#onshorevisa

Partner Visa 820 allows you to live and work in Australia for two years while your permanent residency application is processed. It is referred to as an "Onshore" Partner Visa because you can apply for it while already in Australia.

The Partner Visa (Subclass 820) is the first of two visa classes. After two years, you are eligible for permanent residency (the Partner Visa 801) and can permanently settle in Australia. You must be in Australia when you submit your application and when the visa is granted after it has been processed.

Eligibility for the Partner Visa 820

For eligibility, you must be married to an eligible Australian citizen, permanent resident, or New Zealand citizen or be a de facto partner to one. To prove that they are qualified to sponsor your visa, your partner must also submit a Sponsorship application.

Married spouses must provide:

Marriage is legal in Australia for them, and they are married.

They have mutually agreed to live together exclusively.

Their friendship is genuine and ongoing.

They live together or live apart but not permanently.

De facto partners must provide:

They aren't married.

They have mutually agreed to live together exclusively.

They have maintained a genuine friendship over the years.

They live together, or if they live apart, it is not permanent.

Generally, they must have lived together for 12 months before applying for a visa (exceptions may apply).

In addition, you must meet health and character requirements.

What are the requirements for an 801 visa?

If you meet the requirements for a partner visa, you will first receive a provisional partner visa under subclass 820. You will be eligible for the permanent residency subclass 801 visa approximately two years after applying. In the case of a long-term relationship, you may be eligible for the subclass 801 permanent partner visa right after you receive the temporary visa.

To be granted permanent residency, you must demonstrate that your relationship is ongoing and that your partner still sponsors you.

If your relationship ended before you were granted permanent residency or your partner died, you might still be given the permanent partner visa in certain circumstances. This could be a situation where children are involved, or the relationship ends because of violence. Legal advice is recommended since this can be a challenging area of the law.

How to apply for an onshore visa?

The partner visa is typically applied online through ImmiAccount. While paper applications and posting documents are possible, they are not recommended because applications and documents can get lost, and keeping track of the application can be difficult.

Evidence supporting your application that demonstrates your relationship with your partner can also be submitted online.

Following the submission of your visa application, your spouse or de facto partner must submit a sponsorship application. The sponsorship application requires you to provide proof that your partner is eligible to sponsor you. The following evidence is required for sponsorship, as well as circumstances that may affect the sponsor's eligibility:

Evidence of Australian citizenship, permanent residency, or eligibility for New Zealand citizenship

Age (over 18 years old)

Criminal records in Australia and around the world

Whether they have previously sponsored anyone for a partner visa.

In Australia, the onshore and offshore visa application systems are very different. You apply for an Australian visa outside of Australia, which is known as an offshore visa submission. An onshore application is where you ask for your visa while you are in Australia. There are various benefits and pitfalls of applying for an onshore or offshore visa. Before the visa can be issued, you must fulfil certain conditions.

Onshore Visa Applications

Suppose you want to apply for an Australian visa on the ground in Australia. Even when you apply for the visa and when it is issued, you must be in Australia. If you apply onshore, you must be issued a Bridging Visa, which allows you to live in Australia until your substantive visa is processed. Bridging Visas come in a variety of forms, each with its own set of requirements. Any Bridging Visas prevent you from leaving Australia when your primary visa is being processed, while others prevent you from working before your primary visa is completed. It's also worth noting that onshore applications take longer to process than offshore applications, and onshore applications can have higher fees. On shored detection and processing Any non-citizen in Australia without a valid visa is required by the Migration Act to be detained, regardless of their specific circumstances. Illegal non-citizens must stay in custody before either a visa is issued or they are removed from Australia. Those around the world echo the Commission's reservations about Australia's involuntary state prison regime. Australia has been consistently found to violate its treaty commitments under the ICCPR article by the United Nations Human Rights Committee.

Offshore Visa Applications

When you are outside Australia, you can apply for an offshore visa permanent resident visa for Australia. When you apply for the visa, you must be outside of Australia, and when your visa is granted, you must already be outside of Australia. Does this mean you won't be able to visit Australia until your visa is confirmed? Not under any circumstances. When the Australian migration division is ready to finalize your application, they will notify you, and you will be able to depart Australia whilst the visa is being processed. You don't have to return to your home country – consider taking a trip to New Zealand or another country outside Australia, or somewhere else you'd like to travel. For the visa to be completed, you must leave Australia.