Oh dear!.........  Ask at centrelink online service maybe?

All I can say is to be very carefull about some of these females  from overseas,some are out for all they can get, then piss off  once they are in Australia

I would be very careful.  You don't mention what she does for a living, but I suspect that she teaches English & probably at an International School.  If she is in a great hurry to leave her job & move to Australia immediately, I would be very suspicious.  There is no age limit for your partner/wife.  I would strongly suggest that you move to Hong Kong & live with her for a minimum of 6 months before lodging an application for a Partner Temporary Visa Sub Class 309.  I don't know how well off you are, but the 309 application fee is not cheap at just under $2,700 & is not refundable.  The Visa will give you 2 years to come to Australia & marry.  I would suggest you use most of it.  BTW, with this Visa, she can work in Australia.

Best of luck Keith,but be carefull and wary mate,go to this link,may have some info for you.

http://www.ausvisaspecialists.com.au/

Click on the link "visa categories" go to partner visas.

Good Luck billy

I knew a wealthy butcher who met one of these female con merchants.

I video'ed his wedding and I knew then that he had been conned.

She did a strip for the camera in her bedroom and asked me to screw her. I declined.

The little brown guests stole the flowers / tableclothes / cutlery etc.

Four weeks later after the honeymoon he could not pay for the video.

Join a club here in OZ and meet a nice lady beause 6 th sence tells me you will reget this veture.

Even regret it Sorry

Yes I believe some wisdom in those words Davey...I  used to write comments.articles in the local paper years ago re why so many coming here wo marry Aussie men who were established and decent men...Maybe some of it is the vast disances to travel to meet who knows...I know a few now who have met in the IT indeed two in my family gone/and one going to live in the USA Xmastime....the first one was in his late forties etc and the second one same age too.....the first one working well as they adopted a little one from Vietnam....the second has established family now grown and I don`t know what is happening with them...however must be sorted as a couple of my crew going for the wedding Xmastime time.....hes got to marry her straightaway      as the visa indicates or within three months... it changes all the time.....with different individuals...the first one I call her my stepdaughter she a darling and has a great job as they both do over 10 years now........the cost of living is lower than here and things are a lot cheaper there....I`ve got some lovely things they given me for Birthdays /Xmas etc and the quality is good too.....so this is the Internet and in our cases one is going real good.....................they coming here for regular trips to see his family etc and this next years is a 21st and another wedding my youngest girl....her second.....lolol and so life goes on with plenty of Romance in the mix......

The Gentleman asked for advice about Centrelink and everyone thought he wanted relationship advice which they were happy to give in nothing but a negative attitude.

What he needs to know is if he makes any kind of transition towards being with her(joint bank accounts, sending her support or living overseas for any period of time) will Centrelink consider him to be in a relationship or defacto and reduce his pension to the couple rated one? This is not addressed anywhere for anyone to find an answer. Of course if she is from a poor country, she would appreciate any kind of a leg up in her life. But, if he lost half of his DSP or OAP due to this it would mean he is rooted at the gate.

Does anyone have info or experience where Centrelink has steped in and made any action on this kind of situation?

The Gentleman asked for advice about Centrelink and everyone thought he wanted relationship advice which they were happy to give in nothing but a negative attitude.

What he needs to know is if he makes any kind of transition towards being with her(joint bank accounts, sending her support or living overseas for any period of time) will Centrelink consider him to be in a relationship or defacto and reduce his pension to the couple rated one? This is not addressed anywhere for anyone to find an answer. Of course if she is from a poor country, she would appreciate any kind of a leg up in her life. But, if he lost half of his DSP or OAP due to this it would mean he is rooted at the gate.

Does anyone have info or experience where Centrelink has steped in and made any action on this kind of situation?

The Gentleman asked for advice about Centrelink and everyone thought he wanted relationship advice which they were happy to give in nothing but a negative attitude.

What he needs to know is if he makes any kind of transition towards being with her(joint bank accounts, sending her support or living overseas for any period of time) will Centrelink consider him to be in a relationship or defacto and reduce his pension to the couple rated one? This is not addressed anywhere for anyone to find an answer. Of course if she is from a poor country, she would appreciate any kind of a leg up in her life. But, if he lost half of his DSP or OAP due to this it would mean he is rooted at the gate.

Does anyone have info or experience where Centrelink has steped in and made any action on this kind of situation?

The Gentleman asked for advice about Centrelink and everyone thought he wanted relationship advice which they were happy to give in nothing but a negative attitude.

What he needs to know is if he makes any kind of transition towards being with her(joint bank accounts, sending her support or living overseas for any period of time) will Centrelink consider him to be in a relationship or defacto and reduce his pension to the couple rated one? This is not addressed anywhere for anyone to find an answer. Of course if she is from a poor country, she would appreciate any kind of a leg up in her life. But, if he lost half of his DSP or OAP due to this it would mean he is rooted at the gate.

Does anyone have info or experience where Centrelink has steped in and made any action on this kind of situation?

I know that Immigration are very wary these days due to many situations where men have been conned.

However, that said, there are good stories of relationships that have worked out and all I can say is be very careful and maybe do as someone else has suggested;  go and live over there for 6 months at least and see how the relationship goes.

An internet romance is very different to one where you have direct physical contact with a person.

Good luck :)

This is an old post from 2013 maybe Keith would be interested in telling us how things turned out?

whatsupdok

Good to see you posting

As Viv explains this is rather an old post.

Personally I do not have any experience with Centrelink in regard to this matter and there would have been many changes to the regulations regarding this

So it would really be advisable to get in contact with Dept. of Human Resources or an Immigration Solicitor.

One of our members Ken Innes has some experience in these matters ...

perhaps you could PM him.