Receiving Centrelink benefits does not prevent you from sponsoring a partner visa — the Migration Regulations 1994 contain no income test for sponsors. The sponsor must, however, sign the binding undertaking under Regulation 1.20: to provide financial support and...
One of the most frequent worries viewers raise with me is that a sponsor’s reliance on Centrelink payments dooms a partner application from the very start. In this Q&A, Negin Safaei, Australian migration lawyer and MARA registered agent no. 1791573, sets out...
The 12-month requirement applies only where a de facto relationship is claimed, and there are exceptions: formal registration of the relationship with a State registry prescribed under the legislation, proof of “compelling and compassionate circumstances”, and certain...
This is one of the questions I am asked most often by viewers of the program, and the answer sits plainly in the text of Australia’s migration regulations — it simply has to be read carefully. Below, Negin Safaei, Australian migration lawyer, MARA registration...
A partner visa sponsor does not have to be an Australian citizen. Permanent residents (PR) and “eligible New Zealand citizens” are equally able to sponsor. But that is only the starting requirement: the sponsorship itself must be separately approved, and...
