The Prospective Marriage visa allows you to travel to Australia to marry your prospective spouse and apply for a Partner visa.
Your sponsor must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen.
You must apply for the visa outside Australia, and marry your sponsoring partner after arriving in Australia within 9 months.
This visa is suitable for individuals that are in a relationship with an Australian partner, but do not have enough evidence to lodge a Partner visa application.
The visa does not require the applicant and sponsor to be married / have lived together / or have form of relationship registration at the time of application.
You can apply for a Subclass 820/801 permanent partner visa, once you are married in Australia
You can travel in and out of Australia as many times as you like during the validity of your visa.
Changes to the Migration Regulations 1994 allow the Department to grant you a visa in Australia if:
The COVID-19 concession period commenced on 1 February 2020 and ended on 25 November 2023.
There are 4 main aspects of the relationship that the Department of Home Affairs will consider when assessing any partner visa application:
To be approved for sponsorship, your sponsor must be:
In addition to the above, you are barred from sponsoring you if:
Unless compelling and compassionate circumstances applies.
To be eligible for the visa, you must be:
You must:
To be eligible for a Permanent Partner visa, you must:
To apply for a permanent visa, you must:
If you are in a relationship with a person from overseas, but do not have enough evidence to lodge a Partner visa application, we recommend that you apply for a Prospective Partner Visa.
Once your visa is granted, you are able to travel to Australia.
Once you are in Australia, you are required to marry your prospective partner within the visa validity period.
Once you are married, to begin your permanent residency journey, you are required to apply for Subclass 820, before your visa expire.
Once you have applied for Subclass 820, wait for the Department to respond with any documents that they require to process your application.
Once the Department is satisfied that you have met all the criteria for a Subclass 820 grant, they will grant the Subclass 820 Visa Application.
Alternatively, if you have been in a long-term relationship before you lodge your 820 (temporary) application, the permanent Partner (Migrant) visa (subclass 801) may be granted immediately along with the temporary Partner (Provisional) visa (subclass 820).
You are eligible to apply for the permanent Partner (Migrant) visa (subclass 801) if you have a temporary Partner (Provisional) visa (subclass 820) granted. After two years from the date of lodgement from Subclass 820, you can lodge your Subclass 801 application.
We have summarised a cost estimate for a Subclass 300 – Prospective Marriage Visa application as below.
Paid directly to the Department of Home Affairs
Paid directly to the Department of Home Affairs
Paid directly to the Department of Home Affairs
Paid directly to the agency (i.e.; BUPA in Australia) that conducts your medical checks
Paid directly to Australian Federal Police that conducts your character checks
Paid directly to overseas authorities that conducts your character checks
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