Australian visa for your Vietnamese wife.

Thank you. I think we're going to wait another 12 months before we try for a visa.

Waynesinoz wrote:

Thank you. I think we're going to wait another 12 months before we try for a visa.

If you do wait I have heard (at least for the US) that if you travel to 3-4 other countries together first it will be easier.  For example, if we hadn't started immigration proceedings to go to the US and had no intention to move there, if we were to go to a SE Asia country, then Japan, then Australia, then Europe, then I would likely get a tourist visa to US.  It shows a pattern that I (she) would travel to other countries and then return home.  That is really what the US is looking for.  I suspect AU is the same.

SteinNebraska wrote:

Waynesinoz wrote:

Thank you. I think we're going to wait another 12 months before we try for a visa.

If you do wait I have heard (at least for the US) that if you travel to 3-4 other countries together first it will be easier.  For example, if we hadn't started immigration proceedings to go to the US and had no intention to move there, if we were to go to a SE Asia country, then Japan, then Australia, then Europe, then I would likely get a tourist visa to US.  It shows a pattern that I (she) would travel to other countries and then return home.  That is really what the US is looking for.  I suspect AU is the same.

That helps, but if you dont have a long-term job or savings in the bank they may decline the visa.

Too many VN's take off once arriving in the country, which spoils it for the decent people who want to visit and return home.

Waynesinoz wrote:

Thank you. I think we're going to wait another 12 months before we try for a visa.

I think you have a bigger problem and it is not the visa.  Based on the information you provided and if I were you, I would run, run, run and far and fast.

Yes, this is what I have heard also, so I think we'll probably do the same. Travel to 4 or 5 countries first and then apply for an AU visa. Also to make sure she has a substantial amount in her bank a/c.
Cheers  😉👍🏼

Thank you everyone for your help and advice. At this stage we're just going to postpone everything for 6 months to a year and then take another look at it when we're better informed.
Cheers,
Wayne

I have no idea about the details of their finances, but I do know that a teacher at my school routinely went on vacations to AU with his local wife on a tourist visa.  That tells me that it is possible, unlike with the US where it is possible in theory but apparently not in actuality.

Hi THIGV. I think it was probably much easier some years ago but from information I've received, it's only got more difficult over the past few years. I do have a plan of attack and that will take some time and careful planning. So in the meantime we'll just sit tight until the time is right and all the requirements are in place. I've no doubt it would be easier to get on-going visas to Australia once she has been there and returned to Vietnam for the first time.
Cheers 

Hello , I’ve just gone through all the subject mater you are discussing . To legally get married both governments have to be informed  a letter of no impediment has to be gotten from the Australian embassy . This side is all paper work lodged at her police/local authority establishment with all necessary papers . You need your original birth certificate which can be obtained online and posted to you here . There is no wedding ceremony only the paper work and a party afterwards. A month after we got married my wife started the application for a tourist visa which entitles her to a 12 month visa with a maximum stay of three months . Lots of work went into the application like said in previous posts basically as much proof as you can muster to show your wife’s a upstanding character with legitimate reason to return home to Vietnam . My wife did all the work at minimal expenses .
She also did all the paper work to get my 5 year visa exemption being married to a Vietnamese which has to be stamped first six months by immigration then an exit very twelve months . Your Vietnamese  vehicle license is  tied to your Australian license and your visa so both have to be valid .
We have since started the application for permanent residency in Australia which requires far more information to legitimize your relationship . But pretty much all the information from tourist visa but more comprehensive. The application cost $7500 at the time I believe it’s gone up a couple hungy and that application can take up to two years to be approved . And fees are non refundable .
Good luck Vietnamese women make fantastic partners and make life in this country much easier .
Give us a contact if you need more info . Cheers

vicnik wrote:

Hello , I’ve just gone through all the subject mater you are discussing . To legally get married both governments have to be informed  a letter of no impediment has to be gotten from the Australian embassy . This side is all paper work lodged at her police/local authority establishment with all necessary papers . You need your original birth certificate which can be obtained online and posted to you here . There is no wedding ceremony only the paper work and a party afterwards. A month after we got married my wife started the application for a tourist visa which entitles her to a 12 month visa with a maximum stay of three months . Lots of work went into the application like said in previous posts basically as much proof as you can muster to show your wife’s a upstanding character with legitimate reason to return home to Vietnam . My wife did all the work at minimal expenses .
She also did all the paper work to get my 5 year visa exemption being married to a Vietnamese which has to be stamped first six months by immigration then an exit very twelve months . Your Vietnamese  vehicle license is  tied to your Australian license and your visa so both have to be valid .
We have since started the application for permanent residency in Australia which requires far more information to legitimize your relationship . But pretty much all the information from tourist visa but more comprehensive. The application cost $7500 at the time I believe it’s gone up a couple hungy and that application can take up to two years to be approved . And fees are non refundable .
Good luck Vietnamese women make fantastic partners and make life in this country much easier .
Give us a contact if you need more info . Cheers

It's disgusting that as Australian citizens we have to fork out nearly 8k to get our wives into our home country. Maybe we should rent a boat and she can apply for asylum.

Thanks Vicnik. We have all the documentation required to get legally married in Vietnam but we are not going to get married for now. She has no wish to live in Australia and that is one of the reasons I considered the relationship. Unfortunately too many women "really in love" want to relocate to another country so forgive my cynicism but I prefer to have someone who wants to be with me in her country.
I'm quite happy to live in Vietnam and only return to Australia to visit family and friends once a year. I have little faith in the ******** government in Australia. Rising costs of electricity and everything else.
I find the people in Vietnam very friendly and genuine and always helpful.
We will consider applying for a tourist visa in another 12 months.
Cheers   

Yeah with all the attention the illegals get and my wife has to be put the the grinding mill to join me in a extended stay in the lucky country.

Yes I hear you I’m thinking down the track when might need better medical attention .  My wife who’s quite a bit younger than me stated that she will care for me unconditionally, now I never heard that come from woman back home !

Well, it's not as lucky as it used to be!
Maybe as Colinoscapee suggested, we should get a boat and get them in as political refugees seeking asylum! They'd probably end up better off!
But seriously, I only want to take her to Oz for one month to meet my family and friends and see some of Australia. She has no desire to live anywhere other than Vietnam. She has a 14 year old daughter and all her family living in Vietnam. She doesn't want to live so far away from them.
An Australian friend of mine and his Filipino wife who are visiting me in Da Nang now has suggested that I can pay a surety of maybe AU$5,000 when applying for the visa and she would get the visa much easier. I told him that I don't think it's that easy any more.

Waynesinoz wrote:

Well, it's not as lucky as it used to be!
Maybe as Colinoscapee suggested, we should get a boat and get them in as political refugees seeking asylum! They'd probably end up better off!
But seriously, I only want to take her to Oz for one month to meet my family and friends and see some of Australia. She has no desire to live anywhere other than Vietnam. She has a 14 year old daughter and all her family living in Vietnam. She doesn't want to live so far away from them.
An Australian friend of mine and his Filipino wife who are visiting me in Da Nang now has suggested that I can pay a surety of maybe AU$5,000 when applying for the visa and she would get the visa much easier. I told him that I don't think it's that easy any more.

Its an avenue you can try, my brother did the same thing and was still refused.

But for now we won't worry about the visa. We'll take another look at it in 6 or 12 months time. No rush!