i am 18 years old and he is 20. He is a South African citizen as well as an Italian citizen. i am an Australian Citizen and the baby will be born in Australia i need to know if there is any way for him to be able to continue staying in Australia...he got a holiday visa as he wasnt expecting to stay longer- we met in January when i was in South Africa and have been dating long distance since then. WHAT CAN WE DO??? me moving is not an option.
2007-03-09 21:26:08 · 5 answers · asked by Dee 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
The only sure way to find out would be to visit your nearest department of home affairs - immigration department.
Immigration websites are only helpful up to a point.
Probably the two of you will have to prove that he is the parent, to begin with, and then apply to change his status in Australia because you are in a relationship.
He may have to leave the country to apply for a new permit (Australia immigration can be very anal about these things - hopefully not) but only someone from the department will be able to clarify this.
If they try to make things complicated for you then hire a lawyer (expensive of course - but sometimes you can only fight fire with fire), you two have every right legally to be together.
Good luck.
2007-03-09 23:05:37 · answer #1 · answered by turniton5 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He can't stay on with the holiday visa. If he does, he will become illegal.
If he wants to stay on, you must marry. But, again, marrying on a tourist visa is a violation of the law (he was supposed to come there on holidays, not for marriage. There is a different type of visa for marriage).
So, you have two options: he goes back at once, and you file for a fiancee visa for him. In several months he'll be able to come back to you and marry.
You two marry and he stays on. Then you try to adjust his status, and you will need a lawyer, and paying a lawyer to prove that he did not come to your country initially with an intent to marry.
After the marriage he won't get any citizenship. But if you prove that he came there on holidays and then fell in love (a very difficult thing to do), he will be granted a residency there. The same if you go the way of the fiancee visa.
2007-03-09 21:28:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm pretty sure the only way he can stay now given the type of visa he has etc, is for your guys to get married. You're old enough and if you really want him to stay it's going to be the easiest way. He'll be granted citizenship pretty rapidly in the circumstances.
2007-03-09 21:30:12 · answer #3 · answered by RIffRaffMama 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lol u return living house after your 3 month stay ! And if u think of by using getting pregnant purely to stay there'll artwork, not an excellent chosen they'll deliver u back , if it is so each and every physique could be doing that!
2016-10-18 00:37:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have a look on the gov website,you should find a salution there.
www.immi.gov.au
2007-03-09 22:17:56 · answer #5 · answered by frank m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋