Visa Row Keeps Couple Apart

[bridge]

An interesting article in today's Sun Herald. Whilst not specifically Thai related, it is particularly relevant to this forum.

I have posted previously on the issues raised in this article, and that is the importance of evidencing that a genuine and continuing spousal relationship exists when applying for an Australian partner visa. A marriage alone is not enough proof.

Anyone applying for a partner visa should be familiar with Regulation 1.15A of the Migration Regulation 1994 that provide for the circumstances to be taken into consideration in determining that a genuine relationship exists. 

Visa Row Keeps Couple Apart

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/visa-row-keeps-couple-apart-20110716-1hiw0.html

[Will27]

Hi Bridge

Interesting article that's for sure.

Hard to make a balanced decision on it without knowing all

of the facts. One thing is for certain though, once the applicant

left Australia whilst on the bridging visa, she never had a

snowballs chance in hell of getting another tourist visa.

Regards

Will

[electau]

Read this website for the MRT decisions.

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/MRTA/

[gburns57au]

She has only spent about a year of the last 4 years since marriage in Oz....hardly proof of an ongoing and genuine relationship.

People like this P*** me off.....running to the media in an attempt to try and force the governments hand.