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| Topic Started: Mar 14 2008, 07:55:21 PM (1,161 Views) | |
| chocopaws | Mar 18 2008, 12:56:57 AM Post #21 |
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JandA - first of all, congratulations! I bet that was a very anxious ordeal for the two of you! I hope you don't mind my asking, but can you shed a little bit more light on what you had preloaded before you lodged the application? I am planning on going over on a prospective marriage visa and want to get the process over as quickly as possible! I am expecting to accept a buyout offer from my company within the next two weeks and the amount of money I will be getting from them will be equivalent to my normal pay up to the middle of December. Obviously, I don't want to be stuck here in the states when I could be searching for a job in Oz. :D Besides the fact that I don't have a child, it appears that our two situations are quite similar. Well, my future hubby doesn't play WoW anymore. The life-sucker for him was Final Fantasy Online. :rofl: |
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| Caligirl | Mar 18 2008, 02:28:15 AM Post #22 |
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Janda & Janda's Hubby: BIG CONGRATS! :cheers: What a great time line. Hope my application is just as speedy! All the best, Kristen |
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Kristen (from SF>NC>DC>NYC>Singapore>Sydney in May '08!) Go Blue Devils! Spousal Visa Granted March 28th, 2008...in just 25 days!!! | |
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| Janda | Mar 19 2008, 12:52:10 AM Post #23 |
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We had everything we knew they could possibly ask for. Also if you look back at an earlier post in this thread that I made I list in detail what I did. Below is the actual email from Immigration that they sent us after we made our appointment with them. This should be very helpful for anyone onshore who hasn't gotten to this point yet and maybe even for those of you who are offshore. You must bring to your appointment: · a print out of this email, which provides confirmation of your appointment, and · the required documents which are outlined in the following checklist. Failure to bring the requested documents to your interview may result in significant delays in processing your application. If you need to change your appointment time, please telephone 131 881. Please do not let your current visa expire before your appointment date. Yours sincerely, DIAC Contact Centre _______________________________________________________ Spouse (married or de facto) visa or Interdependency visa checklist Both you and your partner must attend the interview at which you will lodge your visa application. Once you have all documents and forms completed, please contact DIAC to book an appointment - both you and your partner must attend. Please provide certified copies of documents requested that have been witnessed by an authorised person. Authorised persons in Australia include – Justice of the Peace, solicitor, bank manager and any other person before whom a statutory declaration can be made. Do not bring original documents with your application unless asked to do so. Any document not in English must be accompanied by a translation completed by a National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI) accredited translator. Go to the NAATI website at www.naati.com.au for more information or telephone 1300 655 080 to arrange document translations. See the DIAC website http://www.immi.gov.au/migrants/index.htm for further information about partner migration , especially booklet 1, Partner Migration. For this booklet and all the forms mentioned on this checklist, go to http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/booklets/index.htm PART 1 – THE APPLICANT You must complete and bring to the interview: q a completed and signed Form 47SP - Application for migration to Australia by a partner q a completed and signed Form 80 - Personal particulars for character assessment q an original Australian Federal Police certificate or evidence that you have applied for this certificate. See Form 1101 for further details q an original overseas police penal certificate for any country you have lived in for at least 12 months (either consecutively or cumulatively) in the last 10 years or evidence that you have applied for this certificate. See Form 47P for further details q 2 recent passport-sized photographs: · taken within the past 6 months · head and shoulders only · facing the camera, against a plain background and · print your name on the back of each photograph. q a certified copy of your current passport or travel document, and of all your passports or travel documents, including the one used when you arrived in Australia (including copies of the page with your details and all other used pages). q if you have changed your name, a certified copy of evidence of the name change (example: deed poll) q if you have served in the armed forces of any country, certified copies of your military service records or discharge papers PART 2 – CHARGES q the visa application charge. See Form 990i - Charges for the current charge. Note: The charges (fees) for a range of immigration services will increase from 1 July 2007 If you are lodging your application after this date please check our website to see if the charges (fees) have changed. See: Charges (fees) http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/990i.htm · Please pay by credit card, eftpos, money order or bank cheque. · Please do not pay by cash or personal cheque. · Bank cheques and money orders must be made out to “DIAC”. · If necessary (for example, to overcome EFTPOS withdrawal limits), you can split payments between different credit cards, EFTPOS or bank cheques. PART 3 – DEPENDENT CHILDREN For each dependent child who is included in the application, and is with you in Australia, you must bring: q 2 recent passport-sized photographs. See PART 1 above for details. q certified copies of a birth certificate or (if applicable) adoption papers q certified copies of all used pages of the current passport or travel document q evidence that you have legal custody and lawful permission has been given for each child to migrate (unless you and your sponsor are the parents named on the birth certificate) q if the child is aged 16 years or over, an original Australian Federal Police certificate or evidence that the child has applied for this certificate. See Form 1101 for further details. q if the child is aged 16 years or over, an original overseas police penal certificate for any country the child has lived in for at least 12 months (either consecutively or cumulatively) in the last 10 years as a 16 year old or over or evidence that that the child has applied for this certificate. See Form 47P for further details q if the child is aged 16 years or over, a Form 80 - Personal particulars for character assessment (to be completed by the dependent child) q if the child is aged 18 years or over, a Form 47A - Details of child or other dependent family member aged 18 years or over (to be completed by the dependant) Note: Dependent children and other dependants who are overseas can not be included in your application, but will be asked to undergo health and character checks. PART 4 – YOUR SPONSOR Your sponsor must complete and bring to the interview: q a completed and signed Form 40SP - Sponsorship for migration to Australia q 2 recent passport-sized photographs. See PART 1 above for details. q evidence that your sponsor is an Australian citizen or permanent resident (a certified copy of the birth certificate or citizenship certificate or passport), or an eligible New Zealand citizen (passport used for last entry to Australia) – photocopies of the passport must include the page with your details and all other used pages q 1 of the following documents to show their employment during the last 2 years: · Australian income and /or overseas tax assessment notices OR · a letter from their employers confirming length of employment and annual salary OR · payslips OR · business documents or a letter from their accountant if they are self-employed or self-funded from other sources. Is your sponsor (partner) an ‘eligible New Zealand citizen’? See Fact Sheet 17 for further details. If yes, they must also bring to the interview: q Form 80 - Personal particulars for character assessment q if your sponsor has resided in Australia for more than 12 months prior to the date of their last arrival, an original Australian Federal Police certificate or evidence that your sponsor has applied for this certificate. See Form 1101 for further details q an original overseas police penal certificate for any country your sponsor has lived in for at least 12 months (either consecutively or cumulatively) in the last 10 years or evidence that your sponsor has applied for this certificate. See Form 47P for further details. PART 5 – RELATIONSHIP EVIDENCE Evidence of your relationship that you must bring to your appointment: 1. your marriage certificate (Note: this must be the official certificate from the relevant government authority - for example, the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.) OR 2. evidence that you and your spouse have been in a de facto relationship for 12 months prior to lodging your application AND q if you or your sponsor has been married previously, or widowed, a divorce decree absolute or the death certificate of the deceased spouse (as appropriate) q a signed written statement detailing the history of your relationship, either individually or jointly. See pages 29-30 of booklet 1, Partner Migration for further details. q 2 x completed Form 888 - Statutory Declaration by supporting witness in respect of an application to remain permanently in Australia on spouse or interdependency grounds q evidence of each supporting witness’s permanent residency or citizenship of Australia (example: if your supporting witness is an Australian citizen, a certified copy of their birth certificate or citizenship certificate or, if your supporting witness is a permanent resident, the information page of their passport and relevant visa label) q if your sponsor is under 18 years of age at the time of marriage, a court order from an Australian magistrate authorising the marriage q if you have been married previously, or widowed, a divorce decree absolute or the death certificate of the deceased spouse (as appropriate) q You must also bring evidence that demonstrates you have a genuine and continuing relationship with your partner. Examples include: · evidence of shared accommodation (example: lease agreements, rental receipts, mortgage documents, council rate notices, utility bills) · evidence that your relationship has been declared to any relevant government bodies (example: Centrelink or the Australian Taxation Office) · full birth certificates of any children of the relationship (only if born since arrival in Australia) · terms of your will(s) · evidence of joint financial obligations (example: insurance policies, joint bank account statements) · letters addressed to you and your spouse individually or together at your common address covering the period you have lived together · if you have recently married, marriage certificate, photographs of the wedding, the wedding invitation, cards from other people, bills for the wedding · any other item which you consider demonstrates a genuine and continuing relationship (example: evidence of holidays taken together (such as photos and tickets) or shared interests or activities). No videos or CDs please. The above listed items are suggestions only. You are expected to provide sufficient evidence to demonstrate an ongoing and genuine relationship. This evidence should show the period of time the relationship has been in existence. Note: Further evidence may be requested and relied on in considering your application PART 6 – HEALTH 6.1 Health Check Requirements Steps Before your interview, the following people must undergo health checks: · you, as the applicant ·· each dependent child (who may or may not live with you), whether migrating with you or not · other dependant relatives, whether migrating with you or not, who are 16 years of age and over, and · your sponsor, if your sponsor is an eligible New Zealand citizen. Step Action 1 Read Form 1071i – Health requirement for permanent entry to Australia 2 Book medical appointment(s) for each relevant person. Note: . Health checks (medical examination, x-rays and HIV tests) must be conducted by Health Services Australia, or by an approved doctor. Depending on where you live, . you may need to make separate appointments to undergo a medical examination, x-ray and HIV test. See: 6.2 Health Check Contact Details below. 3 Complete the following forms for each relevant person and take them to the medical examination: q Form 26 – Medical examination for an Australian visa q Form 160 – Radiological report on chest x-ray of an applicant for an Australian visa 4 Following health checks, bring to the interview: q Evidence that you and each relevant person have undergone health checking (examples: the sealed results of the checks, if you have received them, or a receipt from Health Services Australia or an approved doctor, if you have done the checks but have not yet received the results) |
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| chocopaws | Mar 19 2008, 01:03:40 AM Post #24 |
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JandA - thank you so much. This is definitely very helpful information. I am hoping to make my process go as smoothly as yours did!
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| TerritorianTori | Mar 19 2008, 01:04:48 AM Post #25 |
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Wow. Your case worker was certainly very thorough! I didn't get a courtesy e-mail before the interview. (then again, there are so many inconsistencies - no doubt that's deliberate - so hard to know what's typical) :cheers: |
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| Janda | Mar 19 2008, 02:45:15 PM Post #26 |
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No Problem at all. If this can help anyone else, I'm glad to do it. Also, Yes Tori, we feel very fortunate...things went so smoothly it was almost scarey..LOL..I was waiting for the Huge bomb to fall eventually but it never did. I will just keep my fingers crossed that our lives continue to be as smooth as this process was...heehee. Good Luck to You Choco! |
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| JenbeTas | Mar 19 2008, 03:56:30 PM Post #27 |
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Hi Janda, Wow, I agree with Tors. Your CO is certainly thorough! O.T. but where in Tassie do you live, if you don't mind me asking? :). There's so few of us here that live in Tassie...I get all excited when someone else pops into YDU! LOL. |
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| Janda | Mar 19 2008, 10:22:31 PM Post #28 |
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We live in the Hobart Area. Tassie is an awesome place to live so far :yaay: |
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| JenbeTas | Mar 19 2008, 10:38:00 PM Post #29 |
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I second that...and Squashy will as well! :mrgreen: And not meaning to hijack your thread here but I would love to oranise some sort of a meetup sometime if you would be interested. We have our lovely Squashy that lives in the Hobart area, as well as Robyn (Tassiedevil, who is an Aussie that lived in the states for 18 years or so) who has been absent from the boards for awhile now, myself and GeorgiaGirl but I'm not sure yet where she lives. I'm happy to travel to Hobart to have a meetup ( LOVE, LOVE LOVE Hobart anyway!). YAY TASSIE!!!!! |
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