PARTNER VISAS

Partner

Visa
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

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