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Posts: 32Member
Joined: Oct 04, 2017
Hello Everyone, sino po dito nag process ng 309 nila sa manila? gaano po katagal inabot ng approval nyo?
Thanks!
Joined: Sep 02, 2021
Hello po. Ask ko lang po if anong bank pwede makapagopen ng joint account thru online even my partner is in Au while I'm living here sa Ph. Mostly both acct holder needs to be present when opening an account in the bank. Any idea? Or if my other way for proof na may savings kami. Thank you in Advance po!
Joined: Oct 13, 2019
Try with ANZ bank, they accept even if one of you is not in aus.
Joined: Oct 13, 2019
Hello po sis sorry for the late response. I'm already in Australia, arrived last August 28. Special flight ng PAL sinakyan ko.
Posts: 80Member
Joined: Aug 21, 2016
Hello po. Lodged our 309 partner visa offshore application end of June this year, gano po kaya katagal ang processing ng 309 visa sa experience nio po? Received pa din ang status ng application natin. 😭
Joined: Mar 10, 2016
This year average time we have on partner visa cases would be around 3 months.
Posts: 53Member
Joined: May 28, 2019
Lodge our 309 January this year till now wala pa result no further information naman from embassy sabi ni agent wag mainip baka malapit na din coz naipasa naman na ang medical. Parang nakakabaliw mag hintay. 😅
Posts: 53Member
Joined: May 28, 2019
Hi sis tanong ko lng if ung special flight ba ng PAL na sinakyan mo direct cya hanggang destination place mo or may lay over din?
Posts: 80Member
Joined: Aug 21, 2016
8 months na. may isa ko nogtnungan 8 months ngrant ung knya. sana dumating na ung sayo. 🙏🏻 mg three months pa lng ung akin. 🤣
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Joined: Aug 21, 2016
sana nga po. 3 mos na ung akin. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Posts: 53Member
Joined: May 28, 2019
Sana nga sis ma approve na din 🥰 pray lang tayo 🙏
Joined: Oct 13, 2019
Hello sis. Direct na po hehe MNL-MELB.
Posts: 53Member
Joined: May 28, 2019
Thank you sis. Pwede ba maka hinge ng number ng PAL or pano sila ma contact?
Joined: Oct 13, 2019
Here sis (02) 8855 8888. 😊
Joined: Oct 13, 2019
Sana ma grant na po kayo.. 6 months po yung partner visa ko.
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Joined: Aug 21, 2016
congratulations! Salamat sana nga. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Posts: 53Member
Joined: May 28, 2019
Thanks ng marami 🥰
Posts: 53Member
Joined: May 28, 2019
Hi sis tanong ko lng ulit😃 kung nag call ba sayo ang embassy for interview bago ma approve ang visa mo?
Joined: Oct 13, 2019
Hello sis, the day before sis nag call sila to ask for additional documents that needed to be passed within the day but not for an interview. The day after that, na grant visa ko.
Posts: 79Member
Joined: Jun 26, 2018
Ask ko lang po sana if meron po dito na defacto relationship of less than 12 mos, yung nag live in ng less than 12 mos. Na grant po ba kayo? Thank you po 😊
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Joined: Jun 26, 2018
Defacto Partners on 189,190 and 491 applications
DHA have confirmed that
A points test applicant in a defacto relationship of
less than 12 months at time of visa lodgement can
still claim to be single as long as they have not
registered the relationship. Hence claim 10 points.
Later if the defacto relationship then accumulates
to 12 months during visa processing, the 10 single
points can still be claimed
If you want to add a defacto partner on to a points
test application during visa processing as 12
months has then accumulated since initial visa
lodgement, you can do so. And still claim 10 single
points
Departments Skilled Program Delivery SA, Skilled Visa Branch | Immigration Programs Division
Hello po mam @RheaMARN1171933 ask ko lang po sana about this statement from Immigration Programs Division if you have heard of this, if I will have an invitation for 189, would I be able to add a de facto partner on the visa application (lived together for less than 12 mos) and still claim 10 single points? Because I saw in DHA sa Relationship evidence, needed na atleast 12 mos living together. Thank you
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06/15/2021 EOI for Visa 189 Submitted: 70 points
08/27/2021 EOI for Visa 189 Submitted: 75 points (Years of Work Experience Auto - update by Skill Select)
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Joined: Mar 01, 2011
Hi question lang po, me and my partner are in a relationship(LDR) for less than a year and we are planning to get married na. plan namin if tumanggap na ng tourist visa dito pupunta sya and we will get married tapos e apply namin yung visa nya dito onshore. Partner Visa po ba yung iaapply namin kung sakali? ano ano po bang documents and proof needed kapag ganun? Thank you in advance.
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Joined: Jan 05, 2022
Salamat po sa makakatulong. Nag-iisip lang po, gaano po katagal ang processing ng partner visa? Sa ngayon po kasi nakapagsubmit na ako ng EOI for skilled visa. Kung magdecide kami ng boyfriend ko maglive-in para maging de-facto ang status namin, mababawasan ako ng 5 points dahil hindi siya skilled and less chance of getting an invitation. Pero kung di naman siya isasama, mas magiging mahirap po ba na mapapunta siya ng Australia under partner or prospective marriage kung sakaling mainvite at maging PR ako?
Joined: Feb 05, 2022
I plan to travel to the PH to marry a Filipina in PH from online dating then apply for 100-309 visa to bring her home to live with me and start a family.
1) How long do I have to visit Philippines to meet her family and get married? 2 weeks, 4 weeks or longer?
2) How long do I have to be contacting her online? Is there anything I have to include in the messages to tick boxes?
3) Also I have no shared financial, household because we live in separate countries. Is this a problem?
4) I can get social statements and pictures with her family and friends in PH at the wedding in particular. Statement from my family members acknowledging the wedding is that enough?
5) I can get commitment statements from myself and my wife and statements that other people have heard that we have made a commitment and have a genuine commitment to the exclusion of all others. Is that enough?
6) Is it possible to get my wife living here instead of spending our honeymoon separate for a few months while the visa processes.
7) Maybe a work visa for the purpose of living with my wife?
I will read through this thread, thank you if you can help me.
Department of Home Affairs is terrible with their lack of communication to answer questions.
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Joined: Jan 08, 2012
marrying her just ticks one box. applying for 309/100 visa means you have to have an established and solid, backed by evidences "four pillars" of a relationship
https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/partner-offshore/provisional-309#HowTo
https://www.australiavisa.com/immigration-news/4-main-aspects-of-the-relationship/
too many variables to answer that question
https://philippines.embassy.gov.au/mnla/marriage.html **
**https://dfa.gov.ph/guidelines-requirements
https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/destinations/asia/philippines
over a year of contact would be advisable. but i have seen people with less than that get the partner visa.
in my experience, start documenting everything. fb messages, calls&texts (you can ask this from telstra or any other telecom), any other messaging platforms (skype, viber, whatsapp, teams, etc.)
my personal preferences are calling and fb messages, for me, it's the easiest to collate and put in the application. my wife even did an intricate excel spreadsheet showing my call history (telstra), durations, date and time stamp, and closest cell tower ping (location) which ties in to our statutory declaration. fb messages we just collated selected chats (a few per year from 2012-2019) into a massive pdf file
https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/form-listing/forms/stat_dec_sponsor.pdf
https://www.telstra.com.au/privacy/customer-access
yes, that's a hole in your application. if you were sending her money for household expenses, schooling, food that would be great.
that should be a very big help. not enough though
that's one part of it. not enough though
possible but very hard to execute
https://www.sbs.com.au/language/english/audio/international-travellers-see-glimmer-of-hope-on-possible-reopening-of-australia-this-easter
in the Philippines? or here in Australia?
yup, i concur. those guys are Muppets. called 3 times for one question got 3 totally different answers. wait till you get acquainted with the red tape extraordinaire that is the Philippine government bureaucracy. they make the DHA people look like the Singapore Government hahahah. Good luck and have LOTS OF PATIENCE
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Thank you.
Joined: Feb 05, 2022
Is it realistic to travel to the Philippines, get married, live together with my wife and collect evidence for a temporary partner visa waiting to return home to Australia with my wife?
That way I would not have to live separately from my wife and I should be able to collect convincing evidence for a visa.
I figure I would need to live there for 1-3 years waiting for visa processing before I can return home with my wife. Not sounding very realistic now that I think about it.
Might as well ask though.
Joined: Jun 03, 2022
Hi po. Thanks in advance sa help. Nalodge po ang 309 visa on November 2021. Last week nakareceive kami ng S56 request of Further information. They’re asking for CENOMAR and AFP (police check). Naprovide na po both and uploaded na po sa immiaccount.
Question: Sa nakaexperience po ng S56 Request for further info. How long it will take the decision after macomply ang request?
Joined: Jun 27, 2020
Meron na po ba na grant dito recently? And how long did it take? Salamat
Joined: Jun 27, 2020
Hello, everyone
Just wanted to share this public website for tracking visas
https://myimmitracker.com/
Pwede kayo mag input ng entry niyo para makatulong sa lahat ng iba pang mga nag aabang ng either invite or grant from all visa types. For Visa 309, nakakita ako sa site na ‘to ng 6months waiting period and granted last June 2022.
Isa ako sa waiting for grant under partner visa 309/100