Thread: Best visa option to get Thai Mrs to Australia permanently?

I have a mate who has been seeing this Thai chick for about 12 months, plenty of proof of relationship stuff, shes been to Australia on 1 tourist visa (3 months). The thing is she has a bun in the oven now (4 weeks) and he is keen to do whatever it takes to get her here on a permanent basis asap. The critical thing is he wants her to have bub here and stay here from that point on. I reckon he could apply for a fiance visa but that would entail taking the risk of not getting approved in time before bub arrives? Anyone out there know of any other options? Would tourist visa do the job then while shes here get married and stay here? Any help would be appreciated Cheers.

Originally Posted by TuskegeeBen

Post # 3 ^ ploy withstanding, have you also considered having a direct, open & honest discussion with Australian Immigration,...regarding your particular circumstances?

have you ever tried to deal with Australian immigration ?

Originally Posted by David48atTD

Prospective Marriage visa (subclass 300) ... ​Processing time = 13 months (75 % of applications processed)
https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/300-

As for having the bub 'here' ... she doesn't qualify for Medicare.
Private births can be $1,000's of dollars.
If the infant is born prematurely, a humidicribs (Neonatal intensive care unit) are circa $1,000 a day alone.

Consider this, if the push is for the baby to have Australian Citizenship then that can easily be achieved by
the birth in Thailand and applying through the Embassy in Bangkok for 'Citizen by Descent' ... same same
as Australian Citizenship.

The couple doesn't have to be married.

We had our kids in Thailand ... https://teakdoor.com/the-family-room/...periences.html (Thailand - Childbirth - Private Hospital - our experiences)

Good advice here mate - I went the fiance visa way 20 years back... the pregnancy, will complicate things as David points out. I have found if you are open & up front, with immigration, centrelink, etc.. Aussies are usually fair dinkum and not the "ogres" one thinks...

Originally Posted by moose65

have you ever tried to deal with Australian immigration ?

A man who was traveling came upon a farmer working in his field and asked him what the people in the next village were like. The farmer asked "What were the people like in the last village you visited?" The man responded "They were kind, friendly, generous, great people." "You'll find the people in the next village are the same," said the farmer.

Another man who was traveling to the same village came up to the same farmer somewhat later and asked him what the people in the next village were like. Again the farmer asked "What were the people like in the last village you visited?" The second man responded, "They were rude, unfriendly, dishonest people." "You'll find the people in the next village are the same," said the farmer.

Originally Posted by David48atTD

Consider this, if the push is for the baby to have Australian Citizenship then that can easily be achieved by
the birth in Thailand and applying through the Embassy in Bangkok for 'Citizen by Descent' ... same same
as Australian Citizenship.

Yep. 33 years ago my daughter was born in Fiji. Fijian birth certificate. I registered her birth at the Australian Embassy in Suva, and despite living in NZ until 5 years ago, she got her Australian passport as a matter of course, no problems.

OP, another reason to have the baby in Thailand is that he/she will have a Thai birth cert, and this may help later on in life if he/she grows up and wants to spend time in Thailand. Give the child options that most people don't have, like my daughter who can live in Fiji if she wanted by dint of her Fijian birth cert.

Originally Posted by Latindancer

Do you mean that the child will not be able to get Thai citizenship by descent if it is born O/S ?

I don't know, but TIT and paperwork is important, particularly official, original paperwork. I'm just guessing that an original Thai birth registration is better than Mum applying at the Thai Embassy in Australia....if that's even possible. I don't know.

Thanks for your advice mate, that great!

^ smart arse comments withstanding, no why would I consider doing this when I have a Thai wife and children in Australia already and have done for 8 years?

My kids born in Geelong Vic, Thai birth certificates issued by the embassy in about 2 weeks, no real problems.

Next time in Thailand, 4 days and Thai passport issued.

Ditto all of that - my daughter was born in Thailand 26 years ago and we registered her birth at the Australian embassy, got her a passport straight away to travel home at three weeks old. We actually took a tuk tuk from the hospital to the embassy with our three-day-old daughter - we were young and stupid, embassy staff were horrified! (No meter taxis in those days.)

The only downside to 'citizen by descent' is that if my daughter has kids born outside Australia they do not automatically qualify as Australian Citizens.

So that all went smoothly and we got our daughter a Thai passport no problem two or three years later when back living / working in Bangkok. The only trouble she has ever had with officialdom was the TIT factor - when she applied for her Thai identity card a few years ago on a visit to Bangkok the Thai officer refused to issue her one - only for people who can speak Thai she said. Good old Thai xenophobia on display is my guess. A visit to a different office to see an officer who was in the the network of someone in my wife's network solved the problem. I'm sure if we had stamped our feet we were in the right, but solving it the Thai way was so much easier.

Back when my daughter was born my wife had no right to remain in Australia. Part of the reason we had the baby in Thailand was so that my wife could apply for permanent residency at the same time - it is not automatic just because she was married & pregnant, but the marriage did earn her a handful of qualifying points.

Totally irrelevant, but a mate of mine I worked with in Bangkok had a 100% Farang kid born while we were there. That kid - adult now - likes to tell everyone he is Thai. Don't know if he has any actual Thai rights, but I'd love to be a fly on the wall should he take his birth certificate and line up to apply for his Thai identity card!

Originally Posted by bindog

The only downside to 'citizen by descent' is that if my daughter has kids born outside Australia they do not automatically qualify as Australian Citizens.

Mate, great story.

Interesting your point made above ... I haven't heard that before.
For the sake of my boys I'll try and see what the current thinking is.

Originally Posted by David48atTD

Mate, great story.

Interesting your point made above ... I haven't heard that before.
For the sake of my boys I'll try and see what the current thinking is.

Hopefully I simply misunderstood the embassy people at the time or the policy has changed - always thought it was a bit unfair.

According to the 'Home Affairs' website I am wrong:

If your Australian citizen parent became an Australian citizen by descent or by adoption under the Hague Convention or a bilateral arrangement, then that parent must have spent at least two years lawfully in Australia (except for stateless applicants).

https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/trav/...nt/eligibility

That 'two years lawfully in Australia' sounds like a fair, logical policy.

I am pleased to be wrong on that one - I'll let my daughter know.

[QUOTE=bindog;3844156]when she applied for her Thai identity card a few years ago on a visit to Bangkok the Thai officer refused to issue her one - only for people who can speak Thai she said./QUOTE]Got to love Amphor officers, never did that before, so can't be done now.
Blue book registration, kids need to have Thai names, meaning, I've never registered a foreign born Thai before, don't know how and can't ask as I would lose face.

Looked at the guy in disbelief, pointed to the Thai birth certificate, names written in Thai.

Went to the district Gov. phone call and names on the blue book.

I would suggest you tell Oz immigration she is a mentally handicapped one eyed lesbian muslim in a wheelchair with unresolved gender issues. They'll have her in Australia in a jiffy with a federal parliamentary nomination as the next green candidate for the electorate of Melbourne.

Originally Posted by moose65

have you ever tried to deal with Australian immigration ?

Originally Posted by TuskegeeBen

Yes ^, and I did not have a problem. Immigration (bureaucrats),...have the exact same mentality everywhere. Australia is definitely not unique, in that regard.

For example: If they (Immigration) catch an applicant either lying or playing dubious interview games, then that applicant gets the "rejection" treatment,...period.

Ben, please share your dealings with Australian immigration, specifically in relation to the OP

Originally Posted by David48atTD

Ben, please share your dealings with Australian immigration, specifically in relation to the OP

Originally Posted by TuskegeeBen

Lord Sir David,..please try to mind your own business,...for a welcomed change...Thank you,..sir!

^ Ben, just a simple Sir David would suffice, Lord is just OTT, even for you

Just trying to help the OP with your extensive experience of dealing with Australian immigration.

Originally Posted by bindog

That 'two years lawfully in Australia' sounds like a fair, logical policy.

Yes it does. Not OTT xenophobic, not limp-wristed tree hugger let anybody in.