Spouse Oz Visa

[Benniboi]

Hey all,

My partner and i are planning to move to Australia. My Girlfriend is an oz resident and we have been together 4 years. We have send our spouse forms subclass 309 and 100. 47sp and 40sp 2 weeks ago and have had the payment taken but where wondering how long it takes for a case officer to be assigned. I have had both my medical and police checks done which were sent with the application and were also wondering how long the entire process can take around this time of year.

Regards

[mayumi]

Just want to know are you and your GF married? and have you sent evidences of your relationship? the reason i asked because if you applied for a spouse visa, they will require you to submit marriage documents. i went here as prospective marriage visa holder, and it took them only 4 days to assign a CO, and 3 months for my visa processing before it was granted. like you i also sent my Police checks and medicals together with my application because in the Phils it makes the processing faster if you submit complete docs altogether, try to search spouse VISA here in expat, there are many applicants from your country that could help you with your concerns.

Good Luck with your application ok, and hopefully, a CO will be assigned to you real soon.

Originally Posted by Benniboi

Hey all,

My partner and i are planning to move to Australia. My Girlfriend is an oz resident and we have been together 4 years. We have send our spouse forms subclass 309 and 100. 47sp and 40sp 2 weeks ago and have had the payment taken but where wondering how long it takes for a case officer to be assigned. I have had both my medical and police checks done which were sent with the application and were also wondering how long the entire process can take around this time of year.

Regards

[amaslam]

Hi Mayumi:

AU recognises De-facto spouses as well (those couples who live together for 12 months or more), so he can still use the Spouse visa application.

Originally Posted by mayumi

Just want to know are you and your GF married? and have you sent evidences of your relationship? the reason i asked because if you applied for a spouse visa, they will require you to submit marriage documents. i went here as prospective marriage visa holder, and it took them only 4 days to assign a CO, and 3 months for my visa processing before it was granted. like you i also sent my Police checks and medicals together with my application because in the Phils it makes the processing faster if you submit complete docs altogether, try to search spouse VISA here in expat, there are many applicants from your country that could help you with your concerns.

Good Luck with your application ok, and hopefully, a CO will be assigned to you real soon.

[amaslam]

Hi Benniboi:

I think it takes about 2 months total. Here is a link to a recent thread with timeline:
Approved!!!

Good luck. I think you have at least a few more weeks of waiting.

Originally Posted by Benniboi

Hey all,

My partner and i are planning to move to Australia. My Girlfriend is an oz resident and we have been together 4 years. We have send our spouse forms subclass 309 and 100. 47sp and 40sp 2 weeks ago and have had the payment taken but where wondering how long it takes for a case officer to be assigned. I have had both my medical and police checks done which were sent with the application and were also wondering how long the entire process can take around this time of year.

Regards

[Benniboi]

Yes we submitted a de facto spouse visa. We are not married but have been living together for 4 years.

[castleofnew]

Originally Posted by Benniboi

Hey all,

My partner and i are planning to move to Australia. My Girlfriend is an oz resident and we have been together 4 years. We have send our spouse forms subclass 309 and 100. 47sp and 40sp 2 weeks ago and have had the payment taken but where wondering how long it takes for a case officer to be assigned. I have had both my medical and police checks done which were sent with the application and were also wondering how long the entire process can take around this time of year.

Regards

Hi,
I just sent my forms off on the 18th June. I was assigned a case officer last week. It took roughly 2 weeks for them to e-mail me back. I sent my police check in with my application but not my meds. I'm booked in for them next week. They also requested that I send some more of my partners bank statements as proof of our realtionship in from 2003.
I was feeling the same counting down the days and thinking it's been 2 weeks!!!!! I sent immi an e-mail just to confirm with them that they had recieved my application too.

Good Luck!!!

[Benniboi]

Hi,

Thanks for your post. I too sent my application on the 18th and was assigned a co on the 29th of june. I have sent my police checks and medicals at the same time along with countless supporting docs.

What kind of stuff did you send and how long have you been with your partner?

I have read a few posts on here and they say the average time for this particular visa is around 6-12wks depending on how busy oz house is and how well supported you application is. I have even heard through the grapevine that some UK applicants have been approved after 1 month. I know this is unlikely but hopefully we can hear soon and get the great news we both want.

Good luck to you!

[castleofnew]

Originally Posted by Benniboi

Hi,

Thanks for your post. I too sent my application on the 18th and was assigned a co on the 29th of june. I have sent my police checks and medicals at the same time along with countless supporting docs.

What kind of stuff did you send and how long have you been with your partner?

I have read a few posts on here and they say the average time for this particular visa is around 6-12wks depending on how busy oz house is and how well supported you application is. I have even heard through the grapevine that some UK applicants have been approved after 1 month. I know this is unlikely but hopefully we can hear soon and get the great news we both want.

Good luck to you!

Hi,
My partner and I have been together for 7 years. He is from Darwin In oz and is currently there now as he left in March for a job.

For my application I sentevidence)
1. Tenancy agreement with both our names on
2. Bank statements to show how we support each other finacially - we don't have a joint bank account but had direct debits set up.
3. Water bill, gas and electricity bills, council tax, TV licence, phone bill with both our names on some of these
4. Travel tickets and stubs to show evidence of our holidays together with our families and friends.
5.Wedding invitations
6.About 8 pages of photographs documenting from when we first met to now.
7. Stat decs from ourselves
8. Stat decs from 2 ozzie citizens - my partners mum and our friend
9. e-mail correspondance for our time apart

I think thats it. Most of the evidence was from the past 3 years. I knew they would ask for my partners bank statements for the earlier stages of our relationship to prove we lived at the same address. It was a bit of a nightmare as he sent all his stuff over in shipping and he just got these things last week and is sending them back to me in England.

Have they requested anything more from you? I have to also fill in form 80 and send that off too.

I'm hoping that it won't take too long Ive handed my notice in at work so I'm hoping that I will get to go By September - I'm a teacher so don't want to have to do dreaded suppy.

[Benniboi]

I have not yet been asked to send any other docs yet i am sure i will have to though. My partner and i are looking to be gone by November 2009 so are eager to know of the outcome. The only other documents i sent was insurances, joint bank a/c, qualifications and mortgage certificates. I had sent form 80 last minute as it was not made clear whether it was needed or not.

Sounds like the information you have sent should be plenty and that you are on the right track. How long did it take for your co to tell you other information was needed. All that mine said was that " your receipt had been taken and that your application will be processed as soon as possible." other than that i have had no further contact.

[castleofnew]

Originally Posted by Benniboi

I have not yet been asked to send any other docs yet i am sure i will have to though. My partner and i are looking to be gone by November 2009 so are eager to know of the outcome. The only other documents i sent was insurances, joint bank a/c, qualifications and mortgage certificates. I had sent form 80 last minute as it was not made clear whether it was needed or not.

Sounds like the information you have sent should be plenty and that you are on the right track. How long did it take for your co to tell you other information was needed. All that mine said was that " your receipt had been taken and that your application will be processed as soon as possible." other than that i have had no further contact.

She told me this info last week when I got the e-mail stating that they had recieved my application. She wants the other info - my partners bank statements so that I am able to be more likely to get the permanent visa. I really wish that I had booked my meds during the time I was waiting for the e-mail. I suppose it wouldn't have mattered anyway as I need the extra info from my boyf. I just really want to go and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will be sooner rather than later.

Sounds to me like your application is going to go straight through you've provided everyting they need so I reckon it's just a waiting game. How exciting!!!!!!

Hope you hear soon. Which part are you heading to in oz?