• Enter Australia before you marry, as a prospective spouse
• Travel in and out of Australia as often as they want
• Work in Australia while holding a temporary visa
• Study in Australia
• Stay in Australia until granted a permanent Partner visa
• Enrol in Medicare.

• Fiancé relationships (those who are engaged to be married)
• Relationships between people of the opposite sex who are legally married
• De facto relationships between people of the opposite sex
• De facto relationships between people of the same sex

Prospective Marriage visa: Fiancé relationships

Partner Visa: Married or De facto relationships (same or opposite sex)

• Partners who are inside Australia
• Partners who are outside Australia

• The evidence you provide for:
  • Intention to marry your spouse
  • To prove a de-facto relationship exists and is genuine
  • Whether you are inside or outside Australia at:
    • Time of application
    • Time of visa grant

• Whether there are dependent children involved
• Number of sponsorships undertaken by spouse
• The legality of your marriage under Australian law
• When and where you were married

There are a number of pre-conditions and visa conditions imposed on these Partner visas, and if these do not exist or and not complied with

• your application may fail, or
• You become an un-lawful person.

You must;

• intend to be married within 9 months of visa grant
• You must not be married before grant of this visa
• Provide evidence of intention to marry
• Have met and known each other prior to visa application
• Must be same sex as spouse

To apply for a Partner visa as a de facto partner;

• De-facto relationship must exist for 12 months prior to application.
• Provide evidence of relationship including:

1. Financial Aspects of the relationship
2. The nature of the household
3. Social aspects of the relationship
4. The nature of the commitment

•  23% of MRT cases are refusals for Partner visas.
• 6,320 lodged or active cases with the Migration Review Tribunal (MRT) 2014.
• An estimated 15% of all applications made for the same period.

• Only 29.4% of application were submitted by Registered Migration Agents
• Successfully establishing requires professional advice,
• There are many rejections due to inadequate evidence
• legal requirements not met
• False and misleading information provided to the case manager

• Ultimately the onus is on the applicant and their agent to present a case that correctly addresses all the criteria required.
• Only a qualified and experienced Registered Migration Agent has the knowledge and to guide you in what is required to satisfy migration regulations.

we will guide you in the steps you need to take to ensure;

• your de facto relationship is genuine
• you provide the necessary evidence
• Maximise your points score
• Prepare and lodge your application as complete and as quickly as possible
• Ensure processing delays are minimised  by anticipating requests for additional information and documents
• Ensure you don’t miss critical deadlines, as this can result in visa refusals.
• Make you aware of impending criteria changes, occupation deletions, and closure of state lists.
• NSW nomination Skilled Occupation List closed Dec 2013, opened again 1 July 2014 for 2 weeks and closed again 15/7/2014, many missed out because they did not use an agent who was aware of the potential for this to happen.
• Choose the correct visa pathway for your circumstances
•  Represent you will all relevant authorities
• Support you in your job search once you reach Australia