A member and their son had their passports stamped for admission to TWU, but the husband's dependent visa approval hadn't come through yet, and they weren't sure whether to join online classes, defer to a later intake, or travel without him.
What the thread clarified:- You can generally travel with your child even without your spouse's approval coming through at the same time, as long as there are no other issues with your own documentation.
- A spouse's visa approval is not guaranteed to arrive on a predictable timeline — waiting for it isn't a safe assumption, since it can take significantly longer without a firm guarantee it will actually be approved.
- Some members were optimistic the husband's approval could come within a couple of weeks, but this was speculative, not a confirmed timeline — treat any such estimate as a guess rather than a reliable planning figure.
The practical takeaway: if your own and your child's documents are ready but your spouse's dependent visa is still pending, you can generally travel ahead as planned rather than deferring — just don't count on your spouse's approval arriving on any specific predictable timeline.