Hey all, I'm sponsoring my partner for a visa and have been issued a request for information for an overseas police check for any country I've lived in for over 12 months over the last 10 years. However, I've not been in any country other than Australia for over 12 months in the last 10 years. I...

Hi all, first-time poster here. My partner (Japanese) and I (Aussie) have been engaged for two years, but have been living apart for a year now since I returned to Australia last year to finish my degree. Our plan was for them to come on a 600/417, get married and then apply onshore for the...

Hi, I've trawled through the other posts on here and I haven't been able to find the answer but the users on this forum are such an excellent wealth of knowledge that I thought i would post. I applied for the 820/801 in November 2019 and am still waiting on a decision. My partner and I have...

Hi All, My partner and I had in the process of waiting for our 820 visa application to be approved. However, whilst regularly updates it I now have a few concern about my/our application. If anyone can help that would be amazing. I am from the UK living in Australia with my Australian Partner...

Hello everyone, I am currently in Australia with a temporary activity visa (408) that allows me to stay for 7 months. I rent an appartment with my Australian fiancé. We would like to stay in Australia, so I am filling a partner visa application (820/801) but I am a bit confused with the " usual...

Hi there, I lodged my 820 application on 6/6/2019 and am currently still waiting for it to be processed. I'm currently holding a Malaysian passport while my husband is a PR (from Singapore). We have also lodged the "Sponsorship for a Partner to Migrate to Australia (300,309/100,820/801)" online...

Hi, I am struggling with lodging my application. I want to apply with my boyfriend for Partner visa but ve didn't receive our relationship certificate. We have prepared all of the rest documents but the certificate might take 30 days yet to receive. Can we still lodge an application and upload...

Good Day! This is my first time in this forum so I apologize if I am not as knowledgable as everyone. I am about to apply for Partner Visa 820 Facts: - We live together for 7 months now - Our Civil Partnership cert is now 11 months but on a different address Question: - Are we still...

Hi guys! I've been communicating with case officers since I recently got a request to provide more information for my onshore partner visa application. What they say is really confusing us and I would love to hear someone else's opinion! Basically, we have been in a de facto relationship since...

Hi Everyone! I sent in my application for the 801 visa in May 2018 as I applied for the 820 in May 2016 and was granted the 820 in February 2017. Ever since sending in my second-stage application in May 2018, I haven't received any correspondence from DHA regarding anything from asking for...

Good day everyone, I am seeking advice about my health waiver for partner visa 820/801. I am on the stage of being asked to provide info for a health waiver. I am HIV+ hence will automatically fail the health requirement. I lodged my application all by myself and my partner on July 2017. Since...

Hey all, My husband is currently on a Visitor Visa (Subclass 600) in Australia. We had the 8503 Waiver approved today due to compelling and compassionate circumstances. This means he can now apply for a partner visa onshore, as far as I understand. However, what's bothering us is the 8531...

Hi guys!:) I recently got an email with a request for police checks, the medical exam and for more information and I have questions.. Some background info: applied onshore in May 2017, have been de facto with my partner since november 2013, so I requested to be considered for a permanent visa...

Good Evening, Ive just submitted my online application for my Partner visa today and am in the process of uploading all of my evidence. However i've discovered that there are a number of boxes with my parents names on, and my sister, with an allocation of 100 uploads each attached to them. Is...

Hi I'm putting together my relationship details for Stage 1 of the 820 application. Since I'm not submitting any evidence during this phase is it ok to refer to the evidence that will be submitted in the next step? For instance, I have a bullet point in my social aspects statement that says...

I am a PR since the last one year. My wife is in Australia in a tourist visa and is an Indian national. She has another 2.5 months for her 3 months stay condition to expire. Other than that, she has a multiple entry tourist visa that expires next November. She doesn't have conditions like "No...

Hello all! I am weeks away from submitting an application for the 820/801 partner visa and I have been feeling rather confident about the whole situation. We have extensive evidence from the 3.5 years we've been together, 3 years of which we were living together. We've travelled to 20 countries...

Hi guys! So, I browsed this forum a LOT as a guest when we were making my partner's visa application, and I finally got around to doing a quick write-up of advice I wish we'd had, and a list of the information we ended up submitting. I thought I would give back and post it all here as it may be...