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Applying for an Australian Spousal Visa

Applying for an Australian Spousal Visa

In early 2010, my wife and I, living in Zambia, underwent the process of applying for an Australian spousal visa, as we faced the likelihood of moving back to Oz. .

  • Parenting and the decisions each parent is faced with

    Coming to terms with parenting responsibilities has been a topic I've often heard mentioned in many conversations in this past month.

  • Mission of Foundational Learning

    There is something so refreshing about 'back to the basics' moments in our lives. I have just experienced one such moment during my latest mission trip. Incidentally, the name of the organisation I worked with was the Institution for Foundational Learning (IFL).

  • Sometimes we can't understand God's working

    One of the painful things in life is observing our daughter hurting herself. Those times when the parent is just out of arms-reach to save their child tripping over and crashing to the floor. A silence follows, like the peace before a storm. A huge gasp is taken before the ear piercing scream rattles the neighbourhood. At this point our hearts poor out to her wishing we could have stopped that fall.

  • Beyond the world

    I recently saw Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner and Nico Muhly perform at the Opera House. It was part of Vivid Sydney – the festival of light, music and ideas. They sang songs for our Solar System and took the audience on a sort of Planetarium journey.

  • Coaching, Teaching or Farming? - Under 8's Soccer

    I have recently became an Assistant Coach to my neighbours son who plays Under 8's soccer for the local team. I thought it would be a good bit of fun, get me back into the game and also get me up early on Saturdays – yes, 'Gen Y' do get up early.

  • Universal Morality

    Recently I attended a public seminar on the topic of "Unfit for life: the Need for Moral Bioenhancement'" by Professor Julian Savulescu a neuroethicist.

  • Training for greatness, starts in the backyard

    If you look at the early years for a lot of athletes you will probably discover a similar story, their sporting ability began in the backyard or local park. These areas for play however, don't just offer a space to develop our sporting prowess but provide valuable and unique opportunities for life lessons.

  • Anthem Lights - Review

    For those who know me in person, they are aware of my penchant for music. And my speciality appears to be Christian Contemporary Music as this is the stuff on which I was born and raised. Consequently, I am going to attempt to review an album that has captured my attention over the last few weeks and that is the debut effort of a relatively fresh Christian group out of Nashville known as Anthem Lights.

  • Living with an open heart

    After Harold finished telling me his story he paused for several moments. I knew instantly that something had changed in his demeanour. The room once filled with laughter now felt serious and sombre. He seemed nervous and somewhat agitated; a dramatic change from the cheerful young man I had interviewed just minutes ago.

  • 'Feed Melbourne' campaign targeting hunger and food wastage

    "Do you know how many poor people that could feed?" This was a question I remember often posing to my friends in my late teens and early twenties, as I started developing awareness for the world around me. In those years I visited slums in Fiji and Bangladesh and was so moved by families simply not having enough to food to feed their family. I found it hard to see people around me have so much food wastage and not even think twice about it.

  • Pregnancy, Individuality and the Cultural Zeitgeist

    You're not an individual. In fact your own opinions on things are most likely not to be even remotely your own.