Relationships are always a tricky trade for anyone. Sometimes things happen unexpectedly. In many occasions the relationship can break down, which is unfortunate.
Last Saturday I was listening to the ABC radio which contained a quite interesting discussion about a situation surrounding a Partner Visa. The visa applicant had a child with her Australian partner, but the relationship had broke down before she became a permanent residence. That lead to the unsuccessful acquisition of her permanent visa application, Partner Visa.
It is important for all visa applicants to know that under the Partner Visa category, in order for the visa applicants to successfully get his/her visa approved, the relationship needs to be long-term, genuine and continuing.
If the relationship has broke down, it will always result in a problem. Having kids with your partner, does not promise that you will get a permanent residence visa as the relationship is no longer continuing.
It will always be hard on the child, because if the child was born here in Australia, he/she is an Australian citizen and the government needs to look after and provide a social welfare for that child.
At the moment, there is no visa category that lets an Australian citizen child sponsor his/her parent to get a permanent residence in Australia.
Things can get more complicated, if the visa applicant needs to return home and if that parent has the sole custody of the child, that means that the Australian citizen child will have to live in the foreign land, away from Australian grandparents...etc. It can be heart breaking for the family as well.
I'm not saying that people need to bear with unhappy relationships. However, it is important to know this information so that you can plan and deal with a situation and hopefully have less impact to your life and the child's future.
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