IMMI are allowing him to withdraw his application and therefore he will not get the black mark against him, according to his current migration assistant, so maybe that is a positive. I completely understand the fraud element and therefore we do not wish to make the same mistakes again so any advice welcome many thanks

Hello all , I was not expecting such a quick response many thanks for the replies I amazed at the speed and thankyou

Hello All, My son has been living and working in Australia for approx 4 years. He initially had a working holiday Visa and whilst he was there he started a relationship with his partner - they moved in together and over time applied for the partnership visa - collecting all the information and sending it all to IMMI via a migration lawyer. Covid then struck and all life slowed down and in some cases stopped - the relationship failed - but nothing was heard from IMMI. My son carried on working for the local council and met another partner. They moved in together into a rented apartment and waited for contact from IMMI. Unfortunately IMMI have today contacted my son after appprox 2 years and informed him that they are now aware that his first relationship has finished and that he must revoke his visa and he has 28 days to leave the country. We think we understand the process and why this has happened - my son should of probably contacted IMMI and informed them of his change in circumstances. I think he was naive and believed he would get his partner visa but I think maybe COVID prolonged the process and in that time his first relationship broke down. He has worked continuously throughout his time in Australia working for his local council and following all the requirements for his WHV of which he had two years. The reason for my post is simple - what can he do now - I have lost faith in migration lawyers and I am just searching for some honest advice. If my son has no option but to leave the country then that is what he will do - but he is now seeking more advice from Lawyers and spending a lot of money in hope to try and save his life in Australia. He has financial commitments to his new apartment and a vehicle and is in a much stronger relationship and has now gained a promotion at his employment for the council. My concerns are that the Lawyers will offer possible chances - but in reality he has to leave everything behind and if somehow he is allowed and his relationship can stand the upheaval and financial consequences start the process again - maybe ? Questions - If he leaves the country - and manages to keep his relationship and paying his financial obligations - how could he return to begin the process of creating the details required for another relationship visa ? If he could go back on an extended holiday Visa but not work could he start it then ? In 2024 I see a third year of WHV could become available could he apply for that whilst he is on his extended holiday Visa and in the country ? Will any lawyer be able to actually assist in any of this - as we know the IMMI are strict and quite rightly so - will they be trying to help but he really has no choice ? Does the IMMI have any scope for change of circumstances and or mitigation. I hope all of this makes sense to someone and I would be grateful if anyone can offer some HONEST , straight advice as to his chances of being able to stay - so I can stop him from wasting $$$$$$ to fight a case he cannot win. yours Hugh4243 - parent