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Partner & Spouse Visas – 820/801 (onshore) and 309/100 (offshore)

Partner and Spouse visas allow Australian citizens, permanent residents, or eligible New Zealand citizens to sponsor their partner to live in Australia permanently. The key legal requirement is to demonstrate a genuine and continuing relationship, assessed across the four pillars recognised by the Department of Home Affairs:

  1. Financial aspects of the relationship
  2. Nature of the household
  3. Social recognition
  4. Commitment and future plans
What’s current (2025)
  • Partner visa holders at the two‑year mark of processing should prepare permanent‑stage information (801/100) when invited to do so.
  • You can submit health exams after applying; results typically valid 12 months.
  • If circumstances change (relationship ends, family violence provisions, new child), seek advice immediately.
How we help
  • Confirm eligibility (age, English, skills assessment where required, licensing/registration).
  • Prepare genuine position evidence (business case, organisation charts, workflows, recruitment, growth).
  • Manage TRT evidence (period of employment, duties, salary, performance).
  • Lodge decision‑ready nomination and visa with complete supporting documents.
Evidence Planning and Preparation

Home Affairs places strong emphasis on documentary and corroborative evidence. Our office assists clients to organise and present persuasive evidence under each pillar:

Financial evidence
  • Joint bank accounts, shared household bills, joint leases or mortgage statements, joint tax returns, major shared purchases, insurance policies listing each other as beneficiaries.
Household evidence
  • Shared living arrangements, joint communications with landlords or property agents, shared utility accounts, mail sent to the same address, household rosters, and shared responsibilities.
Social evidence
  • Photos with dates and locations, social media interactions, invitations, joint travel records, statements from friends and family, and evidence of public acknowledgment of the relationship.
Commitment and future plans
  • Relationship timeline, shared future plans (property purchase, children, education), superannuation nominations, wills, or long-term commitments demonstrating mutual intention to live together permanently.
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Partner/Spouse visa document checklist
  • Identity: passports, national IDs, birth/marriage certificates, name‑change docs.
  • Relationship timeline with supporting artifacts (messages, boarding passes, photos with captions).
  • Statutory declarations (you and two+ supporting witnesses).
  • Financial & household evidence as above.
  • Health & police checks (both partners, where required).
  • If separated or complicated: correspondence evidencing separation dates; legal orders; counselling reports.
Detailed “document checklists” (copy‑ready for your web forms)
  • Relationship timeline & statutory declarations (you + 2–4 witnesses).
  • Financial: joint bank, shared liabilities/assets, tax, insurances, beneficiaries.
  • Household: lease/mortgage, bills, shared chores log, joint mail.
  • Social: photos, invitations, travel, messages/call logs (sampled & organised).
  • Commitment: plans, wills, super nominations, future milestones.
  • Health & police checks for both partners
Example submission outlines (what we file for you)

Partner (820/801) – skeleton

  1. Relationship narrative (timeline) + corroboration set.
  2. Four‑pillar evidence binder (financial, household, social, commitment).
  3. Witness statutory declarations.
  4. Health/character and travel considerations.
  5. Ongoing evidence plan for the permanent stage.
How We Help

Our immigration lawyers manage both stages of the Partner Visa process (temporary → permanent). We assist with:

  • Preparing evidence and declarations in compliance with Regulation 1.15A and Home Affairs policy guidelines.
  • Structuring the application for consistency and completeness.
  • Managing communications with the Department and responding to Requests for Further Information (RFI).
  • Advising on special circumstances such as relationship breakdown, family violence provisions, or child additions.
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