Subclass 300 visas granted, but unable to travel?

PMV Granted just before COVID-19 shutdown?.

What happens when a PMV (subclass 300 visa)  expires, but the holder was unable to travel to Australia due to COVID-19?

An important rule for the Prospective Marriage visa (PMV) is that the holder must travel to Australia at some point before the visa … Read the rest

subclass 801 Visa Grant Numbers 2019-2020

Subclass 801 Visa Statistics 2018-19 and 2019-20.

This page shows the subclass 801 visas Granted, Refused or Withdrawn in the 24 months from July 2018 to June 2020.

During the 2018-19 year, 26,312 Subclass 801 visas ( 86 %) were granted, from the 30,583 finalised.

During the 2019-20 year, 43,506 … Read the rest

subclass 100 Visa Grant Numbers 2019-2020

Subclass 100 Visa Statistics 2018-19 and 2019-20.

This page shows the subclass 100 visas Granted, Refused or Withdrawn in the 24 months from July 2018 to June 2020.

During the 2018-19 year, 26,705 Subclass 100 visas ( 88 %) were granted, from the 30,367 finalised.

During the 2019-20 year, 22,054 … Read the rest

subclass 820 Visa Grant Numbers 2019-2020

Subclass 820 Visa Statistics 2018-19 and 2019-20.

This page shows the subclass 820 visas Granted, Refused or Withdrawn in the 24 months from July 2018 to June 2020.

During the 2018-19 year, 26,475 Subclass 820 visas ( 90 %) were granted, from the 29,425 finalised.

During the 2019-20 year, 26,320 … Read the rest

subclass 309 Visa Grant Numbers 2019-2020

Subclass 309 Visa Statistics 2018-19 and 2019-20.

This page shows the subclass 309 visas Granted, Refused or Withdrawn in the 24 months from July 2018 to June 2020.

During the 2018-19 year, 15,991 Subclass 309 visas ( 87 %) were granted, from the 18,390 finalised.

During the 2019-20 year, 11,702 … Read the rest

subclass 300 Visa Grant Numbers 2019-2020

Subclass 300 Visa Statistics 2018-19 and 2019-20.

This page shows the subclass 300 visas Granted, Refused or Withdrawn in the 24 months from July 2018 to June 2020.

During the 2018-19 year, 2,587 Subclass 300 visas ( 68 %) were granted, from the 3,802 finalised.

During the 2019-20 year, 1,667 … Read the rest

Partner Visa Grants during COVID-19

The numbers of Partner Visa Grants during the last three months of the 2019-20 year have appeared to drop substantially, when hearing reports of some Partner Visa applicants who have been waiting a long time.

The actual numbers of subclass 300, 309, 100, 820 and 801 grants has been:
24,910 … Read the rest

Applying for a Travel Ban Exemption for Australia.

There are quite a number of people, especially Partner Visa applicants and Prospective Marriage Visa holders and applicants, that are affected by the COVID-19 travel ban on entering Australia.

Some of these have applied for an exemption to the travel ban, and many have been successful, albeit not always at … Read the rest

Partner Visa Sponsor Police Check.

Changes to the Police Check for Partner Visa Sponsors.

In 2016 the Migrations Regulations Act was amended to require all Australian sponsors of partner visas to provide a police certificate.

This amendment allows the Department to share the sponsor’s relevant offences with the applicant, so they can decide whether to … Read the rest

DeFacto or Engaged for Partner Visa

An applicant for a partner visa to Australia has to select their relationship status from a few options.

If the applicant is married, it is simple; just select “Married”.

However,  for those couples that are not married,  some are undecided about choosing between defacto or engaged.

De-facto, de facto or … Read the rest