pam0512

Thanks JAJ, your response makes sense and has put our minds at rest. We are going to have medicals and pcc done without him and my hubby is going to complete a stat dec to say his son refused to attend and also to say we won't sopnser him for a child visa in the future (just to be safe!). I don't think the visa will be processed before he turns 18 at the beginning of May as it seems to be taking 4-6 weeks for the co to review the medicals etc.

Tracemul7

hey folks,

said i would update you all on our progress.

sent spouse visa on 28th feb.
on 6th march got a reply from case officer asking for more info. various things requested, including medical for his son, B, who lives with the witch, errrr i mean the ex

B will not be included in application, and she would never allow him to have a medical. we brought it up before and she went mad.

we have to fight to see B at weekends, and medical places only open during the week. she never lets us see him during the week, even for birthdays etc.

Anways. we spoke to the Ex, and said B needs to have a medical, even tho he's not included. she seemed fine about it (we nearly died of shock). we said we'd give her a copy of c/o's letter, as proof.

Picked B up yesterday night, and left her with copy of letter. B explained that she isnt going to allow medical because she has a 'friend' who works with legal stuff, and her 'friend' has called the australian comission in London, who has told them kids only have medicals if they are included in application. so she wont allow it.

So we're stuffed. Gonna go back to c/o and ask what proof we need to supply. how can we deal with someone so irrational?

Also, B's passport has expired, and she will not allow it to be renewed until we have gone to oz, coz she thinks we'll take him with us.

arrgggghhhh - what can we do????????

i have my mum, sister and nephew in oz, and my husband here, we want to all be together, and i cant believe my hubbies ex may stop this!!!!!!!!!!!

tracey
ps, sorry its so long

Bushpig

I can't see what the ex wives problem is..............ow hang on a minute, child support stops when you leave the country!!!! good news for us as my step son is almost 18 and in "full time" education of which he goes to college 3 half days a week. so we have to keep paying, he has never worked a day in his life, nor the ex wife!!!!

I'm so sorry for all you with the problems, luckly for us she was quite helpful ( I think she wants him to come with us). As if going through the process isn't hard enough but to have witch pulling the strings, bitches!!!!

JAJ

Doesn't "child support" obligation in the United Kingdom cease at age 18 anyway?

JAJ

You should get some professional advice. If you're in the UK and applying to London, then Ian Harrop is probably a good option: http://www.ianharrop.co.uk

Bear in mind that if your case officer acts unreasonably, as it's a spouse visa you do have a right of appeal to the Migration Review Tribunal and ultimately to the Minister.

Bushpig

not if there "full time" education you get to pay till there 19! I just thought that full time ed was more then 15 hours a week! and it would be good if he actually tried for a part time job.

JAJ

Bear in mind that "full time education" for this purpose cannot be higher than A-Level standard:
http://www.csa.gov.uk/pdf/english/le...new/CSL101.pdf

Bushpig

Thanks for that info, I had a read through it but couldn't see anything about the age of education, my husbands going to phone them again on mon,

JAJ

If you look on page 5 you should see the following:

"child : for child support purposes, someone is a child if they are:

• under 16; or
• between 16 and 19 inclusive and in full-time, non-advanced education. This is doing a course that is not higher than A level standard."

Also bear in mind that the DIAC standard of "dependency" for children aged 18 or over is quite strict and paying child support in itself might not be enough to make a child that age still "dependent" on you. Get professional advice.

sparkiedoo

so let me get it straight , if you are not taking your children under the age of 16 to australia with you , you dont need a medical or to mention them on your forms ????

medwaymark

Unfortunately, the ex can apply to the Australian Child Support Agency.....

craig319

Lets hope the ex's dont find out. LOL!!!

sparkiedoo

how s that possable have u got any info on that

comet555

The link JAJ provided was a UK publication. It has nothing to do with Australia immigration (and wasn't intended as such). Read the post carefully, you'll see what i mean.

So yes... you do need to mention them on the forms, and yes you do need a medical. The rest of this topic sheds more light into the whole thing.

medwaymark

Have a look at....

http://www.csa.gov.uk/new/faq/newapp.asp#Q8

and.....

http://www.csa.gov.au/international/general.aspx

I would be better off even if the ex did apply through the Australian system cos I am on Old Rules CSA and they are bleeding me dry!