This is one of the questions that comes up most often in the live sessions: do you need an Australian passport to sponsor your spouse or partner? The precise answer is both simpler and more technical than most people assume, and the distinction between “basic...
A phone call or an interview is possible in partner cases and sits entirely within the case officer’s discretion (sections 56, 58 and 59 of the Migration Act), but it is not a standard step in the process. Most partner applications are decided on the documents,...
One of the most frequent worries raised in the Q&A section of the program is exactly this: a couple has lodged their partner visa application, has been waiting for months, and then hears that “one day the case officer might ring out of the blue”. In this article,...
This is one of the questions I am asked most often by viewers of the program, and the precise answer determines the fate of a great many refused partner applications. Negin Safaei, Australian migration lawyer and MARA-registered migration agent (MARN 1791573), sets...
Yes — a refusal of an offshore Partner visa (subclass 309/100) is a decision that is reviewable by the ART, even where the application was lodged from outside Australia. The test is section 338(5) of the Migration Act, not the place where the application was lodged....
