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Old Feb 6th 2007, 1:03 am
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hi, I've been a member of Brit expats for a couple of years now even tho I am not a Brit. I have close friends that want to be together. They met about two years ago. He was on a working visa from England. She is an Aussie. She is divorced with two kids and doing it pretty hard. He has been shuffled from job to job trying to stay close by going to New Zealand getting visas- (I do not know many of the details).
My question, is there any way that they can get married without paying the fee, they seem to have a emergency every time they get the cash together for the visa requirements.
For instance, can they just get married? Would traveling to a different state, say the ACT make a difference? btw she can't leave the country, she had so much happen she had to go bankrupt and they will not let her travel outside the country)
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What fee are you talking about? If you want to get married in this country you need to pay a fee for the celebrant and registration fee which I think all in are around $500 or more...Is that what you are talking about?
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What fee are you talking about? If you want to get married in this country you need to pay a fee for the celebrant and registration fee which I think all in are around $500 or more...Is that what you are talking about?

I think she means the visa application fee, which in answer to the OP, I doubt would be waived.
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hi, I've been a member of Brit expats for a couple of years now even tho I am not a Brit. I have close friends that want to be together. They met about two years ago. He was on a working visa from England. She is an Aussie. She is divorced with two kids and doing it pretty hard. He has been shuffled from job to job trying to stay close by going to New Zealand getting visas- (I do not know many of the details).
My question, is there any way that they can get married without paying the fee, they seem to have a emergency every time they get the cash together for the visa requirements.
For instance, can they just get married? Would traveling to a different state, say the ACT make a difference? btw she can't leave the country, she had so much happen she had to go bankrupt and they will not let her travel outside the country)
They can get married, but that doesn't give himthe right to stay in Aus, they will have to apply for a spouse visa for him after the marriage, and I can't imagine DIMA will waive the cost of that.
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Hi thanks for your replies. yes I mean the working visa part- seems like they have to pay approx $2,000 cash. I just thought if they married on counsulate ground or there might be some other slim chance, but I expect that you are right and the gov wouldn't wave anything.
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BTW did I understand? what is a spouse visa? What does that involve?
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BTW did I understand? what is a spouse visa? What does that involve?
Hi have a look at www.immi.gov.au and search for "partner visa" this has lots of info on it
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cool, thanks, I hate to ask them so many questions, they have a lot on their plate.
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a quick question, has anyone just got married in Australia without any applications etc? (from a commonwealth country?)
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Originally Posted by K Schlegl
a quick question, has anyone just got married in Australia without any applications etc? (from a commonwealth country?)
You can't come to Australia without applying for some type of visa, whether it be a tourist visa, marriage visa or skilled visa, they simply will not let you get past Customs at the airport.
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Old Feb 6th 2007, 7:27 am
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I understand that completely. I was just wondering- if out of pure naivety and ignorance someone got married while visiting in Australia, to an Australian- what would happen-.It probably would not be recognized until some sort of visa change was made-
Probably a useless thought but I imagine someone who does not know about these things could have done it.
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Originally Posted by K Schlegl
I understand that completely. I was just wondering- if out of pure naivety and ignorance someone got married while visiting in Australia, to an Australian- what would happen-.It probably would not be recognized until some sort of visa change was made-
Probably a useless thought but I imagine someone who does not know about these things could have done it.

You cannot just show up and legally marry an Aussie. You must first apply to marry at the registry and the minimum amount of time you have to wait is 1 month and 1 day. Then you are able to legally marry.

After that you would then have to apply for a spouse visa with the required proof that you are a geniune couple, have the funds to support yourselves, etc. And you would also have to pay the application fee, just like everyone else.
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