Spouse visa application
#1
Spouse visa application
I am just starting to get the information I need for a spouse visa to enable me to emigrate to Melbourne Australia with my wife. I downloaded the forms over a year ago but due to an serious illness in the family it was not the right time to apply so have left it until now.
I now notice that there is a requirement for a statutary declaration from 2 AUSTRALIAN citizens, where as before it just only needed persons to decalre that I am in a real relationship, Australian or not.
Does anyone know why this was changed and what you are supposed to do if you don't know any Australians?
My wife is a citizen by grant (originaly English) and does not have any family over there. She got citizenship after being in a de facto relationship but has now lost touch with him.
Does anyone have any advice they can give me?
I now notice that there is a requirement for a statutary declaration from 2 AUSTRALIAN citizens, where as before it just only needed persons to decalre that I am in a real relationship, Australian or not.
Does anyone know why this was changed and what you are supposed to do if you don't know any Australians?
My wife is a citizen by grant (originaly English) and does not have any family over there. She got citizenship after being in a de facto relationship but has now lost touch with him.
Does anyone have any advice they can give me?
#2
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Re: Spouse visa application
Originally posted by davidclifford
I am just starting to get the information I need for a spouse visa to enable me to emigrate to Melbourne Australia with my wife. I downloaded the forms over a year ago but due to an serious illness in the family it was not the right time to apply so have left it until now.
I now notice that there is a requirement for a statutary declaration from 2 AUSTRALIAN citizens, where as before it just only needed persons to decalre that I am in a real relationship, Australian or not.
Does anyone know why this was changed and what you are supposed to do if you don't know any Australians?
My wife is a citizen by grant (originaly English) and does not have any family over there. She got citizenship after being in a de facto relationship but has now lost touch with him.
Does anyone have any advice they can give me?
I am just starting to get the information I need for a spouse visa to enable me to emigrate to Melbourne Australia with my wife. I downloaded the forms over a year ago but due to an serious illness in the family it was not the right time to apply so have left it until now.
I now notice that there is a requirement for a statutary declaration from 2 AUSTRALIAN citizens, where as before it just only needed persons to decalre that I am in a real relationship, Australian or not.
Does anyone know why this was changed and what you are supposed to do if you don't know any Australians?
My wife is a citizen by grant (originaly English) and does not have any family over there. She got citizenship after being in a de facto relationship but has now lost touch with him.
Does anyone have any advice they can give me?
#3
Re: Spouse visa application
Hi
Don't know if this would help but have you and/or your wife got a job already out there, if so could the company declare that you have that job to start when you get over there?
If not then I would just send in British ones, they have to be sympathetic to people who do not have family already based there.
Good Luck
Don't know if this would help but have you and/or your wife got a job already out there, if so could the company declare that you have that job to start when you get over there?
If not then I would just send in British ones, they have to be sympathetic to people who do not have family already based there.
Good Luck
Originally posted by davidclifford
I am just starting to get the information I need for a spouse visa to enable me to emigrate to Melbourne Australia with my wife. I downloaded the forms over a year ago but due to an serious illness in the family it was not the right time to apply so have left it until now.
I now notice that there is a requirement for a statutary declaration from 2 AUSTRALIAN citizens, where as before it just only needed persons to decalre that I am in a real relationship, Australian or not.
Does anyone know why this was changed and what you are supposed to do if you don't know any Australians?
My wife is a citizen by grant (originaly English) and does not have any family over there. She got citizenship after being in a de facto relationship but has now lost touch with him.
Does anyone have any advice they can give me?
I am just starting to get the information I need for a spouse visa to enable me to emigrate to Melbourne Australia with my wife. I downloaded the forms over a year ago but due to an serious illness in the family it was not the right time to apply so have left it until now.
I now notice that there is a requirement for a statutary declaration from 2 AUSTRALIAN citizens, where as before it just only needed persons to decalre that I am in a real relationship, Australian or not.
Does anyone know why this was changed and what you are supposed to do if you don't know any Australians?
My wife is a citizen by grant (originaly English) and does not have any family over there. She got citizenship after being in a de facto relationship but has now lost touch with him.
Does anyone have any advice they can give me?
#4
Re: Spouse visa application
Originally posted by Natbat
Hi
Don't know if this would help but have you and/or your wife got a job already out there, if so could the company declare that you have that job to start when you get over there?
If not then I would just send in British ones, they have to be sympathetic to people who do not have family already based there.
Good Luck
Hi
Don't know if this would help but have you and/or your wife got a job already out there, if so could the company declare that you have that job to start when you get over there?
If not then I would just send in British ones, they have to be sympathetic to people who do not have family already based there.
Good Luck
And if you have any trouble just bring up the fact that the embassy in berlin doesnt require any stat decs at all.
(I'm so lucky to be doing it through Berlin )
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Re: Spouse visa application
Originally posted by Mairi&Chris
And if you have any trouble just bring up the fact that the embassy in berlin doesnt require any stat decs at all.
(I'm so lucky to be doing it through Berlin )
And if you have any trouble just bring up the fact that the embassy in berlin doesnt require any stat decs at all.
(I'm so lucky to be doing it through Berlin )
different countries have different requirements, you must satisfy the criterea in your own country.
#6
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 11,149
Re: Spouse visa application
Originally posted by davidclifford
I am just starting to get the information I need for a spouse visa to enable me to emigrate to Melbourne Australia with my wife. I downloaded the forms over a year ago but due to an serious illness in the family it was not the right time to apply so have left it until now.
I now notice that there is a requirement for a statutary declaration from 2 AUSTRALIAN citizens, where as before it just only needed persons to decalre that I am in a real relationship, Australian or not.
Does anyone know why this was changed and what you are supposed to do if you don't know any Australians?
My wife is a citizen by grant (originaly English) and does not have any family over there. She got citizenship after being in a de facto relationship but has now lost touch with him.
Does anyone have any advice they can give me?
I am just starting to get the information I need for a spouse visa to enable me to emigrate to Melbourne Australia with my wife. I downloaded the forms over a year ago but due to an serious illness in the family it was not the right time to apply so have left it until now.
I now notice that there is a requirement for a statutary declaration from 2 AUSTRALIAN citizens, where as before it just only needed persons to decalre that I am in a real relationship, Australian or not.
Does anyone know why this was changed and what you are supposed to do if you don't know any Australians?
My wife is a citizen by grant (originaly English) and does not have any family over there. She got citizenship after being in a de facto relationship but has now lost touch with him.
Does anyone have any advice they can give me?
IMO I think you will be OK with plenty of UK stat decs.
#7
Re: Spouse visa application
Originally posted by welshboybilly
i'm sure that would go down well
different countries have different requirements, you must satisfy the criterea in your own country.
i'm sure that would go down well
different countries have different requirements, you must satisfy the criterea in your own country.
but if you are a UK citizen then you can freely live in any European country so could move over to germany no problem, then you have residency here and can go through Berlin, so it makes a bit of a mockery of the thing about different countries in Europe having different requirements. Agree with what you say for non european countries though.