No — marrying two weeks after arriving on a student visa is not, in itself, a reason for a partner application to be refused. The law prescribes no minimum relationship period for married applicants; a short courtship is simply one of the factors going to the...
One of the questions our viewers ask most often is this: someone arrives in Australia on a student visa and marries two weeks later — does that “speed” destroy a partner visa application? Negin Safaei, Australian migration lawyer, MARA 1791573, sets out...
The Student Guardian visa (590) is usually granted with condition 8534 — the “no further stay” condition. Even so, the holder of this visa can lodge an application onshore for another Subclass 590 visa, a Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa, or a...
If your parents were physically present in Australia on 26 March 2026 — the day the Arrival Control Determination commenced — the restriction does not apply to them at all; they need neither a Permitted Travel Certificate nor a discretionary exemption request. They...
On a subclass 189 visa you can study at any level in Australia without a student visa. At undergraduate level you pay the subsidised “domestic student” rate, and for a PhD or a Master’s by research you will usually pay no tuition at all. However,...
