Spouse visa....Medical?
Jul 6th 2006, 9:22 pm
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Spouse visa....Medical?
When applying for a spouse visa, do you or your children have to have medicals and police checks?
Jul 6th 2006, 9:26 pm
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Re: Spouse visa....Medical?
Originally Posted by shiels
When applying for a spouse visa, do you or your children have to have medicals and police checks?
Jul 6th 2006, 9:34 pm
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Re: Spouse visa....Medical?
Originally Posted by matt-and-jenny
Don't know about children, but if you are the spouse of the Australian, yes. It'd be quicker if you got them done with the rest of your application aswell. I can't rememeber the name of the police check form, but I'm sure someone on here will know.
Jul 6th 2006, 11:10 pm
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Re: Spouse visa....Medical?
Originally Posted by shiels
Thanks for that, I will wait til OH gets the citizenship first as its going quicker than we thought as it is!!!! Scary!! :scared:
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Jul 7th 2006, 3:55 pm
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Re: Spouse visa....Medical?
Originally Posted by Pollyana
If the children are Australian citizens then they won't need medicals. Otherwise, yes, they will.
You definitely will.
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Thanks for the advice........We are all British born.....so medicals it is then!!!!! 
Jul 7th 2006, 4:50 pm
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Re: Spouse visa....Medical?
Originally Posted by shiels
Thanks for the advice........We are all British born.....so medicals it is then!!!!!
Jul 7th 2006, 5:50 pm
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Re: Spouse visa....Medical?
Medicals and police checks if they are over 16
Jul 7th 2006, 7:11 pm
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Re: Spouse visa....Medical?
Originally Posted by davidclifford
We are all British born but my wife became an Australian citizen before we met. Both our kids are Australian by decent, we had to register them first and then get Oz passports for them. I had to have a medical and get a police check for my PR visa.
Jul 7th 2006, 7:13 pm
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Re: Spouse visa....Medical?
Originally Posted by Poppett44
Medicals and police checks if they are over 16
Jul 8th 2006, 3:59 am
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Re: Spouse visa....Medical?
Originally Posted by shiels
OH is applying for citizenship at the moment, as his mom was an Australian, even though she lived here from the age of 18. Does that mean our kids will be able to be Australian by descent too? I thought we would have to live in OZ for the 2/3 years before they ould apply for citizenship.......
Jul 8th 2006, 6:18 am
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Re: Spouse visa....Medical?
Originally Posted by davidclifford
As far as I know (you may want to check with DIMIA first) children born to Australian citizens by decent are NOT eligible for citizenship if their parent has never lived in OZ, sorry.
Jul 8th 2006, 1:47 pm
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Re: Spouse visa....Medical?
Originally Posted by shiels
Yeh think that is correct, but we intend to live in OZ so they will get the citizenship after the 2/3 years won't they? C x
Jul 8th 2006, 4:38 pm
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Re: Spouse visa....Medical?
Originally Posted by davidclifford
They won't get automatic citizenship like our kids did but they can apply for citizenship once they have lived in Oz for 2-3 years.
Jul 9th 2006, 10:17 pm
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Re: Spouse visa....Medical?
Originally Posted by davidclifford
They won't get automatic citizenship like our kids did but they can apply for citizenship once they have lived in Oz for 2-3 years.
Jul 10th 2006, 7:14 am
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Re: Spouse visa....Medical?
Originally Posted by JAJ
In fact, children under 16 resident in Australia as PRs, with an Australian parent, can be granted Australian citizenship without needing a specific residence requirement.
