Australian Tourist Visa For Wife While Partner Visa Being Processed

[howareyou]

Any advice helpful please.

I have lodged a partner visa and was wondering whether it is possible to apply for a tourist visa and bring my wife over during the 10 month processing time. I would only do this once her Medical and Interview was completed successfully. Her stay would only be for a 1 - 2 month period as i can only take of a 2 week period and without a job and me at work she would probably get quite bored.

Would I have to provide the lengthy / proof of relationship info I supplied on her first tourist visa - or since she has been to Australia for a 2 month tourist visa already and we are now married would it be required that i provide such an exhaustive application.

What visa type and term would be the easiest and fastest to obtain. I understand that she must be in thailand to receive the partner visa so that I would think is suitable reason for her to return?

Any advice - I am all ears

[raymp]

I have done just that.

2 weeks ago we lodged a spouse visa and a tourist visa at the same time. In VFS My thai wife has been to au before on a tourist visa.

I phoned immigration in au and was told to lodge both as they would be dealt with independatly. Wrong advise and not the forst tome from immigration in au.

A few days after the applications were lodged i got an email from the au embassey in bangkok stateing they wanted criminal checks and health checks for the spouse visa before the tourist visa would be processed. Police checks are in the process the medical was a different storey.

We went to a hospital near the au embassey in bangkok and the hospital said they need a HAP ID number before they would do the medical. So we went over the road the embassey got the number.

The hospital send the medical directly to the embassey not to us.

As of today the embassey still hold her passport and will not return it untill the thai police check is in place. This friday thai police told us.

Untill then ?