100 Visa Permanent Partner (Offshore)

Visa overview

The visa lets the de facto partner or spouse of an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen, live in Australia permanently. This visa is being granted to people who hold temporary offshore partner visa (Subclass 309). This visa can be applied 2 years from the lodgment date of Subclass 309.

Benefits

  • 100 visa is a permanent visa that will let applicant:

    • stay in Australia indefinitely

    • work in Australia

    • study in Australia

    • enrol in Australia's public healthcare scheme, Medicare

    • sponsor your relatives to come to Australia

    • travel to and from Australia for 5 years

    • attend free English language classes provided by the Adult Migrant English Program if you are eligible

    • apply for Australian citizenship if you are eligible

 Eligibility

  • At least 18 years old

  • The marriage is valid under Australian law or in a de facto relationship with their sponsor for at least 12 months.

  • The relationship must be proven to be genuine and still ongoing by meeting the 4 aspects:

    • Financial Aspect

      • joint mortgage or lease documents

      • joint loan documents for major assets like homes, cars or major appliances

      • joint bank account statements

      • household bills in both names

    • Nature of household

      • a statement about how you share housework

      • household bills in both names

      • mail or emails addressed to you both

      • documents that show joint responsibility for children

      • documents that prove your living arrangements partner visa

    • Social Aspect

      • joint invitations or evidence you go out together

      • proof you have friends in common

      • proof you have told the government, public or commercial bodies about your relationship

      • proof you do joint sporting, cultural or social activities together

      • proof you travel together

    • Nature of Commitment

      • proof you have knowledge of each other’s background, family situation or other personal details. You could tell us this at an interview

      • proof you have combined your personal matters

      • the terms of your wills

      • proof you stay in touch when apart

How it works

Step 1: Before Application – If 100 is granted immediately after 309 is granted, no need to do anything else. If 100 is not granted immediately after 309 is granted, the applicant must provide more documents/proof

Step 2: Gathering of documents – Identity documents, proof/evidence of the 4 aspects, financial, social, nature of household, and nature of commitment

Step 3: Visa application

Step 4: Visa outcome

Processing time: 14-20 months

Our Services

We are well-known to have an extremely high success rate when it comes to partner visa applications by providing these services:

  • Upon signing up, we will be with you every step of the way by sending you the instructions and providing sample documents

  • Guiding you in gathering evidence and reviewing your documents needed to prove the 4 aspects – social, financial, nature of household and nature of commitment

  • We will also prepare a legal submission detailing the nature of your relationship and how you would meet the legal requirements for the visa application

  • We will make sure that the lodgment of the visa will not have any issues and liaise with the department of immigration for any of their request until the visa grant

  • We can also extend our assistance with complex issues such as visa refusals, AAT appeals etc.

Cost

You will only pay once at the beginning of the application which will cover 2 stages:

  • Be granted with SC309 provisional;

  • Apply for 100 permanent visa after 2 years of lodgement of the initial visa.

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