Diz
13 Sep 2011
Australia / Australian Spouse Visa For The Polish [13]
Hi Ian,
Im an Australian Citizen and am applying for a prospective marriage visa for Australia with my Polish fiance.
In regards to where you submit your visa depends on where you both / or they are living. My fiance and I are currently on holiday in Poland now finishing all our
paperwork off. He lives in London (me in Sydney) so he will have to send all paperwork to the Oz embassy there. If you reside in europe then it goes through Berlin from
what I have heard.
I think the Berlin office is pretty strict on what they require where as in London you do not even have to certify your relationship evidence even
though having spoken on the phone numerous times to immi in Oz and gone into the office in Syd they say its best to. They very much leave it up to your own
interpertation. So depending on which Australian embassy you apply to will have what information they require as well as the dept of immigration website which isent
very user friendly.
I think the process usually takes about 5 to 8 months at the most.
If the same applies for you as oz citizens then you can apply for a partner visa in oz or off shore from what I know. My friend married an Italian in Italy, collated all their relationship evidence from there (they had been together over a year or so), translations etc and then they applied once in Sydney. He flew in on a tourist visa. After applying in Sydney they
were granted his temporary visa a week or so later.
If you have all the required documents you wont have any troubles.
Also note that depending on when you apply there are form changes. April, July and November they update the forms.
Website - australiaforum.com.au is a good site to check out as there are lots of discussions and timelines on visas etc but it can get very overwhelming reading it all.
Hope some of this helps.
Cheers Diz
Hi Ian,
Im an Australian Citizen and am applying for a prospective marriage visa for Australia with my Polish fiance.
In regards to where you submit your visa depends on where you both / or they are living. My fiance and I are currently on holiday in Poland now finishing all our
paperwork off. He lives in London (me in Sydney) so he will have to send all paperwork to the Oz embassy there. If you reside in europe then it goes through Berlin from
what I have heard.
I think the Berlin office is pretty strict on what they require where as in London you do not even have to certify your relationship evidence even
though having spoken on the phone numerous times to immi in Oz and gone into the office in Syd they say its best to. They very much leave it up to your own
interpertation. So depending on which Australian embassy you apply to will have what information they require as well as the dept of immigration website which isent
very user friendly.
I think the process usually takes about 5 to 8 months at the most.
If the same applies for you as oz citizens then you can apply for a partner visa in oz or off shore from what I know. My friend married an Italian in Italy, collated all their relationship evidence from there (they had been together over a year or so), translations etc and then they applied once in Sydney. He flew in on a tourist visa. After applying in Sydney they
were granted his temporary visa a week or so later.
If you have all the required documents you wont have any troubles.
Also note that depending on when you apply there are form changes. April, July and November they update the forms.
Website - australiaforum.com.au is a good site to check out as there are lots of discussions and timelines on visas etc but it can get very overwhelming reading it all.
Hope some of this helps.
Cheers Diz