Updates to Australian 801/820 marriage visa

[skippybangkok]

just checking in.... seems to be a change to Australian 801/820 marriage visa ?

 

Situation - Me and Children have Ozzie passports, Mrs still on Thai. We live here, and probably will be here for a long time to come, but we are thinking about going to oz for the boys education. 

 

in the past, unless permanently residing in oz, there was no real option other than tourist Visa's, but the wording seems to have changed now.

 

Any advice ? 

[Surin13]

What change are you talking about? the only flagged changes are that the sponsor may need sponsorship approval first, but that's been deferred for now by the Department of Home Affairs.

 

Do you understand that you need to be in Australia to apply for (and granted) 820/801 partner visa? 

 

Offshore you would apply for the 309/100 partner visa, and have to be offshore when applying/granted. 

 

Neither of these temporary visas require your partner to live in Australia, but will require visits, the bigger issue will be getting a resident return visa if too long is spent outside Australia once the permanent visa (100/801) is granted. 

 

Your situation is achievable, but would require very careful future planning (years into the future) and good knowledge of the system to get everything lined up and that's if things don't change in the future.

Edited September 7, 2018 by Surin13

[skippybangkok]

What change are you talking about? the only flagged changes are that the sponsor may need sponsorship approval first, but that's been deferred for now by the Department of Home Affairs.
 
Do you understand that you need to be in Australia to apply for (and granted) 820/801 partner visa? 
 
Offshore you would apply for the 309/100 partner visa, and have to be offshore when applying/granted. 
 
Neither of these temporary visas require your partner to live in Australia, but will require visits, the bigger issue will be getting a resident return visa if too long is spent outside Australia once the permanent visa (100/801) is granted. 
 
Your situation is achievable, but would require very careful future planning (years into the future) and good knowledge of the system to get everything lined up and that's if things don't change in the future.

Thanks for the advice - am obviously a noob


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[Surin13]

If you post what you wish to achieve with details or PM me I am more than happy to help.  It's doable, but would take some planning and personal information. 

 

Given the unpredictability of Australian government policy at the moment, I would  give serious thought about your future plans.