Partner visa (apply overseas)

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This visa lets the spouse of an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen live in Australia temporarily. Getting this visa is the first step towards a permanent Partner visa (subclass 100).

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• · It leads directly to the permanent Partner visa
• · You must be outside Australia when you apply

• Stay
• Temporarily until your permanent Partner visa (subclass 100) application is finalised or you withdraw your application.

• Cost
• From AUD8,850.00

• You must

• · be in a genuine relationship with your spouse or de facto partner who is an Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen
• · have your spouse or de facto partner sponsor you
• · be outside Australia when you apply for this visa. Family who apply with you must also be outside Australia.
• · The Department is not asking Family visa applicants (including subclass 309/100 applicants) to travel offshore for the grant of their visa at this time.

• With this visa you can

• · live, work and study in Australia while we process your permanent Partner visa
• · travel to and from Australia as many times as you want
• · attend free English language classes provided by the Adult Migrant English Program if you are eligible
• · apply for access to Australia's public health care scheme, Medicare.

• Processing Time
• visa processing time guide tool. This will show the approx processing time
• The median processing times for applications decided in September 2023 was 10 months.

The visa lets the spouse of an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen, live in Australia permanently. It is usually granted to people who hold a temporary Partner visa (subclass 309).

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• You must hold a temporary Partner visa (subclass 309)

• Stay  
• Permanently.

• Cost
• You paid for this visa when you made your combined application for the temporary and permanent partner visas.

• You must

• hold a temporary Partner (Provisional) visa (subclass 309) or Dependent Child visa (subclass 445)
• in most cases, continue to be in a genuine and ongoing relationship with your partner

• With this visa you can

• In addition to what you can do on your subclass 309 visa, you can:
• live, work and study in Australia indefinitely
• sponsor eligible family members to come to Australia
• apply for Australian citizenship if eligible.

• Processing Time
• visa processing time guide tool. This will show approx processing times 
• The processing time for a permanent Partner visa starts from the date of eligibility. This is 2 years after you applied for the combined temporary and permanent partner visas.

• Your application can take longer to process if:
• · you do not fill it in correctly
• · you don't include all required documents, or we need more information from you
• · it takes time to verify your information.