Meryl

I stand corrected. Guess we were lucky that the cap had not been
reached in November last year.
Meryl

On Wed, 11 May 2005 06:51:07 +0000, tilliane
<member35709@british_expats.com> wrote:

    >> It doesn't? That's a surprise. I had thought it does.
    >> Thanks for the clarification.
    >> In article <[email protected]>, Meryl
    >> <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> > The visa cap does not apply to Prospective Marriage visas.
    >> > As for statutory declarations, at least 2 need to be from Aussies.
    >> > Your Australian fiancee should be able to help find 2 people in this
    >> > category. Additional declarations can be from people from other
    >> > countries.
    >> > Meryl (married to a US citizen who arrived on a Prospective Spouse
    >> > visa).
    >> >
    >> > On Tue, 10 May 2005 11:53:23 -0500, Intermediate Vector Boson
    >> > <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> >
    >> > >I have some questions on the Prospective Marriage Visa. For
    >> > >background, I am an American male who'd be moving to Sydney to
    >> > >marry my
    >> > >Australian fiancé.
    >> > >
    >> > >My first question is about visa caps and the application fee. The
    >> > >application fee for this visa is large enough to be pretty
    >> > >significant.
    >> > >So what happens if I run into a visa cap? I.e., they turn me down
    >> > >on
    >> > >the grounds that they've already given out as many of these visas
    >> > >as
    >> > >they are going to for the year. Would I have to reapply the next
    >> > >year
    >> > >and have to come up with _another_ application fee?
    >> > >
    >> > >Other question: I'm confused about the "evidence of our
    >> > >relationship"
    >> > >thing. The partner migration booklet isn't totally clear about
    >> > >this,
    >> > >as far as I understand. There's one part where it says people who
    >> > >provide statuatory declarations on our behalf have to be Aussie
    >> > >citizens or permanent residents. But there's another part where it
    >> > >says we can provide various evidence pertaining to the social
    >> > >context
    >> > >of our relationship, including, among other things, "statutory
    >> > >declarations made by your or your partner's parents, family
    >> > >members,
    >> > >relatives and other friends". Obviously my family and friends are
    >> > >not
    >> > >Australian. I don't get it. What is actually needed?
    >> > >
    >> > >If anyone who can help shed some light on these questions, it would
    >> > >be
    >> > >much appreciated. :-)
    >The visa cap applies to Prospective Marriage visas.
    >http://www.immi.gov.au/facts/21managing.htm
    >The Migration Act 1958 (the Act), allows 'capping' - or limiting - of
    >the number of visas which can be granted each year in a particular
    >visa subclass.
    >This limit, or cap, applies only for the Program Year in which it is
    >introduced. Once a cap is reached, applicants then wait in a queue for
    >the visa to be granted (if successful) in a following year, subject to
    >places becoming available.
    >Within the Family Stream, people applying as spouses (subclasses 100/309
    >and 820/801), dependent children (subclasses 101 and 802), adopted child
    >(subclass 102) and orphan unmarried relatives (subclass117 and 837) are
    >only exempt from capping.