Hi There, am a bit late in joining you all but have only just found this thread.
I'm English and my husband is Australian. We have been together 10 years and married for four. Our 2 girls who are 3 and nearly 2 have dual citizenship.
We are due to be moving out to the Central Coast at the end of the summer if all goes to plan.
All my husbands family live there which will make my life easier when I arrive as I will have my Mother and Sisters in Laws to help give me support friendship and local knowledge.
I met my OH in a bar in Sydney when I was visiting Australia for 2 days, we spent the next year apart only managing to see each other for a 2 days every few months which was hard and very expensive as there where no cheap phone calls then so my phone bill was £100 every month!
After a year he came over here to live for a couple of years which has turned into 9 as marriage and kids have delayed his return. But the call of the sun is strong and he can't face another winter here so its homeward bound for him soon.
I applied for and got my spouse visa last summer which because of the girls and length of mmarriage was given PR which makes life a bit easier as don't have to sort that out in two years time.
We validated my visa last October on a family holiday much to the pleasure of
2 doting grandparents.
Sorry bit of a long thread seems so much to fit in look forward to joining in on all the spouse gossip.
Rebecca

Hello My name is Natalie and I am the Brit. I am in Sydney on a temporary spouse visa.
I met my husband backpacking in 2002, 4 days after arriving in Australia. I was 18, he was 19. After I returned to England we applied for the prospective marriage visa in june 2004, and it was granted in July 2004. We got married in November 2004 and I applied for my temporary spouse visa the following January. My two years has now been up and last week we sent off our paper work for the permanent visa and now we wait!

Phoenix
I just had the response from Oz about my sons medicals.

I don't spose it will be the same for yours as the conditions are very different, but just for the info.

They assess his condition against a section of the migration legislation called 'Public Interest Criterion' (PIC) 4007 which has transitional provisions about wether a persons condition will require any health or community services, and might cause undue cost to the Australian community or prejudice the access of any existing Australian citizen or permanent resident to health care or community services.

From the evidence you have, I don't think you will have any problems, just a bit of a delay.

Staff

Thanks for that Staff - Hows things with you though ? any more news ?

welcome rebh and rancid!! Will add you onto our list when I get more than a second........whereabouts on central coast are you going rebh??

Rachel How many members do we have now???!!!!! And I worried about starting a thread as I didnt think there were many of us!!!!! C x

Hi,

Just been kindly directed to this thread !

I'm lucky enough to have dual passports (oz/pom). I'm engaged and due to be married in August. Can anyone kindly give me some pointers, hints form numbers ?? on how we go about getting the OH a visa


Cheers Sean

Hello.....
www.immi.gov.au is the place to start!!! put a search in for 'spouse visa'
I have a list of what we used just need to find it!!! Will get back to you....C x

Here you go you need......

Form 40SP-sponsorship for partner
Form 47SP-spouse visa appl
Form 888-stat decs form
Form 26-medicals form
Theres also an x-ray frm but cant remember the number!!!

Anything else just ask!!! C x

WOW CHEERS

HEY No Worries!!!
When and where are you hoping to go?? C x
Oh she will need a police check too.....but im sure you will know how to get one of those!!!!!!

Yer, sure i'll work that one out !!

We are going to Perth, will be starting in Joondalup for first 3months due to my job and then not sure !! Not coming with a bucket full of money so we'll be moving to where we can afford. Prob some where south, maybe rockingham. Not 100% sure on timescale yet, it'll be anytime after the wedding inAugust and before next June, sooner the better though.

We are also popping over for a quick 2 week reccie this friday, which we can't wait for

We have a small house in Saratoga which is rented out at the moment, we are not sure if we are going to rent something bigger when we get there or live in that while we decide our options which are knock down and rebuild on the land or find something else which ticks all the boxes of things you need with a young family. I like Saratoga, Wamberal, Terrigal and surrounding areas.
XxR

Going to Queensland

RachelH latest January 08, heading for northern suburbs Brisbane.
Shiels (Claire), May 07?? heading for Tallebudgera Valley, Gold Coast.
Kristyhans, not sure when?, heading for northern suburbs, Brisbane.
Munchmel, August 07, heading for Sunshine Coast.
Scubaemma, Summer 08, heading for Brisbane (Bulimba area)
Sasswa, by end 2007, heading for Wynnum/Manly.
Thepomandozzy (Tracey), May/June 07?, heading for northern Brisbane
Staff, not sure when?, heading for either Brisbane or Mackay

Going to Perth

Phoenix UK - going asap!
Twhurl - by end May (NB - a bloke!)

Going to Melbourne
TEarose - asap!
Charb - by end May 07
OzTennis - got a place in Melbourne - going ???

Going to Canberra

3littlefigs, heading off in May time?

Going to NSW

Wilso16 (Sophie), heading to Sydney in September 07.
Rebh (Rebecca), heading to Central Coast, end summer 07

Sean (GTFC) going where?????

Already there.......

Mattand jenny in Brisbane (Zillmere)
ClareW in Brisbane (Sandgate)
Ipom in the Blue Mountains
Moneypen on the Gold Coast
Teliko 21 in Melbourne
Gigi100 in Melbourne
Dried Graze in Bendigo
Wilgar in Sydney
ElshaUK in Perth
Rancid (Natalie) in Sydney

Shiels - there are 27 of us!!! Wow, impressive hey........

GTFC and rancid - sorry, I posted the update before I read your notes about where you were going!

I am so desperate to go as I just had a meeting with my boss today about going back to work after maternity leave.....and it was horrible and I ended in tears...so quite frankly I wish I could tell them where to stick their job right now!!