Celebrating a Milestone with the release of the Fifth Edition of Australia’s best DIY visa guide In a remarkable journey that began in 2016, “Australian Partner Visa Guide: Love Shouldn’t Cost You Everything” by Fiona Chan has become a trusted resource not only for individuals navigating the complex visa process but also for migration agents […] The post Fifth Edition of “Australian Partner Visa Guide: Love Shouldn’t Cost You Everything” Released Today appeared first on Partner Visa Guide Australia ..read more

How much does an Australian partner visa cost? Last updated: 17 August 2023 Warning: this is a long read because I’ll be going through how much an Australian partner visa application costs – breaking down the expected and unexpected fees. The usual suspects include the partner visa application fee itself but what about all the […] The post How much does an Australian partner visa cost? All the expected (and unexpected) fees appeared first on Partner Visa Guide Australia ..read more

Fourth Edition of the Australian Partner Visa Guide has arrived with more insights from past applications, statutory declarations and updated procedures in response to COVID-19 As we entered unprecedented times with COVID-19, I wanted to believe that life wouldn’t change much and definitely for not this long. When the world shut down to the global […] The post Fourth Edition of the Australian Partner Visa Guide Out Today – includes COVID-19 chapter appeared first on Partner Visa Guide Australia ..read more

How can I apply for an exemption to travel to Australia for my partner? As many of you are aware, as a country, we’re locked down. No one is allowed in or out unless they have exemptions to travel.  Responding to increasing pressure from Australian citizens being separated from their family and loved ones, the […] The post COVID-19 and Partner Visas – How to go to Australia and apply for exemption appeared first on Partner Visa Guide Australia ..read more

Do I need financial support or assurances of support for partner visa applications? Dear Readers,  Today we’re talking about financial support and proving financial resources as a sponsor of a partner visa application.  Lately I’ve been receiving questions around financial support and whether the sponsor needs to have an amount of money in their bank […] The post Proving financial support during partner visa processing period appeared first on Partner Visa Guide Australia ..read more

Dear Readers, It’s been a while but it doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy working with some of you behind the scenes. It was actually really busy in the 2 months leading up to Christmas with many statutory declaration reviews and a few last minute application reviews . The benefit of doing a lot of these […] The post What’s happening with partner visa applications in 2020? appeared first on Partner Visa Guide Australia ..read more

The Social Aspects Of The Relationship Proving the social aspects of the relationship between the applicant and the sponsor requires more than just submitting photos. There isn’t an exhaustive list on what is considered the social aspects of the relationship but the legislation has stated the following: whether the persons represent themselves to other people […] The post Give Details Of The Social Aspects Of The Relationship appeared first on Partner Visa Guide Australia ..read more

The Nature Of The Commitment The Applicant And The Sponsor Have To Each Other In today’s post we’re going to discuss the nature of the commitment of the applicant and the sponsor. When you love someone, you know you love them. They know you love them. But now you have to prove to the Department […] The post Give Details Of The Nature Of The Commitment The Applicant And The Sponsor Have To Each Other appeared first on Partner Visa Guide Australia ..read more

The Nature Of The Household Giving details of the nature of the household is one of the easier aspects of the relationship that you need to prove. In short, you need to write about how you live together, what you do together and if you share responsibility of the housework. As the Regulation states, the […] The post Give Details Of The Nature Of The Household appeared first on Partner Visa Guide Australia ..read more

The Financial Aspects Of The Relationship The Australian partner visa application requires that the applicant and sponsor provide evidence of the relationship against 4 criteria. That is, the case officer will take your partner visa application and look at all the evidence and what you have written and weigh it up against 4 things: Financial […] The post Give Details Of The Financial Aspects Of The Relationship appeared first on Partner Visa Guide Australia ..read more