Rawlos 0 Posted January 25 Is it possible to enter Australia on a tourist visa while I wait my partner visa subclass 309. I have been with my Australian partner for 15yrs married 4yrs with 3 children who are now Australian citizens. Needing to move to australia in March to be with my husband dad who isn’t in the best of health. cheers for any advice on what we can do regarding the right visa. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marisawright 10,054 Posted January 26 Yes you can. The only possible snag is that you can only have one visa at any one time. So let's say you apply for the tourist visa, then your partner visa comes through. In all the excitement, you forget to cancel the tourist visa. The tourist visa comes through, and you immediately lose the partner visa, and have to start all over again! It is possible, if you've applied from the UK, that your partner visa isn't that far away. I don't know if any of the agents can shed light on how long they're taking at the moment. 1 Scot by birth, emigrated 1985 | Aussie husband granted UK spouse visa, moved to UK May 2015 | Returned to Oz June 2016 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FirstWorldProblems 1,591 Posted January 31 On 26/01/2023 at 02:13, Marisawright said: Yes you can. The only possible snag is that you can only have one visa at any one time. So let's say you apply for the tourist visa, then your partner visa comes through. In all the excitement, you forget to cancel the tourist visa. The tourist visa comes through, and you immediately lose the partner visa, and have to start all over again! It is possible, if you've applied from the UK, that your partner visa isn't that far away. I don't know if any of the agents can shed light on how long they're taking at the moment. @Marisawright do you know what would happen if a person submitted a partner visa, then whilst waiting for that applied for a tourist visa? Would it cancel the 309 application or would that sit there being processed? Thanks British | Lived in Australia 2001-02 on 457 | Married Aussie wife & moved back to UK | Plan to return to Sydney 2026 when all kids have finished school 5 Feb 2023 - 309/100 submitted | 14 Mar 2023 309 & 100 granted Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marisawright 10,054 Posted January 31 5 hours ago, FirstWorldProblems said: @Marisawright do you know what would happen if a person submitted a partner visa, then whilst waiting for that applied for a tourist visa? Would it cancel the 309 application or would that sit there being processed? Thanks No, just applying for a visa doesn't cancel any other applications in progress AFAIK. 1 Scot by birth, emigrated 1985 | Aussie husband granted UK spouse visa, moved to UK May 2015 | Returned to Oz June 2016 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paulhand 945 Posted February 1 9 hours ago, Marisawright said: No, just applying for a visa doesn't cancel any other applications in progress AFAIK. That’s correct … my general advice is to put a visitor visa in place before lodging the offshore partner visa, for a number of reasons. 2 1 ____________________________________________________________________ Paul Hand Registered Migration Agent, MARN 1801974 SunCoast Migration Ltd All comments are general in nature and do not constitute legal or migration advice. Comments may not be applicable or appropriate to your specific situation. Any comments relate to legislation and policy at date of post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
