Yeah,its confusing.

Did they ask you to provide more documents?What did letter say?

 

You shouldnt be worried then.

 

I'm about to be in the same boat.

My partner went to England from Poland under the CIS card so he didnt have to apply for WRS. After 12 months, he switched to paid employment, and was advised he didn't need WRS

So I spoke to the british consulate in Australia about applying for a Fiance visa, and they said he needed a residency certificate for me to qualify. So when we went to get the residency form it asked if he was under CIS or WRS for the basis of his residency. I rang and asked which category he should sign under. No-one knows if he needs to be on the WRS, not even the WRS advisors, but then suggested he should for his own benefit, So My partner is now doing that, and he cant qualify for residency for another 12 months because of the immigration departments bungle.

I don't qualify as a fiance. Oh, joy, I can apply for a visit to marry visa, then I fly to the other side of the world, get hitched, and then have to fly back to Australia to apply for the FMRS. (do these departments even know what kind of grief they are putting couples through???)

I said to him "bugger it, why don't you just fly over to NZ and we can get hitched there? it will cost about the same, but with a lot less paper work and at least we can have a holiday at the same time"

So thats what we are going to do, and then I'll apply for an FMRS or an EEA or whatever bloody paper they invent next week to screw up my love life...

In the meantime, we are both miserable, and on opposite sides of the planet. I was much happier when I was living with him in the UK before my working holiday makers visa ran out... *sigh*

Will I have to wait 6 months for a reply about the FMRS???? If thats the case that will be almost a year apart. Why do they put us through so much suffering???

I'm so sick of being in tears over it. I miss my partner terribly.