Short, plain-language answers to real visa questions — each one reviewed by a registered migration agent and linked to its full legal guide.
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…
The 12-month requirement applies only where a de facto relationship is claimed, and there are exceptions: formal registration of the relationship…
A partner visa sponsor does not have to be an Australian citizen. Permanent residents (PR) and "eligible New Zealand citizens" are equally able to…
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…
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…