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I have hands on experience with this exact same scenario.

If your sc. 457 visa is cancelled, your BVA will also be cancelled and you will end up on a BVE without travel rights.

If a tourist visa is granted, it will replace your 457 visa and resolve your problems, but there is no guarantee that a tourist visa will be granted.

The best solution would have been to stick it out on the 457 visa until the partner visa had been granted.

 

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If I apply for the tourist visa will it disrupt my already lodged partner visa? It would be worth trying for the tourist visa since I think it only costs about $150, but I don't have an extra $7000 for another partner visa.

Thanks for responding.

A tourist visa application would only affect the partner visa application if it was lodged after the partner visa had been granted.

With the tourist visa application you should include a submission explaining the reason for the application. With an onshore partner visa in the system you're obviously not a " genuine visitor".

Worth a shot, I reckon.