AmyMi

Thank you @rammygirl i actually hadn't considered his settled status lapsing. Very grateful to you for highlighting that. He is eligible for British citizenship, but cannot have dual citizenship with Lithuanian.

Hi all I am originally from the UK, but have Aussie Citizenship after living in Sydney from 2014-2019. I relocated back to the UK two months after getting citizenship as I was in a long distance relationship with my now husband. We now have two children and are looking to move to Australia to raise our family. My husband is a Lithuanian citizen with settled status in the UK, having lived in London since 2000. We need to sell our home, and our eldest son is due to start school here in September 2024, so ideally we would relocate around this time or ahead of this. My questions are: 1. Are we best to apply for 309 visa overseas, and hope that it gets processed quite quickly. I've seen UK applications are often being approved quickly, however, I don't know if the fact that my husband is Lithuanian, not British might affect that? Or if it's due to the office location processing the application? 2. Alternatively, we could sell the house, travel to Australia with husband on visitor visa and apply for 820 visa when on shore. If we did this option, would he need a flight out of Australia booked to be able to be let into the country? Also, once we apply, would he go on a bridging visa and be able to work? Our children have/ will have citizenship by descent. Any advice welcome. Thank you