AriannaC

HI all. Thank you for your comments and yep I totally agree a partner visa is what we were initially after as makes way more sense, so that we could come and go as we please over our life together, but we are only here a year and the processing time, when I have spoken to agents say it can be between 12- 24 months and then I have to stay an extra year to be granted one, which is why we haven't gone down that route as thats not possible. Its a bit of a tricky situation but I think we are getting there! Ha!

Thank you @paulhand that was really helpful. We are now looking at a long term visitor visa. So, ill think we'll be in touch with your company!

HI! Really hope to pick your wonderful visa brains! My husband is an Australian citizen, I am British citizen. We were married 7 years ago in the UK and have relocated to Perth with our 2 kids (5 & 3) who both have Australian passports. We are looking to get a more permanent Visa for me - I entered Australia on an eVisitor (subclass 651) visa valid for 12 months from 9 Jan 2024. We landed in Australia on 23 Jan 2024 and currently I have a maximum length of stay of 3 months at a time. We are aware of the subclass 820 / 801 route and understand the 801 may be granted alongside the 820 due to our marriage being longer than 2 years and us having 2 children together. This would give us 5 years on an 801 with full working rights and medicare. However we are planning on returning to the UK in March 2025. We will still visit Australia every 18 months for about 4 weeks at a time for holidays. We are reluctant to spend $8850 on a partner visa for the sake of roughly 1 year of residency if it is not going to roll into a permanent visa. But ideally we would like to know that we can return to Australia as a family without restrictions later on - say if we want to spend longer here when we get a bit older. My questions: Will leaving Australia after 1 year of being granted an 820/801 impact my application and is it worth even applying for it? ie. will the 801 result in a permanent visa despite not being in the country full time for 4 of the 5 years it is granted? Is it possible to simply leave the country every 3 months during my current e-visa subclass 651 then apply for another subclass 651 at the end of the current one to gain access to Australia for the final 2 months of our stay? Is it better to apply for the partner visa when we are back in the UK under a subclass 309/100? Any advice would be greatly appreciated - ideally we are looking for a visa that allows me to come in and out of the country as many times as we wish and stay for however long as we have so much family over here with Grandparents etc. Ideally I would also like to work this year ( even casually ) so i'm not totally a lady wot lunches! Thank you AC

HI! Really hope to pick your wonderful visa brains! My husband is an Australian citizen, I am British citizen. We were married 7 years ago in the UK and have relocated to Perth with our 2 kids (5 & 3) who both have Australian passports. We are looking to get a more permanent Visa for me - I entered Australia on an eVisitor (subclass 651) visa valid for 12 months from 9 Jan 2024. We landed in Australia on 23 Jan 2024 and currently I have a maximum length of stay of 3 months at a time. We are aware of the subclass 820 / 801 route and understand the 801 may be granted alongside the 820 due to our marriage being longer than 2 years and us having 2 children together. This would give us 5 years on an 801 with full working rights and medicare. However we are planning on returning to the UK in March 2025. We will still visit Australia every 18 months for about 4 weeks at a time for holidays. We are reluctant to spend $8850 on a partner visa for the sake of roughly 1 year of residency if it is not going to roll into a permanent visa. But ideally we would like to know that we can return to Australia as a family without restrictions later on - say if we want to spend longer here when we get a bit older. My questions: Will leaving Australia after 1 year of being granted an 820/801 impact my application and is it worth even applying for it? ie. will the 801 result in a permanent visa despite not being in the country full time for 4 of the 5 years it is granted? Is it possible to simply leave the country every 3 months during my current e-visa subclass 651 then apply for another subclass 651 at the end of the current one to gain access to Australia for the final 2 months of our stay? Is it better to apply for the partner visa when we are back in the UK under a subclass 309/100? Any advice would be greatly appreciated - ideally we are looking for a visa that allows me to come in and out of the country as many times as we wish and stay for however long as we have so much family over here with Grandparents etc. Ideally I would like to work this year so i'm not totally a lady wot lunches! Thank you AC