Relationship        

If your application is based on a marriage:

• you must be legally married to an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or eligible New Zealand citizen

If your application is based on a de facto relationship:

• you must have been in a de facto relationship with an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or eligible New Zealand citizen for at least 12 months prior to lodging your application (unless there are compelling or compassionate circumstances) AND
• you and your partner must both be at least 18 years old, and must not be closely related

In all cases:

• you and your spouse/partner must be in a mutually exclusive relationship;
• that relationship must be genuine and continuing
• you and your spouse/partner must either live together, or live apart on a temporary basis only

Sponsor

• be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or eligible New Zealand citizen
• not have previously sponsored more than one other fiancé, partner, or spouse for migration to Australia, and not have sponsored a fiancé, spouse, or partner for migration to Australia within the last 5 years (unless there are compelling circumstances)
• not have been sponsored for a Spouse, Partner or Prospective Marriage visa by someone else within the last 5 years (unless there are compelling circumstances)
• provide police clearance certificates to the Department of Home Affairs (DOHA) for each country in which he/she has lived for at least 12 months during the last 10 years AND consent to the DOHA disclosing any conviction for a ‘relevant offence’ to you and any family members included in your application

Note: A relevant offence includes, but is not limited to: offences involving violence, intimidation, breaching a protection order, people smuggling, human trafficking and dangerous weapons.

Your sponsor will NOT be eligible to sponsor your visa application if he/she has a conviction for a relevant offence AND a significant criminal record.

Please contact us if you have any specific enquiries.