Partner & Prospective Marriage Visa
Partner & Prospective Marriage Visa
Stages of partner visa
Temporary Partner
Visa
Temporary Partner Visa
The Temporary Partner Visa is the first stage in gaining permanent residency and allows applicants to remain in Australia until their Permanent partner visa is finalised. The process involves assessing the household's financial and social nature and the commitment the couple share to determine that they are in a genuine and continuing relationship.
Permanent Partner
Visa
Permanent Partner Visa
The Permanent Partner Visa application is assessed two years after the lodgment of your initial application. You will apply for both the Temporary and Permanent Partner Visa simultaneously, so the Permanent stage is an 'assessment' of the ongoing and genuine nature of the relationship, not an application.
Types of Partner Visa
Offshore Partner Visa
Offshore Partner Visa
This Visa enables applicants to apply for a Partner Visa from overseas whether living with or not living with their Australian partner.
Onshore Partner Visa
Onshore Partner Visa
If the applicant is already in Australia, the equivalent onshore application is the Subclass 820/801 -Onshore Partner Visa.
Prospective Partner Visa
Prospective Partner Visa
The Subclass 300 is a temporary visa that enables engaged applicants to travel to Australia to marry their partner who is an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or eligible New Zealand citizen.
NZ Family Relationship visa
NZ Family Relationship visa
The Subclass 461 visa enables a New Zealand citizen to sponsor and bring to Australia a Member of their Family Unit who is not a New Zealand citizen and for them to live for up to five years in Australia.
frequently asked questions
It is highly recommended that you use a professional and registered migration agent to work with you on Partner Visas. The current visa application charge is $8,000. An appeal to the Tribunal (should the case fail) is $3,000. IT IS NOT WORTH SOMETHING GOING WRONG in the early stage, such as making some simple mistakes (through lack of English or legal knowledge [or both]) that lead to your visa being refused.
In case of a relationship breakdown, you may still be able to apply for permanent residency if:
- There are children that are jointly in your care;
- You have been subjected to domestic violence; or
- If your relationship has broken down because your partner has died.
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What our clients have to say
Phil and the SMC team were fabulous! Highly recommended. Our case was very very complex. Katherine was Stateless living in a Burmese refugee camp in Thailand. No passport, no ID documents. Health checks were required outside of the camp, a police check waiver was required, an ‘exit permit’ from Thailand and so many other difficulties. Phil guided us through and went well above his responsibilities to help us with everything from A-Z over more than two years. We would recommend SMC without hesitation.
I can’t express my gratitude enough to SMC for their care, support and amazing work. My case was a complex partner case involving family violence that required many extra layers of work and support. I am now a Permanent Resident and moving on with my life. SMC provided emotional support (not a core area of their work!) and showed patience, diligence and the highest level of knowledge to achieve a successful outcome. I highly recommend Phil West and SMC for your visa process.
We wish to express our heart-felt thanks for Phil & the SMC team for their amazing service for our really complicated and difficult case.
My wife and small son were in a refugee camp with no passport or ID Card. The complications for them to travel out of the camp to go to medical exams, obtain a Thai ‘Exit Permit’ were very difficult and involved communication with the International Organisation for Migration & the Thai Ministry of the Interior as well as the visa processing desk at the embassy. The SMC team went well beyond what they were obliged to do to obtain a positive outcome for us. The process started in 2018 when we submitted an incorrect visa. SMC took over our case, corrected this error and then worked over four years on our case. At times my wife and I were really stressed & anxious but SMC were able to help reduce this stress on a personal level showing patience and care.
In September 2022, my wife and son arrived as Permanent Residents in Australia and we were at last reunited to start the rest of our lives as a family together.
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