freya Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 I married and moved to WA,in 1980.Due to family ,returned to UK.Im now 68,and wish to return to Australia.Is there any where i can get help/advice.thankyou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Snowball Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Hi freya, what a brave decision! what visa did you have when you moved there before? How long have you been gone from Australia? You might be eligible for a resident return visa. People will probably need a bit more information about you to offer help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freya Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 I married to an englishman in 1980.He emigrated to Australia 10 yrs before.We married in the uk,then travell to WA,in 1980.While i was there i had 2 babies.At that time there was no help for anyone in an abusive relationship.I was abused by my then husband and his mother.Because of this i sufferred memory loss.The next thing i remember is being in the UK.I had been here 2 yrs.At that time they were 6 and 18 months.I have never seen them since.Im now 68,and i wish to see then.But have no idea how to go about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetBlast Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Did you get Australian citizenship? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Snowball Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Oh goodness! What a terrible thing for you. I think maybe achat with a migration agent is in order here! @paulhand is always very helpful on here. He should see this and then maybe you can talk to him off the forum for some advice. Then you can decide if you want to employ him. You must have had some sort of a visa at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Snowball Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 2 minutes ago, JetBlast said: Did you get Australian citizenship? Good question! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freya Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 I had a visia when i married.I did ask my ex,how long i would need to be in the country.He told me 10 yrs.It was only a few yrs ago,that i found out i had been lied to.You know in 82 there was no help for people like me.Not even social security. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetBlast Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, freya said: You know in 82 there was no help for people like me.Not even social security. We are not judging you. What you went through is not your fault. It isn't acceptable and never has been. In those days visas were put into passports. You don't happen to still have your passport do you? It might help to fill in the blanks. Edited March 24, 2019 by JetBlast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Snowball Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 1 minute ago, JetBlast said: We are not judging you. What you went through is not your fault. It isn't acceptable and never has been. In those days visas were put into passports. You don't happen to still have your passport do you? It might help to fill in the blanks. Exactly. Help for DV survivors is a recent phenomena in most countries. Are you looking to move to Australia or just visit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Hi Freya, what a sad story. You will find that WA has changed so much since you left and it'll be quite an adventure. As Amber said, are you looking to visit or stay permanently? If your children were girls, it may be difficult to find them if they've changed their name through marriage. It may be worth putting a notice in the West Australian or the local newspaper of where they used to live (if regional). I'm connected with a relative in the UK who put an ad in the local paper looking for my mother and her sister - someone sent me the clipping and I've been friends with this wonderful older lady for a couple of years now. The other way is to search on Face book for them (some keep maiden names), there's also australiapublicrecord.com which might be useful. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skani Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 10 hours ago, freya said: .At that time they were 6 and 18 months.I have never seen them since.Im now 68,and i wish to see then.But have no idea how to go about it. There are some organisations which can help you do this: http://www.jigsaw.org.au/ https://www.iss.org.au/ Also the Red Cross has a branch which helps trace family links lost through migration: https://www.redcross.org.au/get-help/help-for-migrants-in-transition/tracing-and-restoring-family-links 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight7 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Just wondering if you had permanent residence or citizenship when you lived here before as the answer to this will make all the difference for your chances? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhand Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 On 25/03/2019 at 02:42, Amber Snowball said: Oh goodness! What a terrible thing for you. I think maybe achat with a migration agent is in order here! @paulhand is always very helpful on here. He should see this and then maybe you can talk to him off the forum for some advice. Then you can decide if you want to employ him. You must have had some sort of a visa at that time. I would be happy to take a look at this ... much more information needed though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheral Singh Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 On 24/03/2019 at 22:08, freya said: I married to an englishman in 1980.He emigrated to Australia 10 yrs before.We married in the uk,then travell to WA,in 1980.While i was there i had 2 babies.At that time there was no help for anyone in an abusive relationship.I was abused by my then husband and his mother.Because of this i sufferred memory loss.The next thing i remember is being in the UK.I had been here 2 yrs.At that time they were 6 and 18 months.I have never seen them since.Im now 68,and i wish to see then.But have no idea how to go about it. That;s almost the complete information for getting the sorted suggestion, but ya main question is weather you got the Australian citizenship before. Because if you didn't, unfortunately there are very bleak chances if you can go Australia back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Snowball Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 8 hours ago, paulhand said: I would be happy to take a look at this ... much more information needed though. Hi paul, I signposted freya to your website and that she could contact you via pm as well. She pm’d me for this info. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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