cymru1 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Hello! This is my first post on this forum but it has been a great help in the past, thankyou all. My partner and I have an 820 temporary partner visa, granted in April last year. My partner is an Australian Resident and sponsored me. Sadly one of my parents was taken critically ill so I flew back to the UK to be with my family through the end of life process and he died towards the end of last year. In order to provide emotional and financial support I remained in the UK until this month and have now returned to Oz. I am now really worried that this will count against us when our case is examined to upgrade my visa to a permanent residency. In the heat of everything happening back in the UK I didn't ever contact Immgration to inform them I was back in the UK. I was wondering what everyone's thoughts were on the situation? Also, I can't find any information on the checklist that we must be complete when approaching the date for our decision. Can anyone help? Thankyou so much all in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockDr Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Relax. As long as the relationship is still going, you'll be fine. You say you got your visa in April last year. When did you apply? Make sure DIAC have your current address now, so they can send the paperwork to the correct address when the time comes (they usually send it out 2-3 months before the 2yrs from application). Diac didn't need to contact you in the meantime, so it's really no issue that you didn't inform them you were in the UK. Second stage paperwork seems to be pretty straightforward, just a couple of forms, stat dec, names and contact details of two references, and the aussie police check (you might need UK one too if you spend more than 12months over there since your last UK check). There's another thread with more details, I'll try to dig it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockDr Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/migration-issues/138180-partner-visa-2nd-stage-onshore-docs-sent-let-wait-begin-8.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GeorgeD Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Relax. As long as the relationship is still going, you'll be fine. You say you got your visa in April last year. When did you apply?Make sure DIAC have your current address now, so they can send the paperwork to the correct address when the time comes (they usually send it out 2-3 months before the 2yrs from application). Diac didn't need to contact you in the meantime, so it's really no issue that you didn't inform them you were in the UK. Second stage paperwork seems to be pretty straightforward, just a couple of forms, stat dec, names and contact details of two references, and the aussie police check (you might need UK one too if you spend more than 12months over there since your last UK check). There's another thread with more details, I'll try to dig it up. Totally agree with RockDr, there was no need for you to tell DAIC you were in the UK for a period of time. You don't need to declare it when you come to the second stage either. If they do ask, then you have a perfectly reasonable reason for being apart on a temporary basis. My wife was on holiday for 3 weeks visiting family in the USA recently, I didn't tell DIAC about that because I didn't need to either. You have nothing to worry about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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