This is a visa for Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents and eligible New Zealand citizens to sponsor their partners to enter and remain permanently in Australia. The applicant must be in Australia at the time of visa application and at time of decision on the application. Accordingly, as long as the applicant holds a valid visa at time of visa application, he/she will be granted a Bridging visa to allow him/her to remain in Australia lawfully until a decision is made on that application. The Bridging visa offer the applicant unlimited work right and study right in Australia.

Getting the permanent visa Subclass 801 is a dual-stage process. When you applied for a temporary partner visa, you are deemed as having applied for the permanent subclass 801 visa at the same time. For both the applications, a single fee is paid. However, you will not be eligible for processing your permanent visa application until two years after the date you lodged your temporary partner visa application. You’ll have to provide additional documents for the authorities to examine your eligibility for the visa. You must have been granted your temporary partner visa when you apply for the second stage procession.

It is noteworthy that if you and your partner were in a long-term relationship before the application of the temporary visa was filed, you may be eligible for the permanent visa straightaway. A long-term relationship is defined as the applicant and the sponsor have over two years’ relationship and a child, or over three years’ relationship.

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General eligibility criteria:

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• The applicant and the sponsor are committed to a shared life to the exclusion of all others

• The applicant and the sponsor’s relationship is genuine and continuing

• The applicant and the sponsor live together or do not live separately and apart on a permanent basis

• for married applicants，your marriage must be valid under Australian law; for De-facto partners, you and your partners must not be related by family

• The sponsor must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or eligible New Zealand citizen who are over 18 years old. Sponsorship application on partner visa would not be considered by the department of immigration if the sponsor has been granted a partner visa or prospective marriage visa in the last five years, or the sponsor has already sponsored two persons on a partner visa or prospective marriage visa (subclass 300),or the sponsor has sponsored a person on partner visa or prospective marriage visa (subclass 300) in the last five years

• The applicant and the sponsor must have been in a marital relationship or a de-facto relationship at the time of visa application, and the de-facto relationship must have existed for at least 12 months immediately before the application is lodged. The 12-month requirement will not apply if the applicant and the sponsor have registered their relationship with an Australian authority such as a registry of births, deaths and marriages

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With the temporary partner visa Subclass 820, you can:

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• Stay in Australia until a decision is made on your permanent visa

• Work and study in Australia

• Travel outside and return to Australia as many times as you want.

• Access free healthcare provided by Medicare

The Partner visa allows the partner or spouse of an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen to live in Australia. The offshore partner visas subclass 309/100 share most of the eligibility criteria with onshore partner visas subclass 820/801, and their main difference is that you must be outside Australia when you lodge the offshore partner visas application, and you must be out of Australia when the Department decide on your 309 visa application.

When you apply for the temporary partner visa (subclass 309) , you are deemed as have applied for the permanent partner visa (subclass 300) at the same time. When your subclass 309 visa is granted, two year after you lodged your subclass 309 visa application, you are eligible to provide further documents to the Department for the processing your subclass 100 visa.
 

If you have been in a long-term relationship with your sponsor at the time of visa application, you may be granted a permanent partner visa straightaway.
 

When you have the temporary partner visa (subclass 309),you can:
❏ stay in Australia until we decide your permanent Partner visa (subclass 100)
❏ work and study in Australia
❏ travel to and from Australia as many times as you want
❏ attend up to 510 hours of free English language classes
❏ enrol in Australia’s public health care scheme, Medicare

This visa lets you come to Australia to marry your prospective spouse and then apply for a partner visa.
 

The basic eligibility criteria are:

• You must be 18 years old or older when you apply for the visa.

• You must be sponsored by your prospective spouse. 

• You must know your sponsor and you have met in person.

• You must be outside Australia when you apply and at the time of grant.

• You must enter Australia by the date specified in your visa grant letter.

• You can stay in Australia for up to 9 months from date of grant of visa. You must marry your prospective spouse before the visa expires, and the location of the wedding is not bound to Australia.

• If you and your spouse intend to settle in Australia, you should apply for a Partner visa (subclass 820 and 801) after your marriage and before your Prospective Marriage visa expires
   

Subclass143 visa and subclass864visa are permanent visas which let a parent of a settled Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen settle in Australia. The two visas share most key criteria, and their main difference is the age requirement, as the eligible applicant of a subclass 864 visa must be old enough to receive the age pension in Australia.

In addition, an applicant for a subclass 143visa must be outside Australia when a decision is made on the visa application, while an applicant must be in Australia when he applies for the subclass 864 visa and when the Department decide on that application. Accordingly, an applicant for a subclass 864visa is eligible for a Bridging visa to stay in Australia until the decision is made on the visa application, while an applicant for subclass143 is not eligible for a Bridging visa.

There is no requirement for an applicant’s qualification, English skill or assets. In terms of processing time, these two visas are processed in a much shorter period than other parent migration visas, currently around 3years.

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General eligibility criteria include:

• Applicants must have an eligible sponsor，who is usually an eligible child

• Sponsor must be approved by the Department of Home Affairs

• Applicants must meet the balance-of-family test. You meet the balance of family test if at least half of your children and stepchildren are eligible children, or there are more eligible children living in Australia than in any other single country.

• Applicants must meet health and character requirement

• Applicants must pay a monetary contribution to Australian government before the visa is grant, currently $43,600 for each adult applicant

• Applicants must be able to obtain an assurance of support. An assurance of support (AOS) assures that you will not have to rely on government assistance after you enter Australia on this visa.

These permanent visa lets a parent of a settled Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen migrate to Australia. There is no requirement for applicants’ qualification, English skill or assets, and the cost is much lower than visa.

Parent visas (subclass 103/804) share most of eligibility criteria with Contributory parent visas(subclass 143/864), and their main differences are that Parent visas do not require monetary contribution, but its processing time is quite long, currently around 30 years.

Parent visa Subclass 103 and Aged parent visa subclass 804 visas share all general criteria, and their main difference is the age requirement, as the eligible applicant of a subclass 864 visa must be old enough to receive the age pension in Australia.

In addition, an applicant for a subclass 103 visa must be outside Australia when a decision is made on the visa application, while an applicant must be in Australia when he applies for the subclass 804 visa and when the Department decide on that application. Accordingly, an applicant for a subclass 804 visa is eligible for a Bridging visa to stay in Australia until the decision is made on the visa application, while an applicant for subclass 103 is not eligible for a Bridging visa.

You must be outside Australia when the Department decides on your visa application.

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General eligibility criteria include:

• Applicants must have an eligible sponsor，who is usually an eligible child

• Sponsor must be approved by the Department of Home Affairs

• Applicants must meet the balance-of-family test. You meet the balance of family test if at least half of your children and stepchildren are eligible children, or there are more eligible children living in Australia than in any other single country.

• Applicants must meet health and character requirement

• Applicants must be able to obtain an assurance of support. An assurance of support (AOS) assures that you will not have to rely on government assistance after you enter Australia on this visa.

The Contributory Parent (Subclass 173) is a temporary visa that lets the parent of a settled Australian Citizen / Permanent Resident or eligible New Zealand citizen live in Australia for two years. A 173visa holder can apply for permanent residency by lodging a Contributory Parent (subclass 143) visa application. As the monetary contribution for a subclass 143 visa is high and it is a one-off payment, it helps to spread the cost over a number of years by applying for permanent visa in two steps.

A subclass 173 visa applicant must be outside of Australia when the Department makes the decision, so it does not generate any bridging visa for the applicant to remain in Australia.

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General eligibility criteria

• Applicants must have an eligible sponsor，who is usually an eligible child

• Sponsor must be approved by the Department of Home Affairs

• Applicant must meet the balance-of-family test

• Applicant must meet Australian health and character requirements

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These visas allow a child to be sponsored by their parents to settle in Australia. The two visas share all general criteria, and their main difference is that the applicant for a subclass 101 visa must be out of Australia at the time of visa application and decision, while the applicant for a subclass 802 visa must be in Australia at the time of visa application and decision.

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Please be noted that If a child is adopted outside of Australia, the child must have been adopted before they turned 18 by a parent who was not an Australian citizen, Australian permanent visa holder or eligible New Zealand citizen at the time of adoption. If a child is adopted in Australia, then the adoption may happen before or after the parent become an Australian citizen or Australian permanent visa holder or eligible New Zealand citizen. A child adopted before they turned 18 by a parent who was already an Australian citizen, permanent visa holder or eligible New Zealand citizen at the time of adoption should apply for an Adoption visa (subclass 102).

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General Eligibility Criteria for the Applicant（sponsored child） :

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• The sponsored child must be their parent's biological child, adopted child or stepchild

• The child must be either under 18 years old, or over 18 and under 25 years and studying full time, or over 18 years with a disability.If the child is over 18 and under 25 years old, they must be a full-time student who is financially dependent on their parent when they apply and when the visa application is decided, and they can't work full time. If the child is 18 years or older with a disability, they must have totally or partially lost their bodily or mental functions and they can't work full time.

• To be eligible for this visa, a stepchild must be the child of their step-parent’s former partner and be aged under 18.The step-parent must also have either an Australian parenting order in force that says the child is to live with them and be looked after by them, or guardianship or custody of the child under an Australian law or the law of another country

• To be eligible for this visa, an adopted child must have been adopted before they turned 18 by a parent who was not an Australian citizen, permanent visa holder or eligible New Zealand citizen at the time of adoption.

• The child must meet the health requirement. If the child is aged 16 years or over they must meet character requirement

 

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General Eligibility Criteria for the Sponsor :

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The sponsor must be an Australian citizen, eligible New Zealand citizen or Australian permanent visa holder

The sponsor must meet character requirement.

To sponsor a child younger than 18 years, the sponsor must satisfy one of the following requirements:

• the child has the written consent of everyone who can legally decide where they live, or

• the laws of the child’s home country allow them to leave their home country, or

• it is consistent with any Australian child order about the child

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