Been doing a lot of reading on sponsorship visas. GF and her son are from Australia, I'm Canadian. She doesn't qualify for any of the pmp or or visa's so sponsorship is the only option.
Dating for over 2 years and lived together for 4 months before her visa ran out. She asked an immigration advisor about other options and was told she would be denied with pmp or the other work / study ones.
I would be stating our conjugal start as the move in date so we have 4 months there. After she moved back home the soonest I could apply would be July as this would equal the year. I'll probably wait longer to make sure everything is lined up.
Common law won't work since we were together long enough. I could get a working holiday visa for AUS (1 year) but it's financial/ carrier suicide to do that with my current job (it's really good).
We don't want to get married just for some paperwork to prove that we're committed. It just seems like a bit of a sham at that point and neither of us see a point. I don't know how immigration takes on that point of view but after being married once (that's all cleared up and done) it just seems like a waste of money.
In reading through everything for the assessment and it seems like I need to prove that we're in a committed marriage like relationship. - Messages, phone calls, Skype, email, photos, trips back and forth, holidays etc. That ones easy. Other items are life insurance, joint bank accounts and tying your finances together. (I don't agree with tying finances together but they seem to think this is a good thing).
The hard one is proving the immigration barrier. She knows she doesn't qualify for any other visa's so should she just apply anyways to prove that it won't work? I'd rather not abandon my career here because this is where we want to set up.
I've got 8 months to a year to build evidence of our relationship. Am I wasting my time? Or do I have a chance - even if it may be slim?
Thanks for listening to a first time poster
Dating for over 2 years and lived together for 4 months before her visa ran out. She asked an immigration advisor about other options and was told she would be denied with pmp or the other work / study ones.
I would be stating our conjugal start as the move in date so we have 4 months there. After she moved back home the soonest I could apply would be July as this would equal the year. I'll probably wait longer to make sure everything is lined up.
Common law won't work since we were together long enough. I could get a working holiday visa for AUS (1 year) but it's financial/ carrier suicide to do that with my current job (it's really good).
We don't want to get married just for some paperwork to prove that we're committed. It just seems like a bit of a sham at that point and neither of us see a point. I don't know how immigration takes on that point of view but after being married once (that's all cleared up and done) it just seems like a waste of money.
In reading through everything for the assessment and it seems like I need to prove that we're in a committed marriage like relationship. - Messages, phone calls, Skype, email, photos, trips back and forth, holidays etc. That ones easy. Other items are life insurance, joint bank accounts and tying your finances together. (I don't agree with tying finances together but they seem to think this is a good thing).
The hard one is proving the immigration barrier. She knows she doesn't qualify for any other visa's so should she just apply anyways to prove that it won't work? I'd rather not abandon my career here because this is where we want to set up.
I've got 8 months to a year to build evidence of our relationship. Am I wasting my time? Or do I have a chance - even if it may be slim?
Thanks for listening to a first time poster
