The Australian government is now making adjustments to spouses' visas after a period of employer-sponsored, naturalized and parental visa reform.
According to the Immigration agents Association MIA, spousal immigration has two major adjustments.
Once a spouse was granted a stay visa, it was, in theory, an indefinite visa. It is now stipulated that the 820 and 309 categories of visas will be added for three years
Period If the applicant does not supplement the second stage visa materials within 3 years, the temporary visa will cease to be valid
2. The current visa fee for spouse immigrants is 6865 Australian dollars. The fee will rise to 7000 Australian dollars after July 1 this year. New regulations, second-stage applications
The application fee will also be paid in the future, but the specific amount has not yet been announced
Currently, the approval of spouse migrants is very slow, and some of the basic data are as follows:
- Applicants mainly from China, the United Kingdom, the Philippines, and Vietnam, China ranked first;
- The rejection rate in the first stage of spouse migration is about 20%, and the rejection rate in the second stage is 1 to 4. That is, the final permanent residence visa only 60%;
- In order to prevent domestic violence elements from becoming guarantors, the Australian Immigration Service, starting in November 2016, requires the guarantor of all spouse immigration visas (that is, a party with permanent or citizenship status in Australia) to submit a non-criminal certificate for Australia and overseas;
- Currently, the number of spouse immigration visas in line is as high as 88000.
Common sense of spousal immigration:
Spouses emigrate in many categories and take longer to apply. Generally divided into the following three categories
- Applicants who are not married abroad
- Applicants already married abroad
- Domestic applicant for marriage or cohabitation
