Offshore Partner Visa

Tracyblanda17 Nov, 2020Legal

Australian citizens and permanent residents may sponsor their spouse or de facto partner for permanent residency through a two-step process which consists of a Subclass (Provisional) 309 visa for which the application is lodged outside Australia, followed by a Subclass 100 (Permanent) visa. Satisfying the evidentiary threshold in proving genuineness of a relationship is not low. Therefore, simply marrying or registering a de facto relationship does not guarantee the partner visa is issued. Relationships that only exist online without in-person interaction would heavily be scrutinized.