wren_burd

Hi,
My partner and I are not British, but this is the only forum I could find that related to Visa's and immigration to Oz.

I am Australian, and my Boyfriend is a South Indian. He came to Australia to study, and to apply for a skilled migration visa. We got together pretty early on, but not long into our relationship the points system changed, so my Boyfriends visa application became 5 points short.
We have since applied for a spouse visa, and are waiting for it to be processed. If it is rejected he will do some exam and become a certified Tamil and Hindi translator (he's fluent in 6 languages) and get 5 points that way, but it's more expensive, so we tried the spouse visa first.

We applied last October, but now it is June, and we have only just seen some movement at the DIMIA end of things. (Some complications with the Assurer of Support and Centrelink dragged out for several months... our AoS, bless his heart, forgot to write whos visa he was sponsoring on the form.)

The only complications in our relationship is our age difference (I am 20, he is 28), and the fact that his parents refuse to acknowledge our relationship because I am white, and they want an Indian Bride from the right caste.
Do those things matter to DIMIA? Particularly the latter point.

I am also a bit worried about the interviews... are they conducted together, or seperately?
What sorts of things do they ask?
I always forget dates, like our anniversary, and his birthday and stuff... Would that be a serious problem?

I am kind of nervous...

Thanks if you can help me with any of the above questions.

ElshaUK

Hi,

I am not in entirely the same situation as you, but wanted to post and wish you well.

I am sponsoring my fiance to move to Australia. I am British born but Australian by citizenship and he is South Indian (but grew up in England, so therefore is British).

I am still at the forms, police check, stat dec stage - haven't booked his medical yet.

Some of the information I have gathered or will be gathering is photo's throughout the years (been together 8 years). emails from when we first met (we met online). 2 Stat decs from Aussie friends/family, tickets from joint attended functions such as a concert, bank statement, rent agreement, letters/statements from friends in the UK, etc etc.

I feel sad that your partner's parents don't acknowledge your relationship. I have not had that problem, but my in-laws are not entirely the worlds friendliest people and do not agree with my partner wanting to move back to Oz with me. They claim he is breaking up the family which angers me as they split up their family first by moving to Singapore and then on to London.

Anyway ..... gather as much info as you can!!

If you feel like a chat, then feel free to email me or add me to MSN


All the best