[CollegeGirl]

I have amended my previous comment.It is my understanding that you can't apply for Ministerial Intervention in the case of an onshore partner visa refusal, so an offshore application looks like the most likely pathway.

If you have been refused a Partner visa already while in Australia, the Minister has indicated that it is inappropriate to consider your case under the public interest powers. The Minister expects us to finalise such requests without further processing.

I can't imagine how many people are suddenly going to find themselves with no visa with no notification at all. I get personal responsibility, etc. (I mean, you know me - I was waiting with bated breath to submit my 801 documents the second the system would let me) but MOST people are not like our forum denizens and don't sit around thinking about immigration all the time. Two years is a loooong time to wait and I'd think it'd be pretty easy to forget when you're living your day-to-day life. But then - people on tourist visas don't get reminders their visa is about to expire, so I guess this is similar.