Hi there,
We put my application in for the Combined Partner (Temporary) (Class UK Sublass 820) and Partner (Residence) (Class BS Subclass 801) visa onshore, at the Brisbane office on April 18th 2011. I'm British, my partner is Australian. We've submitted everything for our application via a visa lawyer: Police checks from UK and AFP, evidence of our relationship/living together for 12 months plus, 3 stat decs from friends/family, photos, our own stat decs etc. Only thing pending is my medical, which I'm going for on Tuesday 21st Feb (and am a little nervous about, just because I don't really know what to expect!).
We were originally given a processing time of 9 months, which has now been and gone. According to my visa lawyer, we don't even have a Case Officer yet Does anyone know how long partner visas from Brisbane are taking at the moment? And/or how long it is likely to take once we have a CO? Is there any point in contacting the Brisbane office myself to see what's going on? Ours on the face of it, seemed to be a pretty clear cut case. We've been living together out here for 2.5 years, togther for nearly 4 years, and supplied a ton of evidence.
I know I'm not the only one waiting, but just wondering if anyone has any words of reassurance (!) at this stage! It's all dragging on forever, and as my partner is in the Army out here in Australia and is potentially going to be away for 3 months from the end of Feb, possibly even longer, I'm getting anxious about a lot of things at the moment... For instance, if he was then to be deployed to Afghanistan for 7 months in June (a possibility), I'd really just want to go back to England for the duration and be with my family and friends there. But my understanding is I can't really leave Australia until I get this partner visa through. Due to Army life, this is our second new location in 2.5 years, and I'm just really stuggling to settle here in Brisbane having come from a small country town in Victoria - the Army basically tell us where to live unfortunately.
Anyway, apologies for the stress-laden post...and thanks so much for reading
We put my application in for the Combined Partner (Temporary) (Class UK Sublass 820) and Partner (Residence) (Class BS Subclass 801) visa onshore, at the Brisbane office on April 18th 2011. I'm British, my partner is Australian. We've submitted everything for our application via a visa lawyer: Police checks from UK and AFP, evidence of our relationship/living together for 12 months plus, 3 stat decs from friends/family, photos, our own stat decs etc. Only thing pending is my medical, which I'm going for on Tuesday 21st Feb (and am a little nervous about, just because I don't really know what to expect!).
We were originally given a processing time of 9 months, which has now been and gone. According to my visa lawyer, we don't even have a Case Officer yet Does anyone know how long partner visas from Brisbane are taking at the moment? And/or how long it is likely to take once we have a CO? Is there any point in contacting the Brisbane office myself to see what's going on? Ours on the face of it, seemed to be a pretty clear cut case. We've been living together out here for 2.5 years, togther for nearly 4 years, and supplied a ton of evidence.
I know I'm not the only one waiting, but just wondering if anyone has any words of reassurance (!) at this stage! It's all dragging on forever, and as my partner is in the Army out here in Australia and is potentially going to be away for 3 months from the end of Feb, possibly even longer, I'm getting anxious about a lot of things at the moment... For instance, if he was then to be deployed to Afghanistan for 7 months in June (a possibility), I'd really just want to go back to England for the duration and be with my family and friends there. But my understanding is I can't really leave Australia until I get this partner visa through. Due to Army life, this is our second new location in 2.5 years, and I'm just really stuggling to settle here in Brisbane having come from a small country town in Victoria - the Army basically tell us where to live unfortunately.
Anyway, apologies for the stress-laden post...and thanks so much for reading