Last few months been a bit of a downer. My husband got fired without warning a few moths back. Since he was on a sponsored business visa, he had to apply for another visa or leave country in 28 days. So we put in a spouse visa application, having been married over 12 months already. Seems they liked him, and not so much me. Requiring more business docs from me and a statutory declaration describing my previous de facto relationships and why they ended to prove i wasn't just relationship hopping and that this would last.
Later on however, after giving all the extra documents required it seemed that everything still wasn't right. The case manager had issues with my career choice, and if it effected the genuine nature of our relationship - since it isn't sexually exclusive. We opted to provide further statutory declarations justifying why my career doesn't prevent our relationship from being genuine to save potentially requiring another interview and their judgement becoming a turn down and us having to appeal.
They recently came to their senses and the first part of the visa has now been granted normal life may resume. A huge emotional weight has been listed. It's very stressful to feel judged for your life in a way you haven't before, and for someone else to get to decide if you are genuinely in love or not.
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http://news.sbs.com.au/insight/episode/index/id/97I was on an episode of Insight on SBS is on sex and consent, as part of the discussion panel which they mix in with the audience. You can watch it online at the above link. I only ended up getting to talk twice, and I was cut off by the host. I think I look terrible, but others seems to have said I looked great and came across well. They might just be being nice - have a look and make up your own mind.
I had 4 phone interviews and a bunch of questions on email - my email Q&A for interest and transcript sections follow.
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