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elcupacabras - that's a relief to hear! I'm checking out the links you gave me right now. Yes, I'm definitely going to have a letter which says I'm expected back at work, and I plan to tie myself up with a couple of other commitments so that I won't be denied.

Really? They're not going to let me visit while the visa application is pending? Will the customs official at the POE even *know* I have a visa pending at that point? I can honestly say I don't intend to overstay the VWP, especially because my boyfriend wants to come back with me to holiday...

Actually, I've just done some reading... turns out Australia has something equivalent to the K-1 visa, except it's valid for 9 months and allows him to travel in and out of the country (as long as he enters Australia at least once) as much as he wants, and we don't even have to get married IN...

We are more or less deciding now that we would like to get married, so the way I see it, we've got a couple of options: 1) He comes to Australia, possibly on a work visa, so that we can get married and he can remain in Australia (and thus with me) during the months it will take to process the...

Ok, thanks for the help. We've still got some decision making to do but here's hoping it all works out in the end ^^

Get married when, though? On the VWP, then do the paperwork once I return to Australia? I've also been wondering whether it'll work out if he comes to Australia and we marry there. I think we'd both qualify for dual citizenship then, since as far as I know in recent years Australians have not...

I am an Australian national currently in the USA on a J-1 visa. The visa has just about expired, I am returning to Australia this week. I have a boyfriend here, we have been together over 8 months now. We are trying to figure out a way to stay together, currently the plan is to simply...