Wavy Davy

I'm British, my girlfriend's Australian. We both want to go 'home' to
Perth.We will have lived together for a year by the time we apply.

How easy would it be for us to go to Oz?

Thank you in advance for any help you can give,

Ian


p.s. Neither of us are skilled workers.

Alan Collett

Ian,

It's relatively straightforward - you are looking at a spouse visa on the basis of your de facto relationship.

There's more info at these websites:
http://www.gomatilda.com/visas/family_migration.cfm
http://www.gomatilda.com/news/article.cfm?articleid=218
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/f_spouse.htm

Best regards.

sophiedb

yep, as Alan says it's relatively easy but gathering the proof that you relationship is 'genuine and continuing' can take a while!

if you get it all organised properly and 'front-load' the application - i.e. get all forms filled and police/health checks done first - it can be processed *so* quickly it is funny (we are talking about the Immigration bureaucracy here after all!) - mine came through in 5 days and I've heard of quicker

and after all that, you'll have a temp visa for Aussie for 2 years followed by permanent for however long you wish!

Soph

Jaj

Ian
She can go home any time she likes, as she's Australian.
You need a visa - see Alan's reply.

What's her status in the UK at the moment: working holiday, indefinite
leave to remain, or something else?

Jeremy

    >On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 22:19:25 -0000, "Wavy Davy" wrote:
    >I'm British, my girlfriend's Australian. We both want to go 'home' to
    >Perth.We will have lived together for a year by the time we apply.
    >How easy would it be for us to go to Oz?
    >Thank you in advance for any help you can give,
    >Ian
    >p.s. Neither of us are skilled workers.

This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction

Wavy Davy

My question was about us going home together and staying together. As you
rightly point out Jeremy, she can indeed go home anytime she likes.

She came here 6 years ago and has a, "right of abode" stamp in her passport,
so obviously she can remain here as long as she wants. She's starting to
hate Britain now and wants to go home, and I want to be with her. That's why
I want a rough idea of how long it would take for us as a couple, to wait.

She's also applying for a British passport, a mere formality to aquire I
believe, so it's easier to visit here in the future.

thanks again,

Ian


"JAJ" wrote in message
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    > Ian
    > She can go home any time she likes, as she's Australian.
    > You need a visa - see Alan's reply.
    > What's her status in the UK at the moment: working holiday, indefinite
    > leave to remain, or something else?
    > Jeremy
    > >On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 22:19:25 -0000, "Wavy Davy"
wrote:
    > >I'm British, my girlfriend's Australian. We both want to go 'home' to
    > >Perth.We will have lived together for a year by the time we apply.
    > >
    > >How easy would it be for us to go to Oz?
    > >
    > >Thank you in advance for any help you can give,
    > >
    > >Ian
    > >
    > >
    > >p.s. Neither of us are skilled workers.
    > >
    > >
    > This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction

Jaj

Hi Ian

    >On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 09:39:43 -0000, "Wavy Davy" wrote:
    >She came here 6 years ago and has a, "right of abode" stamp in her passport,
    >so obviously she can remain here as long as she wants. She's starting to
    >hate Britain now and wants to go home, and I want to be with her. That's why
    >I want a rough idea of how long it would take for us as a couple, to wait.
    >She's also applying for a British passport, a mere formality to aquire I
    >believe, so it's easier to visit here in the future.

She must be applying for British citizenship by naturalisation. She
needs this in order to get a British passport.

She needs to stay in the UK until the naturalisation process is
complete.

She can always come back to the UK with Right of Abode (if you really
mean Right of Abode, as opposed to Indefinite Leave to Remain) but
cannot do things like get a British passport, or avail of work rights
in other EU states until she naturalises.

If she has Right of Abode, I presume she acquired it through birth in
Australia to a UK born mother. If that is the case, there is a new
law coming into force later this year which would allow her to
register as a British citizen anyway.

However naturalisation gives her British citizenship 'otherwise than
by descent' which is better than the British citizenshio 'by descent'
which will be offered later this year. Better in the sense of being
able to pass on British citizenship to any children born outside the
UK and its territories.

Hence it's better for her to complete the naturalisation process. If
she is refused naturalisation for any reason, the option of applying
for British citizenship by registration later in the year (without
needing to live in the UK) may be open to her if her mother was
British.

Jeremy

This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction

Wavy Davy

Alison's mum is British, well... dual nationality now.

She'll probably hang on a bit for the Brit passport, but it's not that
important to her. She just wants to go home with me.

Thank you for all information you've given me Jeremy. It was very helpful.

Ian