andyh13

at the time of receiving my pr visa i was unmarried, infact when i applied i had not met my then future wife. since i have completed my initial entry i have married and hope we will have no problem with my wife joining me in australia.

while i was in sydney and my wife and i were unmarried i went to the immigration and they told me i would be able to sponser her in as a temp res and after a period she would be able to get a perm res. no we are married would this still remain the same or would her status have changed??

anyone who has experienced something of this nature and who could give advise would be appreciated.....

NIGENABBY

Hi

I believe for a spouse to get PR straight away you need to have been together for 5 years (or two with children, this is what my husband and I applied for, although being I am Australian it may be different)

One you get temp (and i am prepared to be corrected) after two years in Aus you can apply for permanent residence.

At least I think this is right

Betty Boot

One you get temp (and i am prepared to be corrected) after two years in Aus you can apply for permanent residence.

Yep, this is right. I did the same thing, got temp residency through my husband (we are both british) then after 2 years became a PR

andyh13

hi, thanks for your response, i am happy to hear that this issue is easliy rectified, my wife and i want our children to be born and raised in australia, we have none at the moment and are waiting till we arrive before we start a family. the uk is looking less and less like the place i went to school. i would not think i was doing my children any favours if i sent them to a school in london, their education would be over shadowed with the fear of violence and poor teaching, mostly due to the teacher having to many children to teach and not enough power in the classroom.