Hi i was very interested and impressed with some of the responces that i have seen given to queries on the web site and was hoping that I may be able to get some great tips and advice to. As me and my husband cant afford to pay for a immigration lawyer due to this being our second time through the mill.

I meet my husband in oz in feb 04 when i was on a working hol. Im irish and he is ozy but has dual citizenship for UK and the EU as his mum is english. He is in the defence forces in OZ.

after my working visa expired in July 04 i returned to ireland then went back to oz in the sept for a 3 months holiday visa to live with him and continue on the relationship. When that expired in Nov 04 he returned to ireland with me taking leave from the defence forces and spent 6 weeks with me and my family in ireland and we spent over 4 weeks touring europe , 2 weeks on a contiki tour and then 2 weeks with his parents as they came over to ireland to meet my parents and trvel around the uk as well.

he then went back to oz for work and when we had been together for 12 months i applied for a defacto visa and it failed so lots of expense , time and getting together the application was wasted.

I had to work for 7 months to get back to oz to see him and continue our relationship and was only again let in on a tourist visa again after a lot of hasstle and was given a crap visa that would not let me stay after it expirxed so i had to leave and once again return to Ireland.

We got married in Feb 06 in oz and now i am back alone in irealnd waiting to apply again but am freaking that we wont get it again,

we just want to be together and it makes me so sad and depressed that 2 people from opposite ends of the world that just meet, feel in love and are genuine are treated like this.

Does anyone have an positive advise for me please or know anyone in a similar situation etc

Thanks heaps any feedback would be appreciated
sue
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