#defactovisa

The Marriage Visa allows you to enter Australia to marry your fiancé or intended marriage partner. Your fiancé or intended marriage partner must be

1. An Australian citizen or  2. Australian permanent resident or  3. Eligible New Zealand citizen.

To be eligible you must have met your spouse and know them personally (including in arranged marriages) and genuinely intend to marry your fiancé or intended spouse and intend to live with them as husband and wife and your partner must be an eligible person. With Marriage Visa, you must enter Australia before you get married and must marry within the 9 months period. The marriage may take place either in or outside Australia as long as the marriage takes place after the applicant's first entry to Australia on their Marriage Visa. Marriage Visa allows you to live, work and remain permanently in Australia.

Following their marriage, and before the Marriage Visa expires, apply for a Partner visa to allow you to remain in Australia. (See partner visa options)

There are few major categories of Partner visas depending on the type of relationship you are in.For more details and to get a proper assessment contact: De Facto Migration Lawyers & Solicitor on 0451 043 288

if you are in a relationship with an Australian citizen, Permanent Resident, or eligible New Zealand citizen, You may be eligible to apply for a partner visa, whether you a Married Partner(i.e. Opposite Sex Spouses) or a De facto partner (Not married and do not have plans to get married), including those in a same-sex-relationship or you are planning to get married with an Australian Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident and eligible New Zealand citizen. Partner visa allows you to live, work and remain permanently in Australia. Initially eligible partners will be granted temporary Partner visa and after a specific period of stay, a permanent Partner visa will be granted, once they satisfy the required criteria.Partner Visa category also allows visas for Fiancé (e)s (intended partners) of Australian Citizens, Australian Permanent Residents and eligible New Zealand citizens. In most cases, Once your initial partner visa application is granted, you will be issued with a Temporary partner Visa. This Temporary Partner Visa will allow you to stay in Australia with full work and travel rights, as well as access to Medicare. After the two-year period, the Department of Immigration will consider to grant you a permanent partner visa You may be eligible to make a request to waive this 2-year period before applying for permanent residence: In some circumstances Department of Immigration will consider your request: • if you have been in a relationship with your partner for three years or more at the time of application; or • if you have been in a relationship for two years where there are dependent children of the relationship; or • if your partner 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 DIAC at the time. You may be eligible for permanent Partner Visa even if your relationship has broken up before the end of the 2-year period. These circumstances include: • If your partner has died during this period; or • If you and your Australian partner have children under 18 years of age; or • If you or your dependents have been subject to domestic violence during this period

There are few major categories of Spouse/Partner visas depending on the type of relationship you are in.For more details and to get a proper assessment contact: De Facto Migration Lawyers & Solicitors on 0451 043 288

IMPORTANT INFOR De Facto Migration Lawyers & Solicitors wishes to advise you that the information on this website is current at the time of writing. Significant changes within immigration policy and legislation occur constantly and De Facto Migration Lawyers & Solicitors accept no liability for the changes. This page was last updated on the 15th March 2012.

if you are in a relationship with an Australian citizen, Permanent Resident, or eligible New Zealand citizen for more than 12 months , You may be eligible to apply for a De Facto partner visa, including those in a same-sex-relationship. You can make a request to waive this 12 months period if you are able to demonstrate compassionate and compelling reasons, such as having children with your de facto partner.?or all the following circumstances:

your partner holds or has held a permanent humanitarian visa

prior to this visa being issued, you and your partner were in a relationship that qualifies as a de facto relationship

prior to the permanent humanitarian visa being granted the department was informed of your De Facto relationship

You must be 18 years or over at the time of lodging your application.?  You must not be related in any way to your De Facto sponsor. This means your sponsor and you cannot:

Be a descendant or an ancestor of one another

Have a common parent

De Facto Partner visa allows you to live, work and remain permanently in Australia.  Initially eligible De Facto partners will be granted temporary De facto Partner visa and after a specific period of stay, a permanent Partner visa will be granted, once they satisfy the required criteria.

 In most cases, you will be issued with a Temporary De facto partner Visa. This Temporary De Facto Partner Visa will allow you to stay in Australia with full work and travel rights, as well as access to Medicare.

 After the two-year period, the Department of Immigration will consider to grant you a permanent partner visa  You may be eligible to make a request to waive this 2-year period before applying for permanent residence:  In some circumstances Department of Immigration will consider your request:

if you have been in the relationship with your partner for three years or more at the time of application; or

if you have been in the relationship for two years where there are dependent children of the relationship; or

if your partner 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 DIAC at the time.

You may be eligible for permanent Partner Visa even if your relationship has broken up before the end of the 2-year period. These circumstances include: