Ah Hailey congrats!! You must be stoked. Super happy for you! Would you mind sharing what you did? I can send my email if privately is better for you?

Hi Hailey,Over the phone, not much to be honest. They constantly refer you back to the website and aren't overly helpful. On my 4 calls I've spoken to a different person each time - 2 were kind and supportive and 2 sounded very stressed and over it to the point that they were quite rude.One of th...

We got our rejection today and today was also our listed travel date

Thanks Hailey.We aren't married yet, we wanted to wait until he could meet my family and then plan from there.Yes we applied as an immediate family member - as in a defacto relationship.We've applied twice, with 2 rejections and each rejection we got after about 5-7 days. No request for more info...

Thanks so much for your thoughts and kind words. I have today contacted my local MP, so I'll cross my fingers again!