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Australian spouse visa

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#1 ·
Dear all

I am currently holding a student visa in Australia which will expires on September 2011. My girlfriend just change her student visa to spouse visa. After that, however, she would like to stay in Australia longer while I have to go back to my home country. I have some few questions to my condition above.

1.) Is there any solution for her to extend her visa if I go back to my home country?
2.) Is it possible for me to apply for working and holiday visa after my student visa expires therefore my visa can be granted to her as well?
3.) If we decide to divorce, what visa can she apply for after divorce?

please give me a solution and other options that I haven't considered of.
Thank you very much

Best Regards
praponanu
 
#2 ·
When you say your Gf has changed her student visa to a spouse visa, I assume you're meaning that you have added her as a secondary applicant to your visa have you?
And has that been granted?
In any case, when your student visa expires, if she now has a secondary applicant visa on that, her visa will also expire.
For a WHV you do need to apply for that from outside of Australia and there is no secondary applicant option on the WHV
Divorce normally infers marriage first but as soon as your Gf secondary visa expires, all she casn do is obviously consider what next but you/she need to realise that the immigration regulations are really not so much about providing a means to investigate how to stay in Australia but more what a person is wanting to do, such as study, work or have a holiday etc. and for working, other than a WHV, it usually means that a person needs to have developed a skill and have qualifications that need to be assessed.
 
#3 ·
thanks for your information Wanderer.

Yes I've added her as a secondary applicant and visa has not been granted yet.

Is it possible for her to apply for a new student visa after my visa expires if she decide to study further while I go back to my home country (in case we are not divorce).

thank you very much
 
#4 ·
The first problem you/her could have is that if the secondary applicant visa has not been granted, if your Gf was not listed on your initial student visa it is most likely her secondary applicant visa will not be granted.
As to whether she can apply for another student visa anybody can do that anytime but there are eligibility requirements to be met to be successful.
 
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