Rainer

Hi All,

I am currently living in the uk with my partner. We have been together for 5 years however only lived together permanently for a few months. (due to my older children not wanting change)

I am Australian and I need to go back to live in Australia to help my dad due to till health.

I am not sure what visa would be best for us, Skilled labor or Partner visa. I have been looking online but an very weary of cowboys! I need to move over by April 2018 or my dad will lose his house.

I have had solicitors recommend that he go over on a visitor visa then apply for residency, and someone else say the partner visa is the way to go. and someone else say go over as skilled labor. I am so confused and don't have loads of money to spare getting this wrong.

some recommendations would be really helpful.

Kind regards

Rainer

Dorothy

If you have only lived together 5 months you don't qualify for a partner visa. Unless you get married, that is. If he qualifies for a skilled visa then he would get permanent residence as soon as he lands, where a visa based on being married to you would be temporaryfor the first 2 years. Coming on a tourist visa with the intention of staying is a risk. What if he's not granted entry?

IMO if he is eligible for a skilled visa that's the way to go. Have a look at www.immi.gov.au for your options. Bear in mind that even if you have to go to Australia by April, your partner may not have a visa yet and you may have to spend a few months apart. It's not the end of the world though.

Paul Hand

If you have been in a genuine de facto relationship for over a year and can prove it, the living together period does not have to be a show stopper for a partner visa. A skilled visa would depend on what age your partner is and whether they have an occupation that is on the skills lists. You should be speaking to a Registered Migration Agent, not a solicitor.

Pollyana

You need to talk to a Registered Migration Agent, they are the ones qualified to give migration advice, not solicitors.
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