About Subclass 309 Partner Provisional Visa

Gather your documents
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Identity documents

Provide a birth certificate showing the names of both parents.

If you can’t provide this, provide one of the following:

• identification pages of a family book showing the names of both parents
• identification pages of an identification document issued by the government
• provide identification pages of a court-issued document that proves your identity
• identification pages of a family census register

Also provide:

• the pages of your current passport showing your photo, personal details and passport issue and expiry dates
• a national identity card, if you have one

proof of change of name, if applicable, such as:

• a marriage or divorce certificate
• change of name documents from an Australian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, or the relevant overseas authority
• documents that show other names you have been known by

Your relationship with your partner

If you are married, provide your marriage certificate or other evidence that your marriage is valid in Australia. If you are a de facto partner, provide proof of your de facto relationship.

This proof should show that:

• you have a mutual commitment with your spouse of de facto partner to the exclusion of all others
  your relationship is genuine and continuing
• you either live together or don’t live permanently apart
• you are not related by family

Tell us in writing about:

• how, when and where you first met
• how the relationship developed
• when you moved in together, got engaged or married
• what you do together
• time you spent apart
• significant events in the relationship
• your plans for the future

Finances

Show us how you and your partner share financial matters. You could give us:

• joint mortgage or lease documents
• joint loan documents for major assets like homes, cars or major appliances
• bank joint account statements
• household bills in both names

Your household

Show us how you and your partner share domestic matters. You could give us:

• a statement about how you share housework
• household bills in both names
• mail or emails addressed to you both
• documents that show joint responsibility for children
• documents that prove your living arrangements

Social matters

Show us that others know about your relationship. You could give us:

• joint invitations or evidence you go out together
• proof you have friends in common
• provide proof you have told government, public or commercial bodies about your relationship
• proof you do joint sporting, cultural or social activities together
• proof you travel together
• statutory declarations from your partner’s parents, family members, relatives and friends about how they see your relationship.

You can use Form 888 Statutory declaration by a supporting witness in relation to a Partner or Prospective Marriage visa application (162KB PDF)

Commitment

Show us how you are committed to a long-term relationship with each other. You could give us:

• proof you have knowledge of each other’s background, family situation or other personal details.
• You could tell us this at an interview
• proof you have combined your personal matters
• the terms of your wills
• proof you stay in touch when apart

Additional proof of a de facto relationship

• In addition to documents proving your relationship, show us you have been in your de facto relationship for at least 12 months before you applied for this visa.
• If you haven’t been in the relationship for 12 months, tell us in writing why the 12-month requirement does not apply.

For example:

• provide evidence you have registered your relationship with an Australian births, deaths and marriages agency, or explain any compelling and compassionate circumstances exist to grant the visa

Other relationships

If you have previously been married, widowed, divorced or permanently separated, provide divorce documents, death certificates, separation documents or statutory declarations.

Character documents

Provide an Australian police certificate if you have spent a total of 12 months or more in Australia in the last 10 years since you turned 16.

We only accept complete disclosure National Police Certificates issued by the Australian Federal Police. We do not accept standard disclosure certificates or national police certificates issued by Australian state or territory police.

Also provide:

• an overseas police certificate from every country, including your home country, where you spent a total of 12 months or more in the last 10 years since you turned 16
• military service records or discharge papers if you served in the armed forces of any country
• Complete and provide Form 80 Personal particulars for assessment including character assessment (554KB PDF)

Tell us you are getting help to nominate someone to:

• receive your correspondence, use Form 956a Appointment or withdrawal of an authorised recipient (298KB PDF)
• provide immigration advice, use Form 956 Advice by a migration agent/exempt person of providing immigration assistance (297KB PDF)
• also act for you but not provide immigration assistance, let us know in writing what they can do on your behalf (such as submit or withdraw an application for you). Upload your written notification in ImmiAccount

Dependants under 18 documents

For every dependant under 18 years old who is applying with you provide:

• identity documents
• proof of your relationship with your dependant, like a birth or marriage certificate
• character documents, if the dependant is 16 or 17 years of age
• adoption papers or parental court orders, if applicable
• proof of enrolment at school, college or university, if applicable
• proof of sole custody, if applicable

Parental responsibility documents

You must get consent for any applicant under 18 years of age to migrate to Australia from anyone who:

• has a legal right to decide where the child lives and is not coming to Australia with the child

They must complete either:

Form 1229 Consent form to grant an Australian visa to a child under the age of 18 years (168KB PDF)
a statutory declaration giving their consent for the child to visit Australia on this visa

Alternatively, you can show us:

• an Australian court order that allows your child to migrate to Australia, or
  that the laws of your home country allow them to migrate

Include:

• an identity document that shows the signature and photo of the person who completed the form or declaration, such as a passport or driver’s licence
• adoption papers or other court documents if applicable

Dependants over 18 documents

For every dependant 18 years old or older who is applying with you provide:

• identity documents
• documents about their other relationships, if applicable
• character documents, if applicable
• adoption papers or parental court orders, if applicable

Proof of dependency

You need to prove that this person is dependent on you. Provide:

• a completed Form 47a – Details of a child or other dependent family member aged 18 years or over (241KB PDF)
• proof of your relationship with the dependant such as a birth certificate or adoption papers

You must also prove this person has been financially dependent on you for at least 12 months before you apply. You could provide:

• proof they live with you
• their tax records
• proof they are currently studying

Translate

Have all non-English documents translated into English.

Most importantly, translators in Australia must be accredited by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters.

Translators outside Australia do not have to be accredited. But on each translation, they must include their:

• full name
• address and telephone number
• qualifications and experience in the language they are translating
• These details must be in English.

Note: You do not need to have any documents certified.

Scan or photograph

• Scan or photograph all documents (English and non-English) in colour.
• The scans and photos must be legible.
• If a document is more than 1 page, save it all as 1 file.

Keep

Keep a copy of your completed application.