Does the Department of Home Affairs Check Couples' Social Media and Online Activity?
The Department of Home Affairs has lawful authority to check, verify and data match information in an application against third parties and publicly…
Short, plain-language answers to real visa questions — each one reviewed by a registered migration agent and linked to its full legal guide.
The Department of Home Affairs has lawful authority to check, verify and data match information in an application against third parties and publicly…
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…
No — full-time work rights are not created automatically by lodging an 820 visa. The Bridging visa A (subclass 010) that is usually granted inherits…
Yes — applying for a Partner visa from within Australia while on a tourist visa is possible, provided your visa does not carry a "No Further Stay"…
Not having a joint bank account creates no legal barrier to a Partner visa. Regulation 1.15A(3)(a) and Regulation 1.09A look only at "any" pooling of…