Prospective Marriage (Fiance) visa
This temporary visa is for persons who intend to come in Australia to marry an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident, and Eligible New Zealand Citizen Sponsor. An eligible New Zealand Citizen is a citizen from New Zealand who was lawfully in Australia on February 26, 2001 or who had been lawfully residing in Australia for at least 1 year in the 2 years immediately before February 26, 2001 or who has a certificate issued by Centrelink under Social Security Act 1991. This Visa is valid for nine (9) months from grant. Within the said period, the applicant must marry the Sponsor as the period cannot be extended and then apply for a spouse visa in Australia. If marriage does not eventuate, the applicant must leave Australia. The applicant must have personally met the sponsor after both of them have turned eighteen (18) years old.
Spouse Visa
This two-staged visa is for applicants who intend to come to Australia to migrate, work and settle together with a Sponsor Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or Eligible New Zealand Citizen Spouse. An eligible New Zealand Citizen is a citizen from New Zealand who was lawfully in Australia on February 26, 2001 or who had been lawfully residing in Australia for at least 1 year in the 2 years, immediately before February 26, 2001 or who had a certificate issued by Centrelink under Social Security Act 1991. The marriage, regardless of place of celebration, must be valid. Spouses must also have mutual commitment to a shared life as husband and wife with all due fidelity. Further, it must be established that their relationship is genuine and continuing, and that they have lived together except long distance relationships through financial and social aspects, nature of household and mutual commitment. After the grant of the first stage of the visa, the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) will reconsider towards the end of the two (2) year period from the lodgement of the application. If the applicant has a dependent child from another person, the Sponsor Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident and Eligible New Zealand Citizen Spouse can also sponsor the dependent child after the grant of the first stage of the visa through a Dependent Child Visa.
Partner / De Facto / Same Sex Visa
Even without the celebration of marriage, a person can still come to Australia to migrate, work and settle together with a Sponsor Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or Eligible New Zealand Citizen Partner. An eligible New Zealand Citizen is a citizen from New Zealand who was lawfully in Australia on February 26, 2001 or who had been lawfully residing in Australia for at least 1 year in the 2 years, immediately before February 26, 2001 or who had a certificate issued by Centrelink under Social Security Act 1991. This visa covers both opposite sex and same sex couples. To be eligible under this visa, it must be established that the applicant and the Sponsor Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or Eligible New Zealand Citizen Partner have mutual commitment to a shared life to the exclusion of all others, and that the relationship between them is genuine and continuing through financial and social aspects, nature of household and mutual commitment. And that they are not related by family.
