Biggers Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 I've been with the old boy for 3 years and we often talk of marriage, just wondered if we do the fiancé visa if its cheaper? I can see us engaged over the next 12 months anyway so why not save ourselves $800?! :0) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GeorgeD Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 The Prospective Marriage Visa (PMV) gives you 9 months to enter Australia, get married, then apply for the Spouse Visa. And you need to pay the Spouse Fees anyway. If, after 9 months, you haven't applied for another visa (like the Spouse Visa), then you need to leave the country. It's basically a means for people who are living apart and intend getting married to be together to organise their wedding. It's not a permanent visa. It's also more expensive, as you need to pay for TWO visas as opposed to one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellieboots Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Fraid not, the fiance visa is only a 9 month visa allowing you to enter Aus and marry. As soon as you marry, you then need to lodge your partner visa anyway. So it costs the same (in fact it would cost you more as you would pay the onshore fee for your partner visa. If you ate entitled to the de facto partner visa, just get that and then you can get married whenever you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggers Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Thank you peeps!!! Thats much more romantic!!! :0) haha...i must say i feel so much better about the decision to lodge offshore, i have printed all forms off and now am just waiting my birth cert and police check! Oh, about the personal statements...do they need to be on any special form? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockDr Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Personal statements I just printed off and signed/dated them. No special paper or anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GeorgeD Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Personal statements I just printed off and signed/dated them. No special paper or anything Yup, we jsut handwrote ours on plain paper and signed each page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggers Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 thanks! When doing my UK police check, what is the best way to pay...can i use autralian cheques? What about the difference etc? I know you can't send cash! Advise pls :0) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockDr Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I still have my UK account, so used a UK cheque. Hopefully someone else can help with this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggers Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 well i will just ask my mum to write a cheque and give her the cash. Also, will they post it directly back to australia? i have seen the bit where is asks to pay 35 pound...is that it then? Will they then post bk to auz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockDr Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Just had a look at the form. It says the 35GBP covers 1st class UK postage or standard international post, so yes, they will post it to OZ if you specify an OZ address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggers Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 ok thats aussie police check done, uk police check done...all pics and passports signed just need my friend who's a teacher to sign my stuff and that can all get sent tomoz, now its just waiting on birth cert from ma and pa and stat decs to be signed!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockDr Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggers Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 Hi y'all! Just another quick question! Do i still need to do form 80 (character check) when lodging offshore? i have seen on my form it mentions when lodging in auz but can't seem to find anywhere about lodging offshore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GeorgeD Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I don't think it's actually a requirement for aplying via either route, although you may be asked for it by your CO once your submission has been made. If you supply it up front anyway, then there's no need for them to ask you for it. If you don't submit it, the worst that will happen is they ask you to complete one. It could happen via both on and offshore routes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggers Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Hello again!!! my best friend from the UK is doing a stat dec for us..i know she needs a "certified copy" of her passport! Does this just mean a copy of her passport or does it need to get signed. She has a neighbour who is a teacher, could she do it or would it have to be a 'JP' .Also, my boyfriends sister did us one, we got her passport signed by an official JP but the lady who we live with did us one and we thought it would be ok for our other housemate who is a teacher to sign it?! i am now thinking I'm wrong here and i will need to take it to a JP so that they can photocopy it and send it off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockDr Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 The same person who witnesses the stat dec can sign the passport copy. Here's the list of people who can sign in Australia http://www.ag.gov.au/Statutorydeclarations/Pages/Statutorydeclarationsignatorylist.aspx Teacher is on there, right at the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggers Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Ok thats great thanks!! On another note, when i fill in the forms 40/47 will i put our aussir address or will i need to put a new zealand one? Obviously we are lodging offshore over there so i would think it would have to be a NZ address. The thing is, our police checks and medical have our australian address! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockDr Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Since you'll be in New Zealand when you lodge, put your NZ address on the forms. It doesn't matter if you've changed address since you got the police checks done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggers Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Ok, so just on the main forms then really? Thanks a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockDr Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 The address you put on the main forms is the one they'll use to communicate with you, so needs to be your current address. Pretty sure somewhere on the forms (might be form 80, can't remember) there's a place to list your previous addresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggers Posted March 2, 2012 Author Share Posted March 2, 2012 Hello again! Does anybody know how long our personal statements should be, and how detailed etc?? I was thinking probably just like a page or something? How much info do we need to tell them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockDr Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 a page is fine. Mine was two pages, mainly because of all the references to the attached evidence, my husband's was half a page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggers Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 References to the attached evidence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockDr Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 as in all the extra evidence of being a couple. I numbered them all, then referred to them in my statement. e.g. I was added to OH's car insurance on this date (see attachment X). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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