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....
Under regulation 1.20J of the Migration Regulations 1994, a person is generally limited to two approved partner or prospective marriage sponsorships in their lifetime. In addition, if that person was themselves granted a visa as a sponsored partner, five years must...
One of the questions I am asked most often about the partner visa concerns people who have already brought a spouse or fiancé(e) to Australia once and now wish to sponsor a new relationship. Contrary to popular belief, the answer is neither “yes, without...
