Some people have been told that they cannot apply for a subclass 820 onshore partner visa, while they are on the subclass 462 Work and Holiday visa.
As I have seen a number of people who have successfully applied for … Read the rest
Some PMV’s do get granted, but normally after a Travel Ban Exemption request.
Some people have been saying that a PMV applicant can’t apply for that exemption, but they can, and they do, and some get granted.
This page shows … Read the rest
Official Statistics quote that there were 37,118 partner visas issued in 2019-20.
The partner visa outcome, which includes subclass 300 PMV (prospective spouses), in 2019-20 fell to 37,118 from 39,918 in 2018-19.
Other statistics show that over 100,000 partners visas were issued in 2019-20.… Read the rest
The following chart shows the numbers of subclass 309 visas granted over the last 5 years, based on the Applicants Nationalities.
The Ten Nationalities with the largest number of subclass 309 grants in the last 5 years have … Read the rest
In the 10 months from July 2019 to April 2020, the processing times for the subclass 309 visa, applied from Ankara, were:
Is it racist to require people moving to Australia, an English language speaking country, to either have a basic ability with English or take part in English language courses to help them to settle in?
I have just been reading a news report stating … Read the rest
A news article today says that the processing time for the subclass 309 offshore partner visa takes over 2 years for 90% of applicants.
Their actual wording is
The application fee starts from about $7,700 and the processing time for 90 per … Read the rest
What does that really mean to those waiting for a Partner Visa?
The Immigration Department quote:
A Freedom of Information … Read the rest
In 2004 the onshore partner visa had a visa fee that was $600 more than the offshore visa.
This difference gradually increased until 2013, when the onshore visa reached $1,490 more than the offshore visa.
In 2015 the two visa options were standardised at the … Read the rest
The allocation for family visas will be 77,300 places in 2020-21.
The allocation last year was 47,732 places.
From that, the allocation for partner visas will be 72,300, an increase from the 39,799 last year.
That allows for an extra 32,501 Partner visas … Read the rest
