If you don't know, there's a senate enquiry ongoing for family and partner visa issues. Most family and partner visa applicants have been a target of political games from both sides, and this is probably the only chance you'll get to make the Government hear your voice. The efficacy, fairness...

Hello all, I only just came across this forum today. My wife and I (JPN and AUS) were married last year and applied for 309/100 v isa in December. We are are worried of the financial implications that governments are now passing on fees from the mandatory quarantine to individuals. It would be...

Hi everyone or anyone awake and reading this! My wife and I are putting the finishing touches on our second stage documents and application details and one piece that I'm stuck on is the stat dec by the sponsor. I'm speaking of the form that is downloaded from the Home Affairs website. I...

Hi all, I am a new user with a story and a question. My partner and I are getting married soon. I met her in 2017 while living in Melbourne on a working holiday visa. She is an Australian citizen. We live in the US and currently have no plans of moving. However, after seeing the long wait...

Hi guys, finally got around to submitting my second stage application. First stage submitted on 23 October 2015, 309 granted on 10 December 2015. Second stage submitted on 30 October 2018. In the meantime, we had a baby in 2017 :) Just have a few question regarding the second stage...

Hi All Im Aussie, my husband is US / Colombian. We need to move to Australia asap with our two kids as my mum is not well. We have submitted visa 309/100 but only last month, and now want to 'visit' Australia in a couple months with a view to staying permanently rather than waiting for the visas...

edited and deleted

Hello all Trying to understand how my next few years will play out. So I will enter Australia on 13 February for the start of my 309. I applied for it March 14, 2017 and was granted 18 July 2017. So as long as paperwork is ready (and relationship still good and proven), my 100 visa will be...

Hi all, I am soon applying for a Partner Visa subclass 309 from Pakistan. My husband will be the sponsor. He is an Australian citizen, however, he has been living in Pakistan since July 2015 and working here. He is now planning to move back to Australia in Feb 2018 (already bought the ticket)...

Once the application has been submitted, is there a deadline by which you need to upload all of your evidence? I had seen it mentioned previously that you had 2 weeks but then what about when you need to submit your medical and police checks? I was going to arrange these as soon as I submitted...

Hi, I'm a Canadian (24) looking to move to live and work in Australia and to be with my girlfriend (27). We met in Canada in August 2013 and have been in a relationship ever since. We lived together in Canada until October 2014, when we moved to Australia (I was on a 417 working holiday visa)...

Hey guys, I recently just got my Visa 309 Grant after a 2months wait time (which is by all considerations a miracle). Visa 309 lodge date: 21st March 2017 Visa 309 Grant date: 17th May 2017 Location: Singapore (processed in) I researched quite a bit for the 309 visa but i'm quite new to the...

Hello, Im putting together all my calls and messages with my partner. But Im not sure if its ok to show all our private talk to people. Is it ok if I would put a little black band or blur on my messages so they can see all dates and messages but not everything that we talked? What did you guys...

So I will apply Partner (Provisional) visa (subclass 309) and Partner (Migrant) visa (subclass 100). Should I applying it online or with post? And I saw that if I will online to visa I have max 60 file limit on my immi account. Is that enough?

Hi all, I am new to this site but I have been referred here so I think that must be a good start! I (like im sure many others are) am getting so confused with what partner Visa to apply for and what is required. In fact i'm so scared of not providing enough, I am probably trying to collate too...

Hi there I'm looking for some advice and user experience please... I'm married to a kiwi (2.5 years ago) and we have a 2 year old child and we are looking to settle in Oz. My hubby lived and worked in Oz when the rules changed in 2001 so is classed as an eligible NZ citizen which is great...

I'm confused with the processing times Every source of information I have found says 12 or 15 months processing time, but after 15 months what do I do to enquire on waiting times? In regards to our partner visa application, I would like to express my interest in knowing the processing stage...

I applied recently for the second stage of my partner visa, that is the 100 (Permanent Residency) and I am now waiting, however partner has been offered to move overseas by company. How will this affect my PR application if we decide to move overseas? Anyone has gone trough something similar? I...

Hi, I'm currently working as IT professional. I'm planning a move to Australia with my family. My husband and I both cleared ACS and submitted EOI. My husband has just got an invitation in the last round. We're ready to proceed to the next step, but I just wanted to know if there is any...

Hi Everyone, This is my first posting on the site. I am an American Married to an Australian and we currently live in the US, after some conversation we've decided to move to Aus. Permanently to raise our family. That all out of the way, Does anyone know how long the Visa is valid for? We...