Since I started my blog and shared my experienced applied Australian Partner Visa, I admit lots of people from my country started to asked me through comment section at the posts, or even try to message me trough my email or any kind of social media I have.

I don't mind actually, I am so happy to help them. Because I know how it feel when you are know nothing and don't have anyone to asked.

I made this post in order to tell some people about some questions that always appear when those people asked me about applying this visa. In order to make it clear, and I am not going to answer it again and again, these are some questions that they always asked me,

Q : Where did you apply your visa? 
A: At Australia, means everything I've done I did it at Australia, including translating the documents.

Q: How if I apply at my own country, not at Australia?
A: Yes you can, but to be honest, I don't know how to do it. Because I applied it at Australia, and I just applied once.

Q: What kind of visa you used when you enter Australia before the partner visa?
A: Visitor visa, multiple entry.

Q: You could stay as long as you can with this multiple entry visitor visa, right?
A: No, Australian immigration give you three months stay for each visit.

Also Read: Things You Have to Aware If You Have Multiple Entry Visitor Visa Australia

Q: Where did you translate your documents?
A: Since I applied my visa onshore (in Australia) so all of my non English language documents been translated at Australia.

Q: Can I use my own translator / can I translate it by my self / can I asked my friend to translate it / can I asked my English teacher to translate it... and so on?
A: No, you can't use any translator you want. You have to use the sworn and creditable translator that pointed by Australian immigration. You can use NAATI people if you apply at Australia, or if you apply in your own country, go ask Australian embassy for this translator.

Q: Why you are not apply your visa in Indonesia?
A: Because I already at Australia when I apply my partner visa.

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Q: Can I apply partner visa while I never meet my partner yet?
A: Do you really? How could you never meet your partner but you decided to apply partner visa?

Q: Can I apply when our relations is still not 12 months yet?
A: You can't. Minimum you have 12 months relations first.

Q: But we are in serious relations
A: Get to know your partner first. Meet each other, getting know each other, visit each other countries, follow every social events together, meet each other families and friend too. If you are serious this kind of thing is a must right?

Also Read: My Struggle Applying Australian Partner Visa

Q: What kind of documents that need to be translate?

A: All of the documents with no English language that required by Australian immigration. (Go check their website to know what kind of documents they need).

Q: How much pictures we have to give them as a prove of our relationship?
A: As much as you can.

Q: My partner doesn't like to take a pictures.
A: Then how to prove that you are a partner?

Q: Beside pictures, what else we could show them as a prove?
A: Chat log, skype log, telephone log, money transfer, booking hotel, restaurant receipts, shopping receipts, plane tickets, events tickets, anything that prove you and your partner are doing social event toegther.

Baca Juga: Stage 2 Applying Partner Visa Australia

Q: My partner have children from the past relations, should we put the children name at the form?
A: Yes, all of the name from family in bound have to be state. Parents, siblings, and even children. Then if you have a relations before, you and your partner have to state the ex partners name.

Q: But my partner never been married before.
A: You still have to put the children name, and the ex partner name. Plus you have to tell them the date when the relations begin and end. If you or your partner have been married before, the date is the marital date and divorce date, plus a divorce letter.

Q: Should we know our partner families and friends? 
A: At least you have to know two people from your partner side as the witnesses.

Q: Why we need a witnesses?
A: Because the immigration need at least two witnesses from Australia side to make statements that they know you both, and your relation is genuine.

Q: Our relations is not until 12 months, but how if we married at my country first then apply for partner visa at Australia?
A: You could try. But no matter what kind of visa you apply (either marriage or de facto) they have the same requirements, plus if you are married before you apply partner visa, you should gave them the married certificate too.

Q: I want to apply onshore too, what kind of documents that I have to bring from my country?
A: Bring all the documents that the immigration need. You could scan and save all of them.

Q: Is it alright if I do my police check in Australia?
A: They require police check from your country. Ask your country is it alright you can do it in Australia, or do it online while you are at Australia, or you have to go back to your country.

Q: I have been stayed at another countries beside my country for more than 10 years, and why they need the police check from those countries too?
A: It's a part of the requirement. You will be ask for police check from each countries you have been living for, for at least 10 years.

Q: Why they need me to do Australian police check too? I am not staying in Australia for 12 months when we decide to apply for partner visa/
A: If they ask you to do Australian police check, means you have been at Australia for at least 12 months. Started from the very first day you visited Australia, no matter what the visa you have that time.

Also read: How to get Indonesian Police Check Online

Q: How I apply my visa?
A: You have to make immiaccount first, then choose what kind of visa you will apply, then answer all of the online questions there. Then submit it. That is the first step.

Q: And the second one?
A: They will give you time to collect the required documents, then you upload it at your immiaccount. Then wait.

Q: Should I do the Medical check?
A: Yes you should

Q: Can I do medical check before applying my visa?
A: I suggest to do it after you submit the online form.

Q: Can I do my own medical check, at any hospital?
A: No you can't. You have to do your medical check at the place where the Australian immigration tell you.

Q: I'm doing my medical check every year, can I use that result for my medical check proove?
A: No, you have to do the medical check according to the immigration.

Q: How long that I have to wait to get my TR/PR?
A: Vary, and all depend on the immigration. Some just have to wait for two weeks, some need to wait for two years. Maximum is two years.

Q: How is my status when I finished apply my visa?
A: You will get bridging visa while waiting for your TR/PR

Q: When and how long I get this bridging visa?
A: They will immediately give you the bridging visa once you finish the online form and submit it. And this bridging visa will last until you get your TR/PR.

Q: What can I do with this bridging visa?
A: You could stay in Australia without limit, you can apply for job, you could go for study without government help, and you could make your medicare, bank account and tax number.


There you go. Some of the questions from people that asked me about Australian partner visa. If you think you have questions and it is not stated above, feel free to contact me, I will try to help you as much as I can.

Have you ever been to this city? If you have, you will feel everything in this city is so iconic. And all of the place you've been in this city, always leave a story. Starting from something traditional until something so instagramable.

I've been lived for ten years in this city, and it leave me lots of memories. From the struggle to get the university degree until love. LOL.

Last time I went to Jogja I found it change a lots. Back when I still lived there, you could ride a scooter in the middle of the night, and you felt save. Lots of cafes and restaurants from the traditional, national until international.

Even physically I moved from Jogja since six years ago, but still I didn't want to change my ID. 

Talking about iconic Jogja, Jogja also have their iconic culinary. Of course Gudeg is one of the most famous Jogja iconic food.

This time, I will make this iconic food from the ingredients that I've found in Melbourne.

A little bit tense too, because cooking gudeg means you have to spent lots of times, and in one point I thought I failed.

Fresh young jack fruit is something that not easy to find here, so I changed it to canned young jack fruit. This things can be found in most of Asian store around. 

Also, if you want to cook it with slow cooker, it is the best thing, but you have to spend all day for it. I used the slow cooker for the first time, but then I changed it to cooked it at the stove because I run out of time. 

Gudeg is not spicy, but really sweet. If you are not a fan of sweet food, you could add another meal like "chicken opor" for the balancing between sweet and salty. 

I served this gudeg with the pindang egg and chicken opor. 

Anyway, since this is my creation, I add tofu and tempe in it. But if you don't like, you could just use the young jackfruit in it.

Hi all,

I admit recently I am posting more about culinary rather than anything else. I'm sorry, I just a littl ebit lost nowadays. But, I think it will be fine is it? I could share something that you could try by your self.

Anyway, I think almost all of you have facebook account right? If yes, you probably know well Tasty, the food page that sometimes I saw it all around my facebook page. Because lots of people love to share it. Anyway did you share and try it too?

I am interest of one of their video. The tittle is Homemade Chicken Shawarma with Ben Stiller and Ahmed Badr.

The shawarma makes me remember The Avenger Movie, LOL. And for you whom never watch it, this is the video


So I told my boyfriend, how about trying to recook this recipe. Of course he agree. LOL.

We follow all of the ingredients that they show us. Nothing less or more. 

But we change the chicken thigh to be chicken breast. No specific reason, we just love more meat LOL. Because we change the chicken thigh with the chicken breast, the grilling time is change, not 15-18 minutes, but around 20-25 minutes.

Best time for marinate it is all night long. It will makes all the spices perfectly blend with the meat. And for you who doesn't really like lots of spices taste, I suggest not to put the rest of the spices at your chicken when you grill it.

For the bread, we use tortilla bread. The video didn't tell what kind of bread, but once I googled it, it said shawarma bread is tortilla bread. So we use tortilla bread (you could make it too if you want).

The sauce is indeed fresh and have that lemony taste. But it still have the middle east taste.

When everything is ready, start wrap the chicken. I add more salad into it. You could add pickles too. Enjoy :)

My mother always says that she can't cook. But surprisingly for someone who can't cook, she can make something that I think it is delicious. This rendang is one of it. 

Too bad, back in Indonesia, this food is one of the food that she's not keen to make every week or every day. Too much spices, she said.

So, after move to Melbourne, of course this meal is one of the Indonesian meal that I really miss to taste. 

For this most delicious food in the world, I tried to find a restaurant that serve this food. Yes, I couldn't find it yet, but someday I will. I already find the restaurant name, just waiting the time to go there. 

I also bought the ready spices, but it can't fit my mother's. So I decided to asked my mother her recipe. Of course with some of adjustment here and there.

For example, I decided to buy a bottled lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves because the lemongrass is way much cheaper if I bought bottled, and I couldn't find the fresh kaffir lime leaves. 

Talking about fresh leave, I also couldn't find the fresh bay leaves, so I bought a pack of dried one. 

The shallots. Indonesian shallot is smaller than in Melbourne. So I have to estimate how much Melbourne shallot for this recipe. Because my mother's recipe is with Indonesian view. 

So, here are the recipes:

And this is how to make it:

So, anybody wants to try to make it?

Month of July is here, and one of the thing that I always wait is the arrival of my subscription box from Bella Box Australia. 

Like all of you, the reader know. I start doing this subscription box since May 2018. And for these three months I am not disappoint about its products.

For this July box, their theme is "Global Glamour". 

Unlike last month, that all the subscriber had to wait a little bit longer, this month, they sent us right in the middle of the month.

Firstly, 

I actually paused my subscription for June. but somehow I am too late to tell them, so they paused it for July subscription. Which I don't want it. But luckily, even thought I get the June Box (which actually I planned to paused it), and I shouldn't get the July box, I have time to tell them that I want to refine my subscription. 

I love how they tell us that I don't have to worry, and it will refine for my July. 

And luckily (again), I opened my Bella Box account and saw that it still paused. But I find the button to refine it immediately. So the next day I received an email said that I successfully added my July Box in my subscription.

And I am really glad that I refine it on time, because the July Box is (as always) superb.

Since this month is Global Glamour, means all of these product is perfect for you who love to travel but still want to manage your skin care and your beauty. 

This month, they give us this Manna Kadar Floral Blush Compact. I can use this for my eye shadow, blush on, or highlighter. Look at the design!! Isn't it beautiful?! It's too beautiful to use it, LOL. You could find this product at their website for US$29.

I tell you a secret. NYX is one of my favorite brand ever. I really obsessed with their soft matte lipcream, and have a lipstick palette gift for my birthday. And now, this month box, they give us this palette. Comes with six shades, now I can cover up all of my face problem. Get this palette at your nearest drugstore. Australian? Check priceline or their Australian website for AU$19.95.

The only thing to keep your skin healthy is keeping it clean. And let me tell you, this Palmer's cleanser & make up remover is amazing. It have the perfect balance between a gentle formula and heavy-hitting ingredients. And it will makes your skin clean and healthy. Straya girl, go check Priceline or Chemist Warehouse for this full size product for AU$9.99 (150gr).

If you want to know more about this beautiful and great product HERE. 

Yes I know, it's just a sample. But you know what. This perfume's fragrance is sooooo good. I had the marshmallow one, and even thought it have sweet fragrance, but it's somehow not too sweet. I probably change all of my perfume with this. I am already love it. Girl, you could find it at Myer, David Jones, or at its own website for AU$69.95 per 100ml.

The only snacks product for this month box. This chips came with its natural tropical flavor. Of course it also vegan friendly. Makes you feel like summer. They have crunch red apple, crunch fig banana, and crunch pineapple... I had the pineapple one. Check the nearest coles to get this snack for $4 per 30 gr. And follow their instagram too. 

Puffy eyes, and look tired. I think I have to be thankful to Bella Box for giving me this patch. It formula can hydrate the skin around my eyes. Of course it will get rid the puffiness and making the skin area around my eyes brighter. Can't wait to try it. And if I want to buy it again, it will be as easy as going to their website and spend AU$75.00 for 5 sets of this patch.

It will help all the rust in your body. Keeping it smooth and moisturized. Since it just a sample, probably I could find the full size of it.

I get this sample product for YSL Volume Effect Faux Cils Mascara for me to try.

Who is not in love with this YSL. And this mascara? I will tell you why this product is the only mascara product that I wear, after so many years I am refused using mascara.

TBH, at the first time, I actually not having a high expectation for this mascara. Because, every mascara I have is always ruin my makeup and even my mood. LOL.

So, when the first time I opened this mascara, I am a little bit afraid that the liquid will be mess. It will stick everywhere. In my palm, in my makeup table, in my soul, LOL.

without mascara

with mascara

But for sure, it is NOT. It just stick at my eyelashes. Then again, DUH it's YSL, what do you think this is? It's not like your cheap mascara anyway. Yeah, I could be cheap too. 

One stroked at my eyelashes and I already amaze with it. It immediately curl my eyelashes and it look thicker (talking about someone who don't have thick eyelashes). I love it.

I love when I stroke it, it really shape my eyelashes. Make it beautiful and great. 

Oh well, I couldn't say anything more than I LOVE THIS MASCARA. 

Endurance

before three hours

after three hours

Since move to Melbourne, Australia, I received soo much negative comment from people I call family. They are my mother's siblings. And sometimes it hurt me so much because all of their negative comments are for me, but they said it to my mother.

I couldn't imagine how confuse my mother to answer all of their negative comments about my new life.

Even we all know so well, that starting a new life is not an easy option. Especially when you decided to move to other country. Different people, different language, different culture, different rules.

And all of us know, having a new life is as same as building a house. We have to build a strong foundation first. It's including how I try my best to be legal person in Australia. Legal in law, in everything.

The negative comments are including every aspects of my new life, including my partner. They said my partner is a cheapskate person. Why they say that?

No, it's not because my partner never give me something, or making me the one that paid for everything we did and have. It's because they never been given by us. It's a little bit funny and hated in one.

I mean, why they said my partner is cheapskate based on how much or how often he give them something. It is really makes me sad, just because my partner (and I) really think they are not the right people to be given.

Beside, my partner is a human. He also working hard for everything he have now. And I respect everything he have. Of course I don't want to makes all of his effort in his life being "thrown away" into some people that shouldn't be the one who need it.

Beside, the point of having a partner is to sharing life, love, laugh and everything together. Not because I want his money. Well it's me, personally, I want a partner not an ATM machine.

Maybe they think looking for Job for non-resident in Australia is easy.

True, that my visa now allow me to work with no limited hour. But, it doesn't mean everything will be easy. Since my University certificate is not acceptable for job search, and I have no Australian course certificates at all.

Back in Indonesia, it is easier to find any job with any background. For example, it doesn't matter you have bachelor degree in IT but you able to teach a primary school. In Australia, you must have a degree in teaching. Depend on what kind of teacher you want, early learning, special need, etc.

And, if you think teaching a kindergarten and primary is your dream job, you have to prepare for Working With Children Check too. This card will allow you to work around children, such as daycare teacher, kindergarten teacher, primary school until college teachers, playground cashier, babysitter, any jobs that involves you around children.

And this WWCC will last for five years, and you have to renew it once it over.

And, do you think you are able to work as hotel supervisor when your degree is economy? Nope. You have to earn degree from hospitality course. So, all of the job they offers you, you could take it, but you should have the same educational degree that in line with it. 

"How about opening food vendor, you like to cook nowaday"

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