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Hey guys. I am an Australian citizen and my wife and I would like her to come to Australia for a year to live and work with me and have a holiday. She is an EU citizen from Finland.
We seem to have 2 visas available to her.
A Working Holiday Subclass 417 visa.
or
A Partner Visa for Permanent Residency Subclass 309
There is a problem with both these visas... and the problem is money.
The Working holiday visa requires that she have access to $5000 AUD (Approx 4000€) as well as extra funds to buy a plane ticket home.
The Permanent Visa costs $2000 AUD upfront. (Approx 1550€).
My wife wants to work for about 3-4 months in Finland and save money to come to Australia. She will be living with me and she will not need to pay any sort of rent, or food costs. She also has reciprocal healthcare, which means she is entitled to Medicare in Australia.
Is there any way that she could be granted the WHV without having to show $5000? We are working as hard as we can and taking extra shifts to try and front the costs but that is a ridiculously high amount of money, especially when you need sufficient money to buy a plane ticket on top of that... (Another $1100) $2500 would be doable. Even $3000 if we worked ourselves to death. But $5000 when you include the fact that you will need to provide plane ticket costs is just unfathomable.
However the option with the WHV is we only have to 'show' proof of the funds.. With the permanent visa we actually have to pay the entire $2000.
Though that would mean that she doesn't have the restrictions of the WHV and she can stay in Australia indefinitely. Would she be entitled to Centrelink after being granted the permanent visa?
My wife and I are very sad and quite confused because it always seems that there is some sort of massive roadblock in doing this. We are both in Finland now and I am due to return home first in about 4 days to Australia so I will be able to call up the immigration office and ask all these things. In Finland it was simple as for me to come here married and live, I was entitled to Finland's version of Centrelink from the moment I walked in as well as help finding employment which I did. The cost of the visa to stay here was only $250 AUD. Not $270 + Proof of $5000 + $1100 plane ticket money. This is crazy.
Currently this is probably what the bill for the WHV will be:
Plane ticket to Australia: $1100
Getting Marriage registered in Australia: $190
Paying for the WHV: $270
Showing sufficient funds to support self: $5000
Showing funds to buy a ticket home: $1100
Total: $7660 (WTF?!?)
That is a ridiculous amount of money just for a 12 month stay in Aust and with only being allowed to work for 1 employer for a max of 6 months. My home country really has not made it easy to be able to live comfortably with my wife. Even Finland only requires proof of $3000 for a WHV and there are multiple other visas avaliable if you are MARRIED. Whilst Australia only gives me the option to pay $2000 for a permanent visa or show proof of $5000 for a WHV. Why is there not a short term, temporary working visa to be granted to married family members that allow them to work that doesn't cost so much?
If I was to write a letter and sign it saying that she doesn't have to pay for accommodation or food and that she will not be really doing any travelling would that help to lessen the crazy amount of $5000? It won't cost even 1/5th of that much for her to be here...
My only question with the permanent permit is that if she gets it can she apply to Centrelink straight away after it is granted?
Thanks a lot for any help. I am quite sad and frustrated that my country has made it so hard for us to be together. My wife should be able to live here without issue because she is married to me...
We seem to have 2 visas available to her.
A Working Holiday Subclass 417 visa.
or
A Partner Visa for Permanent Residency Subclass 309
There is a problem with both these visas... and the problem is money.
The Working holiday visa requires that she have access to $5000 AUD (Approx 4000€) as well as extra funds to buy a plane ticket home.
The Permanent Visa costs $2000 AUD upfront. (Approx 1550€).
My wife wants to work for about 3-4 months in Finland and save money to come to Australia. She will be living with me and she will not need to pay any sort of rent, or food costs. She also has reciprocal healthcare, which means she is entitled to Medicare in Australia.
Is there any way that she could be granted the WHV without having to show $5000? We are working as hard as we can and taking extra shifts to try and front the costs but that is a ridiculously high amount of money, especially when you need sufficient money to buy a plane ticket on top of that... (Another $1100) $2500 would be doable. Even $3000 if we worked ourselves to death. But $5000 when you include the fact that you will need to provide plane ticket costs is just unfathomable.
However the option with the WHV is we only have to 'show' proof of the funds.. With the permanent visa we actually have to pay the entire $2000.
Though that would mean that she doesn't have the restrictions of the WHV and she can stay in Australia indefinitely. Would she be entitled to Centrelink after being granted the permanent visa?
My wife and I are very sad and quite confused because it always seems that there is some sort of massive roadblock in doing this. We are both in Finland now and I am due to return home first in about 4 days to Australia so I will be able to call up the immigration office and ask all these things. In Finland it was simple as for me to come here married and live, I was entitled to Finland's version of Centrelink from the moment I walked in as well as help finding employment which I did. The cost of the visa to stay here was only $250 AUD. Not $270 + Proof of $5000 + $1100 plane ticket money. This is crazy.
Currently this is probably what the bill for the WHV will be:
Plane ticket to Australia: $1100
Getting Marriage registered in Australia: $190
Paying for the WHV: $270
Showing sufficient funds to support self: $5000
Showing funds to buy a ticket home: $1100
Total: $7660 (WTF?!?)
That is a ridiculous amount of money just for a 12 month stay in Aust and with only being allowed to work for 1 employer for a max of 6 months. My home country really has not made it easy to be able to live comfortably with my wife. Even Finland only requires proof of $3000 for a WHV and there are multiple other visas avaliable if you are MARRIED. Whilst Australia only gives me the option to pay $2000 for a permanent visa or show proof of $5000 for a WHV. Why is there not a short term, temporary working visa to be granted to married family members that allow them to work that doesn't cost so much?
If I was to write a letter and sign it saying that she doesn't have to pay for accommodation or food and that she will not be really doing any travelling would that help to lessen the crazy amount of $5000? It won't cost even 1/5th of that much for her to be here...
My only question with the permanent permit is that if she gets it can she apply to Centrelink straight away after it is granted?
Thanks a lot for any help. I am quite sad and frustrated that my country has made it so hard for us to be together. My wife should be able to live here without issue because she is married to me...