PARTNER VISAS
Partner
Visa
Program
Program
Partners of Australian Citizens, Australian Permanent Residents or eligible New Zealand Citizens may apply to enter and/or remain permanently in Australia. Partners include:
• People intending to get married
• Married (de jure) partners
• De facto partners
• Interdependent partners (including those in a same-sex relationship)
This visa is for people who are married, engaged to (fiancé), or in a de facto (common law) relationship
with an Australian citizen or Permanent Resident and want to live in australia.
300 Prospective Marriage Visa
- lets you come to Australia to marry your prospective spouse and then apply for a Partner Visa
- can stay in Australia for 9 months from date of grant of visa
- work in Australia
- study in Australia at your own expense
- usually, you can’t sponsor someone for this visa if:
- • You were granted a Partner visa or Prospective Marriage visa (subclass 300) that you applied for less than 5 years ago, or
- • You have sponsored more than 1 other person for a Partner visa or Prospective Marriage visa (subclass 300)
- you have sponsored another person on a Partner visa or Prospective Marriage visa (subclass 300) in the last 5 years
- you might still be able to sponsor someone for this visa if there are compelling circumstances
- Meet health requirement
- Meet character requirement
- May require:
- • Provide a police certificate
- • Complete Form 80 Personal particulars for character assessment
- • Complete a character statutory declaration
309/100 820/801 Partner Visa
309/100 – must be outside Australia when you apply for this visa. You must be outside Australia when we decide your temporary visa application.
820/801 – you and any family member or dependent child applying with you must be in Australia, when you apply for this visa and when we decide your temporary visa application.
- live, work and study in Australia while your Permanent Partner Visa is processed
- travel to and from Australia as many times as you want
- attend free English language classes when Visa is granted
- birth certificate showing the names of both parents
- pages of your current passport showing your photo, personal details and passport issue and expiry dates
- proof of change of name, if applicable, such as a marriage or divorce certificate
- marriage certificate or other evidence that your marriage is valid in Australia
- de facto relationship for at least 12 months before you applied for this visa
Why the 12-month requirement does not apply. For example:
- provide evidence you have registered your relationship with an Australian births, deaths and marriages agency, or
- explain any compelling and compassionate circumstances exist to grant the visa
- may require:-
• provide a police certificate - • complete Form 80 Personal particulars for character assessment
- • complete a character statutory declaration
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Visa
Assessment today!
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