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Spouse & Family

Spouse, Family, Partner, Parent Visa for Australia is granted whose parents, children or spouse live in Australia. The Government announced the introduction of the new temporary sponsored parent visa that will allow Australians to sponsor their parents to stay in Australia for up to five years at a time.

If you are married to an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or eligible New Zealand citizen, or have been in a de facto relationship (common law) with one for at least 12 months, you may be eligible for immigration by obtaining a Spouse Visa to Australia, which is highly beneficial for you. Your spouse may sponsor you for a period of two years. And after this, if the relationship is still genuine and continuing, you may be eligible for permanent residence.

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Requirements:

In order to be eligible for a spouse visa to Australia, you need to fulfill the following requirements:

You and your spouse have a commitment to a shared life as husband and wife, whether or not you are legally married, to the exclusion of all others.

Your relationship is genuine and continuing.

You and your spouse live together, or don’t live separately and apart on a permanent basis.

Unless you are legally married, you must have been in a spouse relationship for the last 12 months, which usually involves showing that you have lived together during this period

Generally, you both need to be aged 18 or over.

You must pass health and character criteria.

Rules and procedure:

You may either be in Australia or overseas when applying for a spouse visa for Australia, although there are advantages to applying from within Australia. Please contact us for advice on obtaining a spouse visa.

Once your initial application is granted, you will be issued with an Extended Eligibility Temporary Visa. This will allow you to stay in Australia for two years and you will have full work rights during this period.

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Rules and procedure:

In some cases, it is not necessary to wait the two-year period before applying for permanent residence. This may happen if:

You have been in the relationship with your spouse for five years or more at the time of application.

You have been in the relationship for two years where there are dependent children of the relationship.

Your spouse was granted a permanent visa under the humanitarian program or was granted a protection visa and was in the relationship with you before the visa was granted and this relationship was declared to Australian immigration officials at the time.

After the two-year period, you will be entitled to apply for permanent residence in Australia provided that your relationship still continues.

In some cases, you may be eligible for permanent residence even if the relationship has broken up before the end of the two-year period. These circumstances include:

If your spouse has died during this period.
If you and your Australian spouse have children under 18 years of age.
If you or your dependents have been subject to domestic violence during this period.

Australia Parent Visa

Under Australia Parents Visa, there are capping and queuing for these visa options. If you are outside Australia Parent (Migrant) visa (subclass 103) A permanent visa for parents who have children living in Australia. Contributory Parent (Migrant) visa (subclass 143) A permanent visa for parents with children living in Australia. This visa costs more than the Parent visa but is generally processed faster than others.

 

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