Just to clarify. I feel extremely fortunate to have had our PR application approved. Feeling foolish is more about the fact that we could have swapped the primary applicant had I made myself aware of the NS liability. Anyway, thanks for the reply. After reviewing previous posts as suggested it seems...
My wife and I recently had our PR application approved (in principle). My wife is the main applicant and upon reading the approval letter I realised only the main applicant is exempt from NS and I may be liable for full time national service. I had incorrectly assumed first generation PR's didn't ne...