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I am in complete sympathy for all the brave souls undertaking this route to visa given how difficult it seems;

I appreciate the hyperlinks provided earlier on the topic thanks mr simple1

My situation- I am Australian, married to a Thai and we have a 6month old child-we would like

to bring our daughter to Aus to be with my extended family in Adelaide and to educate our girl, but of course to regularly come back to Thailand to keep the cultural connection intact.

Here are just some of the so many questions I would like help on

1. Should I have my child made an Aus citizen and get her an Aus passport first? (She has a Thai passport in the pipeline).

2. Should I apply for a 600 visa-ie a vistor/tourist visa for them or should I go straight for the partner visa? We want to be in Aus around October

3. If I go for the partner visa first, can we still get a visa for her to come and live with me in aus albeit for a temporary 12 months?

4.What is the usual waiting time for them to be granted a visa to allow them into Australia?

5. Can I apply for the partner visa from Australia?

6.Is October this year a realistic goal? (I live up country in the NE and access to BKK is limited)

7.What are the benefits of using an agent-or arent there any?

I would be grateful for any informed and experienced advice

thankyou everyone

agents are just a further complication (which you have to pay for) ... I started this process about a year ago and was fortunate enough to talk with a Lady who had worked in Immigration (in Australia) for eleven years; she confided that they change the forms and rules regularly, so nobody has the 'experience' ... all documentation has to go to VFS first, and when they compile it, on-send it to immigration .... its best you have everything done, as each time you add stuff, they charge a fee

You must be up Ubon way ...

I disagree on the Agents part, we used an agent and my wife in 5 months got a Permanent resident visa straight off, no interim visa.

I've never heard of anyone going straight to permanent before. What's the deal with that?

Temporary or permanent seems to be almost the same anyway. I can't think of any difference.

Anyway I'm not sure the agent played much in getting her to permanent in 5 months. I got a partner visa through myself in under 1 month.

Yes it does happens. It is based on the strength of your relationship and other factors. Temporary Visa is for 2 years, by which a further assessment is made before granting permanent visa which last 5 years.

Ahh ok it's a 5 year permanent visa as opposed to the standard 2 year permanent.

the 2 year is not permanent it is an interim visa, the 5 year is the only one that is permanent. once the interim is near expiry you are assessed again as to whether you are entitled to permanent residency visa.

Already been there done that. Was a 2 year permanent visa. You can also apply for full citizenship at any stage, so long as she's been in Australia for a total of 48 months, including on tourist visas.

I am in complete sympathy for all the brave souls undertaking this route to visa given how difficult it seems;

I appreciate the hyperlinks provided earlier on the topic thanks mr simple1

My situation- I am Australian, married to a Thai and we have a 6month old child-we would like

to bring our daughter to Aus to be with my extended family in Adelaide and to educate our girl, but of course to regularly come back to Thailand to keep the cultural connection intact.

Here are just some of the so many questions I would like help on

1. Should I have my child made an Aus citizen and get her an Aus passport first? (She has a Thai passport in the pipeline).

2. Should I apply for a 600 visa-ie a vistor/tourist visa for them or should I go straight for the partner visa? We want to be in Aus around October

3. If I go for the partner visa first, can we still get a visa for her to come and live with me in aus albeit for a temporary 12 months?

4.What is the usual waiting time for them to be granted a visa to allow them into Australia?

5. Can I apply for the partner visa from Australia?

6.Is October this year a realistic goal? (I live up country in the NE and access to BKK is limited)

7.What are the benefits of using an agent-or arent there any?

I would be grateful for any informed and experienced advice

thankyou everyone

agents are just a further complication (which you have to pay for) ... I started this process about a year ago and was fortunate enough to talk with a Lady who had worked in Immigration (in Australia) for eleven years; she confided that they change the forms and rules regularly, so nobody has the 'experience' ... all documentation has to go to VFS first, and when they compile it, on-send it to immigration .... its best you have everything done, as each time you add stuff, they charge a fee

You must be up Ubon way ...

I disagree on the Agents part, we used an agent and my wife in 5 months got a Permanent resident visa straight off, no interim visa.

I've never heard of anyone going straight to permanent before. What's the deal with that?

Temporary or permanent seems to be almost the same anyway. I can't think of any difference.

Anyway I'm not sure the agent played much in getting her to permanent in 5 months. I got a partner visa through myself in under 1 month.

Yes it does happens. It is based on the strength of your relationship and other factors. Temporary Visa is for 2 years, by which a further assessment is made before granting permanent visa which last 5 years.

Ahh ok it's a 5 year permanent visa as opposed to the standard 2 year permanent.

I am in complete sympathy for all the brave souls undertaking this route to visa given how difficult it seems;

I appreciate the hyperlinks provided earlier on the topic thanks mr simple1

My situation- I am Australian, married to a Thai and we have a 6month old child-we would like

to bring our daughter to Aus to be with my extended family in Adelaide and to educate our girl, but of course to regularly come back to Thailand to keep the cultural connection intact.

Here are just some of the so many questions I would like help on

1. Should I have my child made an Aus citizen and get her an Aus passport first? (She has a Thai passport in the pipeline).

2. Should I apply for a 600 visa-ie a vistor/tourist visa for them or should I go straight for the partner visa? We want to be in Aus around October

3. If I go for the partner visa first, can we still get a visa for her to come and live with me in aus albeit for a temporary 12 months?

4.What is the usual waiting time for them to be granted a visa to allow them into Australia?

5. Can I apply for the partner visa from Australia?

6.Is October this year a realistic goal? (I live up country in the NE and access to BKK is limited)

7.What are the benefits of using an agent-or arent there any?

I would be grateful for any informed and experienced advice

thankyou everyone

agents are just a further complication (which you have to pay for) ... I started this process about a year ago and was fortunate enough to talk with a Lady who had worked in Immigration (in Australia) for eleven years; she confided that they change the forms and rules regularly, so nobody has the 'experience' ... all documentation has to go to VFS first, and when they compile it, on-send it to immigration .... its best you have everything done, as each time you add stuff, they charge a fee

You must be up Ubon way ...

I disagree on the Agents part, we used an agent and my wife in 5 months got a Permanent resident visa straight off, no interim visa.

I've never heard of anyone going straight to permanent before. What's the deal with that?

Temporary or permanent seems to be almost the same anyway. I can't think of any difference.

Anyway I'm not sure the agent played much in getting her to permanent in 5 months. I got a partner visa through myself in under 1 month.

Starkey - I can certainly relate to all of this having gone through the process 3 years ago. I am similar age to you, my wife is 33 we have 2 children.

You must remember the Partner Visa can be approved in 2 ways. The first part is that you get approved initially for an interim visa which is for 2 years. As Larz2013 alluded too, you wife would need to spend the majority of her time in Oz in order to get the 'Permanent" visa which last for 5 years.

Depending on your situation and background, you may be granted Permanent residency straight off and not have an interim visa. This is what had happened to my wife. From the time of her lodgement of application to approval was 5 months. But as simple1 stated times can range from 9-13 months . Remember if you have to go back to Oz, you wife cant until she gets her Partner Visa.

So you may want to consider that if you do go back to Oz, should you apply for Partner Visa in TH first then, apply for long term visitor visa here in TH or vice versa. That may allow your wife to go Oz with you.

Alternatively do you get a long term visitor visa for you wife here in TH first then go to Oz, then apply for Partner Visa whilst in Oz. Now you would to check these scenarios carefully on the process, as I could not remember of the scenarios which one was more difficult to do or which one is still permissible or not.

But as you said your work situation could drop off then easily pick up again, is it really worth going back to OZ, why not stay in TH in between jobs, far cheaper. Or do you apply for a long term visitor visa for your wife if you temporarily go back to OZ.

In my situation , we only spent 18 months in Sydney and then headed back here to TH, we didn't feel like OZ was home, couldn't to relate to country any more. Well for myself that was the case after living overseas for 10 years. My wife who has lived in HK, SG and BKK and travelled extensively and even though made a lot of friends in Oz, never really felt settle there. Even our kids who are very much westernised as they are Asian didnt seem to adjust to OZ, maybe that's just us.

But one thing for sure Oz is expensive, especially Sydney, Melb and Bris. Hard to believe it is cheaper to live in HK or Tky than Sydney. Rather ironic I buy Oz wine or beef cheaper in HK than I do in Sydney!

Just to add, last year I assisted a Thai / Oz citizen to transfer his Thai wife (they have a Thai / Oz dual citizen baby) from a three month tourist visa to 801 visa whist she was in Oz. A bridging visa was granted within 24 hours of the application, no work permitted & 801 was issued after 13 months. If I recall correctly she would have had to apply for another bridging visa, prior to departure, if she wanted to exit & return to Oz for a short period whilst waiting for the 801.

Bridges are granted once the paperwork is received. Nothing complicated about them.

Good pic Simon!

It was just Soutpeel on his way home.

Use caution, he'll come up from underneath and rip your canastas clean off.

Wedges are a huge issue in Thailand.

That sounds like a point to condo life.

Even security guards out the front of some hotels are fast asleep. One hotel we'd sneak past him cause I'd feel bad waking him up. He'd be out by the elevator snoring away every night. Woeful.

Do you speak Thai ? Because may be they dont understand you, especially if you have a strong accent, if the OP is anything to go by.

I speak eng pretty clear and well.

My accent is easy to understand.

Its my 2nd lang tho.

But thats not so much a point.

I think ppl in europe are more open.

U know for example in uk at work guys joke, call themself w...r c..n etc. No one takes it serious.

I just cant get it here.

Perhaps its just asian culture that Im not used to. (Or thai)

What do they call themselves? I've tried to fill in the dots.

I think it's some type of Subaru.

I've spent the last hour trying to do his crossword.

Do you speak Thai ? Because may be they dont understand you, especially if you have a strong accent, if the OP is anything to go by.

I speak eng pretty clear and well.

My accent is easy to understand.

Its my 2nd lang tho.

But thats not so much a point.

I think ppl in europe are more open.

U know for example in uk at work guys joke, call themself w...r c..n etc. No one takes it serious.

I just cant get it here.

Perhaps its just asian culture that Im not used to. (Or thai)

What do they call themselves? I've tried to fill in the dots.

The ads are forming in a straight line,

They went through a tight wind,

The kids are loosing their mind,

What they want, I don't know,

They're all revved up and ready to go.

They're piling in the back seat

They're generating steam heat

Pulsating to the back beat

The Ad-Krieg Bop

That's the one.

Anytime Bookman.

The ads are forming in a straight line,

They went through a tight wind,

The kids are loosing their mind,

What they want, I don't know,

They're all revved up and ready to go.

Ask her other boyfriends, they'd know the drill.

Ridiculous study as all of them !

Night shift undoubtedly shortens life span. Its proven.

Great story, thanks for the laugh!

After listening to the many comments telling me I'm crazy, I've decided I need professional advice and probably heavy medication for the rest of my life.

Can anyone recommend anyone I should see?

Is this true?

Junta have banned and will fine 200k baht per pic, if you share any or have any pics you didn't take?

my title thread i was making a comparison are they as advanced as the other area it certainly doesn't mean i mean bkk is advanced. You know it's english language like say 3 people are from 1.2 to 1.5m then you would ask is person A as TALL as person C even though the max height between them is only 1.5m.

Anywhere is advanced compared to dhaka but comeon bkk and dhaka are like heaven and hell literally.

Huh?

There's only .3 of a metre isn't there?

Try and negotiate to 75k a month.

I don't know what to say to that.

I think the worst bit of rice or sugar is the bending over all day and the sun.

There's farms all over the world and no farm work is easy.

Most rice now is sown by a man with a backpack firing the rice out of a blower and all is cut by machine near me, very very little is now done by hand here.

It's a sad reality but it's gonna all be machine work 1 day. Thing is it keeps villages in work, as tough as the job is.

Well you were the last to use the scales.

You broke them.

She's right, you're wrong.