BritChickx Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Is it still 12 months? Or is it even longer? How many of you got a bridging visa straight away and/or one with work rights? I'll be applying for mine before the new year and was curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallie3000 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 I'm doing the same, handing in my 820 Partner visa after christmas. Let me know how it all goes :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louise28 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Good luck. My onshore visa was processed within 4 months. Thinks its luck.of the draw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallie3000 Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Was your visa also an 820 Partner visa. And where are you based in Oz? I'm in Adelaide and hope to be handing it in in January. Fingers crossed mine only takes 4 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritChickx Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 Got to run around and do it all in the next 2 weeks as my partner is going to work away! Stress ache! The only biggie is getting our statement, passports and birth certificates certified though. As long as we fill in the forms ok we'll be fine.... 4 months i'll be lucky!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louise28 Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Hi, yes it was an 820, I handed mine in at the Brisbane office. My bridging visa was confirmed along with my application acceptance letter 10 days later. Which then kicked in when my WHV expired in February. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louise28 Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Got to run around and do it all in the next 2 weeks as my partner is going to work away! Stress ache! The only biggie is getting our statement, passports and birth certificates certified though. As long as we fill in the forms ok we'll be fine.... 4 months i'll be lucky!!! I got all my bits certified by a JP at the local library. Didn't cost a cent. Can you do that where you are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramot Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 There is on the whole really good access to JP's here, we have them in the local library and the plaza on the Sunshine Coast, so hopefully you should find one quite easily, they sign everything straight away, and it's free as well hopefully. I'm no expert, but as long as you lodge your partner application before your visitor's visa runs out, then you should go on bridging visa A, which kicks in when your visitor visa ends. You can then work anywhere, so in some ways it doesn't matter if your 820 takes a while to come through. The 2 years that you need to be on the 820 before you can apply to make it permanent starts from when you lodge your temporary 820, not from when it's granted. this is what my daughter has been told by her MA, so hope that's correct. make sure you have the long UK birth certificate, and I'm sure that there is a thread about everything you need, and it's up to you if you want to lodge with everything in place, eg police checks, or wait till asked. the only thing my daughter waited to do was her medical, but she did take it only a few weeks after she lodged. Her visa took 10 months, but she had problems getting a police clearance through from a country she had lived in. good luck, and try not to stress!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Got to run around and do it all in the next 2 weeks as my partner is going to work away! Stress ache! The only biggie is getting our statement, passports and birth certificates certified though. As long as we fill in the forms ok we'll be fine.... 4 months i'll be lucky!!! Working away so soon - can you go with him BC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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