shiels

Anybody ever heard of a spouse visa being refused? If so for what sort of reason can it be refused for? Don't want to be complacent in thinking we are automatically going to get it....... C x

Jaycee1

Gosh C, stop stressing!! You're well in there
J x

ElshaUK

If your spouse meets the criteria (ours was defacto spouse visa so we had to have been together over 12 months I think) We'd been together nearly 9 years so was not really an issue.

But anyway, if you meet the criteria and they pass the medical, do not have bad police checks, then there is really no reason (as far as I can see) to refuse a spouse visa.

I might be wrong - I am sure someone will correct me if I am

BUT stop worrying - ours took a little longer than average due to having to get him an Aussie police clearance, however within 2 months we had his PR visa in our hot little hands!

Good Luck

shiels

I won't rest until its here in my hand!!!!!!! C x

RubyPearl

Shiels...

you're a panic-merchant like me. You may remember that I posted the spouse visa application recently (2 weeks today actually). The credit card was debited 2 days later and I ws fully expecting an e-mail - or something - by the end of that week, telling me to go for the meds. Still not heard a thing. I had my big panic last week (after reading a hundred threads on here saying that the spouse visa is dealt with notoriously quickly).....I'm a bit more relaxed about it now. BUT ASK ME AGAIN IN ANOTHER 6 WEEKS if I've not heard anything.

Stick in, and keep believing it'll be OK......and it will.

Cheers

moneypenny20

When applying for a Spouse Visa always always front load - ie send everything including medical and pcc and passport. No need to wait to be asked for meds - AHC expect everything upfront - makes it easier for them and quicker for you.

No idea how long you have been together, but providing you give them everything, and your 888's and stat decs are in order, it should come through fairly quickly. Most of the straightforward ones (married a while, kids etc) rarely take more than a couple of weeks. Delays occur when not enough info has been given and the relationship isn't much over 12 months type of stuff.

christinabell

Hiya Shiels

Try not to worry too much. ( yes I know easier said than done ) Have a look at this site http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/MRTA/ . It is the Migration Tribunal website and it lists all the cases where people have had their visas denied and who are now appealing DIMA's decision. I too was worried when applying for our prospective marriage visa, but my mind was put at rest after reading through some of these cases. Some of them are quite amusing to read, such as:- Mr "Smith", a 70 year old retired gentleman, had a Thai housemaid who told him about her third cousin, aged 24, in Thailand. They could not correspond as she didnt speak any English and he didnt speak Thai. He went to her country to meet her, and after only one week and despite having no idea what they were saying to each other, they fell hopelessly in love and decided to get married. Surprise Surprise his spouse visa application was denied . I really dont think you will have anything to worry about. Unless your husband is your Thai housemaids cousin ??????

NUMBER69

hi, hope you dont mind me aking this, was your partner having to get a aussie police clearance because he had a police record? i only ask as i have for a couple of petty things 20 odd yrs ago and dont know how this will affect the decision! i have declared everything but its a worrying niggle now, thanks, vince

halcyon 52

Hi Vince and others. I also have a small niggle.
I recently sent of crb as I applied to work for a charity. I spoke to the charity co-ordinator and it all came back clear to them. However I myself received a copy of this from Liverpool as many will know and to my horror it has a conviction for burglary (non dwelling stated on form). This relates to a rather silly incident at 19 when after leaving a nightclub in the cold a shop window was smashed and a coat taken. I was caught taken to court and fined around £900.00 and was given a discharge. I was under the impression I was charged with criminal damage and not Burglary non dwelling.
I would not be so honest about it on here and I am ashamed but it is the only way I can put it across without making me sound like a habitual burglar.
I have never had a fight or been convicted of anything else and volunteer for a charity helping others.

This has been bothering me but others please be honest in what you think or know.

Pollyana

You have to get an Aussie police clearance if you have spent a total of 12 months in Australia.

Pollyana

It won't affect your application. Declare it and be honest about what happened - you can always write a note explaining the circumstances. But its old, its a single offence, and you got a small penalty. Won't cause you a problem.

halcyon 52

Thank you Pollyana you really have put mt mind at rest - thank you James.

jond

This has been bothering me but others please be honest in what you think or know.



I like a lot of other people on this site got in trouble with the Police when I was in my teens. It was only minor stuff and ended up with a £100.00 fine.

I was paranoid that I wouldn't get my visa because of it. I sent a letter with my application saying how I was young and foolish and haven't done anything like it since etc. When I went to my local Police station to apply for my checks I asked the them about it, they said don't worry about it because it won't show up and to my relief it didn't.

A friend of mine over here got his de facto visa even though he was convicted of theft only a few years ago, he did have to go to appeal though. I also know someone who was deported from Australia for overstaying his working visa (it was only 8 years out of date) he moved back to London with his aussie girlfriend got married a little while later and he was told to give it a couple of years before applying. He tried a year later and it was granted.

I think it human nature to think about what might go wrong.

John