Thinking of moving to oz visa query?

[georgeclooneyfan]

My dh wants to try moving to Australia for a few years. I was born in Melbourne and have dual nationality, does anyone know if the visa process would be quicker as I already have the passport. I am not sure if my husband would be sponsored by me and we also have two kids. I have tried looking up the immigration website,finding it a bit confusing which visa we would apply for.(maybe I am just being thick!)Thanks in advance

Looks like he would get a spouse visa which would allow him to live and work in Australia for two years initially. After that time, he could convert the visa to permanent residence.

You would be the sponsor and he the applicant.

www.immi.gov.au/migrants/partners/spouse/309-100/

do your children have aussie citizenship - if not they are entitled to it by descent - I would get them the aussie citizenship - then no worries about them.

application form here

You can do a spousal visa for your DH.

We did this. My dd1 had her aussie citizenship already sorted. Dh then applied for a spousal visa.

He was granted permanent residency straight up as we had dd1. you can also be granted permanent residency if you have been married more than 5 years.

Thanks for the advice. My children were born in the UK, as was my husband I never knew you could do that eidsvold thanks for that. I am not overly keen on going my dh has talked about it for years but having lived there as a kid and spent most of my teenage years there I am not that bothered. I sound really shelfish don't I. He is not that close to his family and I am, so the thought leaving them and uprooting the kids from school puts me off. I suppose it is same for most people. I have uncles etc in Melbourne and my brother and wife are near Brisbane. I need to be more positive as he keeps telling me we can come back if we dont like it. We would be looking to go to Perth. Do you stay in Australia eidsvold or scienceteacher? thanks again for the help.

Yes I spent most of my life living in Brisbane or in other parts of QLD. I then went to the UK for four years and came back with dh, dd1 and dd2 on the way. We have been back 4 1/2 years now and have no desire to return to live in the UK. Visit dh's family - sure but to live again - no. Life is too good here.

Even if you decide not to come back and live - be worth getting your children aussie citizenship then if they wanted to come and travel - so much easier on aussie passport.