Hello, (sorry for the long winded title)
So we are in limbo waiting for our residency visa news, and are scrambling to sort visas out in the meantime, as we are both on working holiday visas, which expire December 24th this year.
I've had helpful advice on here about applying for an essential skills work visa to act as a bridging work visa whilst I wait to hear about the residency application.
I would then like to support my partner's application for "partner of a worker work visa", through my essential visa application.
However, it says "you cannot support a work, visitor or student visa for your partner or dependent child if you hold a work visa granted under one of the following categories:" and working holiday visa is one of those categories. Is it saying if I myself hold a working holiday visa? does that mean I would have to wait to actually receive the essential skills work visa, and THEN my partner applies for his partner based visa?
I'm just trying to work out what is the best course of action, and whilst it seems essential skills work visa would be best, it appears I cannot support my partner's work visa application, because of my current working holiday visa? unless I've misunderstood?
Any clarification much appreciated.
Thanks.
Edited to add: I've just worked out timings. If I submit my essential visa application now, then that takes 20 days turnaround (if what they say on the website is correct) then my partner applies for his partner based visa as soon as mine comes through, that apparently takes 25 days to come through, which barely leaves any time before his working holiday visa expires on 24th december.... so basically, its not looking like this option will work at all!?