Allows the partner or spouse of an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen to live in Australia.

You apply for the temporary and the permanent partner visas together.

2 years must have passed since you applied for the combined  visa for you to be eligible to be assessed for the permanent visa.

You must be in a genuine relationship with your spouse or de facto partner who is:

• an Australian citizen
• Australian permanent resident
• eligible New Zealand citizen, and
• be married or in a de facto relationship
• have a genuine and continuing relationship with the same person sponsored
• live together or don’t live permanently apart
• be mutually committed to a shared life excluding other partners.
• meet health / character requirements