Need advice

[KatieS 4]

Hey guys 

 

Can anyone tell me if the Visa process is easier for someone coming to Australia than America or the other way around? 

We've been looking at me going to America for the last month but the visa path we'd probably have to take (Finace Visa) by the time it processes, would put an incredible strain on our relationship. I'm  feeling really overwhelmed and know we need help but can't afford to pay for a lawyer. So I'm trying to figure out if him coming here would be easier. 

 

If not, can someone possibly recommend a  professional consultation we could have with someone that wouldn't cost us anything? Or someone that REALLY knows their stuff.

 I've been told there are people you can get general advice from to guide us but I don't know where to find them. 

 

Thanks so much. 

 

[EmilyW 1,512]

This might help: https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/300-/Prospective-Marriage-visa-(subclass-300)-document-checklist

 

It costs alot more and it takes longer than a K1.  I had a friend go through this process and it - all up, including ancillary costs - cost her around $10,000 and nearly two years for her fiance to be approved.

 

Australian bureaucracy doesn't come cheap or fast.  

[Ontarkie 14,378]

~~Moved to Emigrating Outside the US, from Tourist Visas- As the OP is asking about her fiance possibly moving to Australia.~~

[T_McCann 10]

1 hour ago, KatieS said:

Hey guys 

 

Can anyone tell me if the Visa process is easier for someone coming to Australia than America or the other way around? 

We've been looking at me going to America for the last month but the visa path we'd probably have to take (Finace Visa) by the time it processes, would put an incredible strain on our relationship. I'm  feeling really overwhelmed and know we need help but can't afford to pay for a lawyer. So I'm trying to figure out if him coming here would be easier. 

 

If not, can someone possibly recommend a  professional consultation we could have with someone that wouldn't cost us anything? Or someone that REALLY knows their stuff.

 I've been told there are people you can get general advice from to guide us but I don't know where to find them. 

 

Thanks so much. 

 

Hi Katie, 

 

My partner and I looked into this and Emily is absolutely correct. It's a lot more expensive coming to Australia than moving to the USA. The main application form for Australia is 70 pages long (I'm not kidding).

 

i moved to the USA on K1 and it took 5 months. Very easy straightforward and affordable. 

[JFH 12,191]

As someone has posted, a fiancé visa for the USA can be completed in around 6 months if you are organized and send good, solid evidence with your I-129F and avoid RFEs. How often do you two see each other anyway? Most people on here see their partners only once or twice a year anyway - some even less than that - so what's the difference? If a six-month separation is going to put s strain on your relationship it's probably not as strong as you think it is. Military wives endure longer separations and they survive. The longest I didn't see my husband was 8 months. I wouldn't want to repeat that time but if anything it made us stronger as a couple. 

Edited May 9, 2017 by JFH