help with a Aussie visa

[diniluigi]

:arghh::arghh:Can anyone out there help? I'm an Australian citizen 45 and live in the Uk with my British Husband 43 (non Australian Citizen) been married for 18 years, with 1 Son with duel passports and other son with just a Uk passport.

We want to move back to Tasmania after living in the uk for 14 years! I can apply for my younger son to get a duel passport but it's my husband that's the struggle, all I can work out is that his Visa to get into Oz is $6 thousand Australian dollars!! There must be a cheaper way?.

We went back in 2002 for only 18 months, had our first son, Husband started the application in Oz for a visa then pulled out half way through the process as we wanted to move back to the UK, (Crazy I know)

We plan to go back and work full time, any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[VERYSTORMY]

I have moved your post t its own thread and into the area it will get a better response.

 

In essence though, yes, he will need to pay for a spouse visa and they are expensive

[Nemesis]

:arghh::arghh:Can anyone out there help? I'm an Australian citizen 45 and live in the Uk with my British Husband 43 (non Australian Citizen) been married for 18 years, with 1 Son with duel passports and other son with just a Uk passport.

We want to move back to Tasmania after living in the uk for 14 years! I can apply for my younger son to get a duel passport but it's my husband that's the struggle, all I can work out is that his Visa to get into Oz is $6 thousand Australian dollars!! There must be a cheaper way?.

We went back in 2002 for only 18 months, had our first son, Husband started the application in Oz for a visa then pulled out half way through the process as we wanted to move back to the UK, (Crazy I know)

We plan to go back and work full time, any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

Unfortunately thats the cost of a Spouse Visa these days, $6865. Hindsight is wonderful....would have been much much cheaper back then but the price has risen horribly over the last couple of years.

 

If he qualifies for a skills visa he could look at that, $3600, but you'd need to take into account the cost and hassle of the skills assessment.

[diniluigi]

Thank you VERYSTORMY

[Quoll]

Make sure you get your UK citizenship before you leave too, it can be even harder to get back into UK than into Australia!

[Bungo]

:arghh::arghh:Can anyone out there help? I'm an Australian citizen 45 and live in the Uk with my British Husband 43 (non Australian Citizen) been married for 18 years, with 1 Son with duel passports and other son with just a Uk passport.

We want to move back to Tasmania after living in the uk for 14 years! I can apply for my younger son to get a duel passport but it's my husband that's the struggle, all I can work out is that his Visa to get into Oz is $6 thousand Australian dollars!! There must be a cheaper way?.

We went back in 2002 for only 18 months, had our first son, Husband started the application in Oz for a visa then pulled out half way through the process as we wanted to move back to the UK, (Crazy I know)

We plan to go back and work full time, any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

The only cheaper way is skilled mogrant visa, but that is a harder process and you might need help from a migration agent anyway so could end up about the same.

[Marisawright]

If you think the Australian spouse visa is a hassle, try the British one!

 

If you don't already have your British citizenship, get it before you go. If you don't and want to live in the UK at some point in the future, you may find you can't. Being married to a British citizen gives you no rights at all.