Prospective Marriage visa
Subclass 300
(Temporary)

Eligibility

Applicant

Sponsor

Location

Usually, applicants must be outside Australia at the time of application and visa grant.

However, COVID concessions allow you to be in Australia at the time of visa grant if:

• your Subclass 300 visa is granted after 26 February 2021; and

• the visa application was made during the concession period which commenced 1 February 2020 and is ongoing; and

• you were in Australia at any time during that concession period

Duration of Stay

This is a permanent visa that allows you to stay permanently in Australia. However, its travel facility expires after 5 years so you will need to apply for Resident Return Visa (Subclass 155 & 157) or Australian citizenship (if eligible) if you wish to travel overseas and back to Australia after the expiry date.

Tricks and Common Reasons for Refusal

There is an increasing number of refusals for partner visa applications over the last few years due primarily to the following reasons.

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1 – Overall Tightening Scrutiny of Partner Visa Applications

In fact, it is not uncommon to pay someone as a sponsor to apply for partner visa based on falsified relationship. Such arranged deals have been, understandably, drawing enormous attention from the Immigration. Unfortunately, this has led to the Immigration paying closer attention to practically all categories of partner visa applications. As a result, a large number of genuine relationships are also adversely affected, raising red flags with Immigration where applicants are requested to provide endless additional information and/or documents to substantiate the genuineness nature of the relationship and their applications still end up getting rejected regardless. This is exactly what we do – assisting you put together a Subclass 300 visa application in the most convincing fashion from the Immigration’s perspective.

2 – Poorly Structured And/or Off-target Supporting Documentation/information

It has also been observed that partner visa applications, along with their supporting documentation, submitted by applicants themselves were usually not to-the-point, well-structured and prepared without proper professional guidance, thereby failing to address all the critical aspects the Immigration had hoped to see in the most organised manner. More specifically, ordinary people tend to oversimplify a partner visa application and believe providing an abundance of pictures, text messages would be sufficient to guarantee a successful result whereas, in reality, it is more about how to present them in a sensible, logical and, most importantly, convincing structure and manner so that Immigration officers are convinced of a genuine relationship almost immediately after they pick up an application. For this reason, we also assist you in structuring every supporting document which, in turn, boosts your chances of a successful outcome.

3 – Unfamiliarity with How the Australian Immigration Works and Its Mentality

In many cases, applicants prepare and submit their supporting documentation in a disorderly way, giving the Immigration a hard time digging through tons of paperwork to get things in the right order when picking up a new visa application. This will potentially lead to endless back-and-forth clarification and explanation, wasting both sides lots of time and can even result in a refusal of Subclass 100 visa.​

This is common since applying for a visa, especially a permanent one, is the very first time to most applicants. For this reason, our team have developed our own system for labelling, coding, structuring and, where necessary, cross-referencing documentation so your application can be submitted in the most presentable and logical manner. Making your application stand out among all competitors has been our goal from day one.

4 – Careless Yet Costly Mistakes

Applying for migration is seen as a delicate work of art due to the staggering amount of attention, paperwork, and details involved. A seemingly minor/harmless error such as a typo in your résumé, a date entered wrong, or a tick in the wrong box in the lengthy visa application form can prove costly as the Immigration processes all visa applications strictly in accordance with migration law, in particular Migration Act 1958 and Migration Regulations 1994. Even a small error can be regarded as failing to satisfy a visa requirement and therefore lead to a visa refusal. To minimise such incidents, our team pay extra attention while editing and drafting every client’s paperwork and always proofread and also conduct a final review of documentation before submission.

5 – Applications Not Being Decision-ready

Another common reason for refusal, even instant refusal, for Subclass 300 visa is submitting an application without all the required documentation. This happens when the application was prepared carelessly, or when the applicant was trying to rush an application for whatever reason (e.g. meeting a cut-off date of a major migration policy change which happens almost each and every year and often catches people off guard).​

Even with 43 years of team experience, we handle each application cautiously and meticulously like our first to ensure nothing slips through the cracks. Should a sudden change of policy hit and impact you, we are more than capable of advising you how to salvage your application in terms of what documents are mandatory at the time of submission and what can wait so you are never in danger of a straight-up visa refusal upon submission.

Benefits

With this visa, you may:​​

• migrate to Australia together with your children

• stay in Australia until the application is decided

• potentially bring your extended family members to Australia permanently on parent visa or visa intended for other relatives

• travel overseas and back to Australia for any purposes (e.g. overseas holiday, visiting family and/or attending family matters in home country)

• access Australia’s public health care scheme (Medicare) which essentially provides free medical consultations, operations and hospitalization for a wide range of medical conditions

• work in Australia without any limitations

• study in Australia without any limitations

• attend free English language course provided by Australian government

Processing Time​

Kindly note the processing time constantly varies. Please contact us for update.​

• 75% of applications: 23 months

• 90% of applications: 30 months

Unbeatable 5-step Services at Microscopic Level - How Exactly We Make It Hassle-free

It goes without saying the first and foremost thing in a visa application is get a clear picture of what visas you are indeed eligible for, and equally importantly, which one of them suits you the most. We’ve seen too many clients who, for some reason, rushed an application and halfway through realised they were not actually on the right path due to ineligibility issues before approaching us, for example, because:

• their self-claimed work experience was not or only partially accepted by the Immigration, which was unfortunately common

• the length of their work experience or residence in Australia (as required by some visas) was not recognised by the Immigration

• they settled on an unsuitable occupation at the beginning of a work/employment visa application just because the occupation was migration-eligible whereas their daily duties failed to be in line with the prescribed job tasks of the selected occupation

• they simply took into consideration the visa requirements by the Immigration without even considering the criteria of skills assessment by the skills assessing body as well as those of the government for state/territory nomination which vary from time to time even without prior notice

• they applied for the partner visa they were not actually eligible for as they failed to meet the cohabitation requirement from the Immigration’s perspective

• the turnover and/or assets they relied on for business visa application was not recognised by the Immigration due to various reasons