Confusion re: "country of residence"

[daz_axe]

I am currently in Australia on a 3-month tourist visa.  I will be applying on-shore for an 820 Partnership Visa.  I am currently trying to fill in the form to get my health checks done in advance and it is asking me what my 'usual country of residence' and 'postal address' is (this same question is posed on the 820 application form).   I have no intention of going back to the UK, nor have an address there anymore.  Do I put my old UK address when asked this question or rather use my current temporary Australian address where I am staying on my tourist visa?  Thanks! 

[Marisawright]

You have no right of residence in Australia so it can't be your country of residence.  Your usual country of residence is the UK. 

Your postal address is where you can be reached, so that would be your address in Australia.  

[Guest]

I'd not do medical till it's asked for tbh. Current on shore processing time is in the years, not months. Not much point front loading. 

[Guest]

And second what Marisa said. You are on a tourist visa at present, so afaik would be classed as resident in the U.K. 

[Marisawright]

On reflection, it could be asking for trouble to apply using an Australian address, because that advertises that you've wilfully entered Australia with the intention of staying permanently, which is against the rules of a tourist visa. That would be grounds for cancelling your tourist visa.  

Have you looked into the processing time for an onshore visa and what implications it will have for your right to work, right to medical treatment etc in the couple of years you'll be waiting?

Edited February 1, 2018 by Marisawright