Partner or Spouse Visa people
Love Versus Goliath covers a range of topics. While our specific Partner or Spouse Visa journey involving Australia is the main topic, it is also about family life, immigration, cultural adaptation, asylum seekers, politics and human rights. There must also be some reference to sex in here somewhere as the highest number of Google impressions is still the search term “qatarsex” (yes, all one word). Not a high CTR (click-through rate) on that one, which is not at all surprising! If you are new to this site, go here: Partner/Spouse Visa.
I sometimes wonder how many readers are “Partner Visa people”. Today I was looking at the search terms used to find us. Here is a small selection of the search terms from the last 30 days that relate to visas. I don’t know if all of these relate to Australia or if all of them relate to Partner or Spouse visas.
i work and have a house will i win appeal for spouse
can spouse visa be denied?
example of statement telling visa officer about you relationship
visa availability system failures
australian visa temporary permission
can yo rebutt your visa dienal
what to say on a statutory declaration form 888
do you get originals back visa
immigration agent with mrt appeal experience
spouse visa denied australia
when you come to australia whith visa subclass 309 what you have to do
spouse visa motivation letter
barefooted mrt
failed visa statutory declaration affected
appealing partner visa cancellation
visa denied through australia spouse
spouse visa denied
spousal visa denial appeal
partner visa 309
my husband has been given a spouse visa on appeal
spouse visa appeal processing time 2011
supporting statement examples for partner visa appl. form 888
I’m not 100% sure that the “barefoot mrt” really applies – the idea of appearing at a tribunal hearing barefoot intrigues me! Maybe they were looking for something else entirely!
There are other search terms about photos, who is the best lawyer: the list goes on.
It seems our geographical base of readers continues to grow. I believe Sitemeter records only the last 100 visitors for free accounts, so this is just the spread of the last 100 on August 3:
Readers from countries far and wide
I know that even DIAC pops by from time to time.
A DIAC Visit
I just happened to notice a visit one day and I thought that was interesting, so I’ve kept an eye out when I think to do so. I hope if they read anything, they have been reminded we are real people, not just numbered files. I do recognise that when there is just paper-based decision-making, over time one can become disconnected from the people, the humanity, involved. I’ve witnessed this myself in other organisations unrelated to visas! I noticed some claims officers in an insurance company I once worked for became rather cynical about claims over time. Even if relating our journey makes one decision maker rethink one case, I would feel good!
Partner Visa people tend not to comment: they contact us privately or go to the Forums I have linked to on Partner/Spouse Visa. Consequently it is hard to determine how many visitors are in the same pickle we were once in. I see some of the search terms and wonder about the people doing the searching. Trying to find answers. I know they are discovering a world they never knew existed. I initially wrote that page at the end of March this year and it has a steady readership: not huge, but steady. After all, we aren’t the most numerous demographic in the world!
Readership for Partner/Spouse Visa page
We are getting very close to 30,000 page views, hence all this reflective thought. I know some of the people I have spoken to over the months since I started writing have come back to me to let us know how they are going. I like that. I am hoping to hear of another successful appeal next month! That couple married in 2009 – they are still trying to be together and it will be a few more months yet if they win their appeal.
One thing that still bothers me is the lack of concern from people who should care about the situation. This whole debate is about human rights and individual freedoms. Yet it seems those in positions of influence can’t see past the media beat ups about “sham marriages” to the real issues. This is very sad.
Edit Aug 20
We’ve received on-line coverage before, several times and today we are covered again in the Immigration Law Daily on-line paper. This mostly covers USA immigration matters, but it is lovely to be recognised!
Immigration Law Daily
Edit Aug 24
We are also three of the top four Google search results in Australia for “partner visa denied”. Out of about 4,790,000 results, that’s not too bad!
Google search results
Related:
Cancer starts with one cell – it spreads
Emotive Reporting, perhaps?
Who am I, to criticise
Letter to the bad guys
Partner/Spouse Visa
hi to all of you here!!!
is there anyone here can give me a sample love story for a partner visa to australia. please any comments are aprreciated.
thank you
Hi Monica,
You may have found it already, but this link should help you. http://teamoyeniyi.com/2012/11/21/statement-of-history-of-relationship-partner-visa-309100/
Hi,thank you for your information, we are currently in the process of doing the partner visa, my husband applied for a visitor visa to come to Australia to spend xmas with me and it was rejected on the basis that his passport was from Panama and they didnt believe the documents we had supplied were true. I dont know what else to do because what can you do if you supply documents signed and notorised and they are not believed?? anyway we are looking at working elsewere at this point because we are just tired of Australian beaurocracy.
Yolanda, if you can afford legal advice I suggest you get some. There is a link to the MARA agents on the main Partner Visa summary page and also details of my legal team on http://teamoyeniyi.com/2011/05/18/do-you-need-representation/
I gather that only the Visitor Visa has been denied at this stage, but I’m guess you believe that the partner visa will be denied if they did not believe the documents related to the Visitor Visa.
Best wishes and keep in touch – I can’t give you any legal advice, but I can offer you some words of emotional support.
thank you for this site because you help many people.
I have a question I have received a visa sponsor a 309 visa Australia but my wife is canceled my visa so I’ve received a message from Ambassador cancellation of visas 128 sec act 1958.
for 4 months until now we stay in contact with my wife is not to separate
but one: my wife can now reject the Concelles
2: I can go as a visitor after having visa cancellation
3: I can marry both second method after separation and ask for 309 visa sponsorship
thank you very much
Said, I really cannot answer your technical questions. If you go to http://teamoyeniyi.com/partner-visa-denied/ you will find links to places that may be able to help and where you may seek generic advise. I THINK from your comment you had a brief seperation and have reconciled? It is my understanding DIAC do understand that not all relationships run smoothly and there can be disruptions, but further than that I cannot answer as I am not qualified to do so.
Best of luck!
salut
merci pour ce site car vous aider plusieurs personne.
je ai une question moi je ai recu un visa sponsor visa 309 a australie mais ma femme est annulee mon visa alors je ai recu un message de ambassadeur de cancellation de visa sec 128 act 1958.
depuis 4 mois jusqu a maintenant on reste avec ma femme en contact on ne pas separer
mais 1: ma femme peux rejeter la concellation now
2:je peux partir comme un visiteur apres avoir cancellation de visa
3: je peux marier dexieme fois apres separation et demander visa sponsor 309
merci beaucoup
It’s amazing how a blog can reach so many people, isn’t it? I’m not dealing with visas of any kind, but I’ve been interested in your story. Like you always say, it’s a human rights issue–one that we all can understand. I’m so glad I was here to see your family reunited.
It is good to know that “non visa” people are interested as well. Yes, it is a human rights issue. I know, as I have said before, that not 100% of couples are genuine, but that is no reason to treat everyone as if they are not and that seems to be the current approach. The vast majority ARE genuine.
You know, it is interesting – many, many of the search terms that reach us indicate a high level of emotional distress. People trying to rort a system are usually not emotionally distressed, they are schemers – cool, calm, collected.
Mind you I had to laugh the other day – I was reading some case studies on the MRT web site and one case reported to have failed on appeal – the applicants gave different wedding dates! As much as I can understand that happening in a situation of high stress, I constantly advise PROOF READ, PROOF READ, PROOF READ! Pick up such silly errors before you submit paperwork. Once the seed of suspicion is sown, it can be very hard to change people’s minds.
Its been a good journey.
Thank you!
Love it, super interesting to look at blog stats. I guess I’m a partner/spouse visa person too….and I represent that tiny red slice of CANADA! Yay!
Love that you’re helping to create a community for the many of us who are trying to make it work amidst the piles of paperwork and yards of red tape!
Thank you Amelia. Glad you enjoyed! It is a monster set of paperwork and trials and tribulations, isn’t it!
Looking at the search terms used to find us is always a bit of a “head scratcher.”
But also good when one wants to know if the target audience is being reached!
This is a very informative and well documented post.
Thirty-three years ago I met my wife on a blind date. She was an illegal alien from Mexico. We got married two months later and I applied for her residence visa. Her mother was sick and close to death before her visa came through and she went home to be with her mother and family for the death. When she returned to the border I went across and smuggled her into the USA. lol
She is a citizen now having gone through the whole immigration process.
Ahhhhhhhhhhh – a fellow partner visa person! Please check out the links on the Partner/Spouse Visa page – I wrote three informational articles for people searching for answers about the process. I’d be interested in your thoughts.