Hi all,
I am hoping someone can help! Can I be onshore (on my own visa) when my boyfriend adds me to his student visa?
Here's our situation... My partner and I are from the US but are currently living in Australia. He is here on a Postgraduate Research Sector visa (subclass 574), while I am here on a Working Holiday subclass 462.
My partner will be be studying in Australia for the next 3 years, and I wish to remain here until he completes his PHD,. Through research, we learned that my partner can add me to his visa so that I can remain with him for the next three years. (we have been together for 5 and have all of the necessary docs to prove our relationship).
I spoke to immi today and explained my situation and they said my partner and I need to submit our relationship "proof," along with the "change of circumstance form" and the 2 forms below:
Required form
Complete form 157A: Application for a student (temporary) visa
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/157a.pdf
Complete form 919: Nomination of Student Dependents
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/919.pdf
Reading these documents though, it seems as if they are directed to those students who are adding off-shore dependents. Clearly I am over here already, and my working holiday wont run out until after we lodge this new one. Is anyone familiar with this?
Thanks so much.
I am hoping someone can help! Can I be onshore (on my own visa) when my boyfriend adds me to his student visa?
Here's our situation... My partner and I are from the US but are currently living in Australia. He is here on a Postgraduate Research Sector visa (subclass 574), while I am here on a Working Holiday subclass 462.
My partner will be be studying in Australia for the next 3 years, and I wish to remain here until he completes his PHD,. Through research, we learned that my partner can add me to his visa so that I can remain with him for the next three years. (we have been together for 5 and have all of the necessary docs to prove our relationship).
I spoke to immi today and explained my situation and they said my partner and I need to submit our relationship "proof," along with the "change of circumstance form" and the 2 forms below:
Required form
Complete form 157A: Application for a student (temporary) visa
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/157a.pdf
Complete form 919: Nomination of Student Dependents
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/919.pdf
Reading these documents though, it seems as if they are directed to those students who are adding off-shore dependents. Clearly I am over here already, and my working holiday wont run out until after we lodge this new one. Is anyone familiar with this?
Thanks so much.