Australian Offshore Partner Visa - SC 309 and SC 100

• Be sponsored by a partner who is a permanent resident or citizen in Australia
• Be outside Australia when you apply
• Provide evidence of a genuine and ongoing relationship with your partner
• Maintain adequate health insurance
• Provide character evidence

1. Identity documents - Government issued identity documents to prove your identity including Birth certificate, Passport, Identity cards

2. Relationship documents - Partner visa application require extensive evidence on your relationship including;

   1. Financial arrangements

   2. Arrangements in the household

   3. Social aspects of your relationship

   4. Commitment towards each other

3. Health insurance

4. Character certificates from any country you have lived in more than 12 months

To sponsor your partner to Australia, you must be an Australian permanent resident or citizen and show that you are in a genuine and ongoing relationship with your partner.

However, you are prevented from making a partner visa application if you have sponsored a partner or a prospective spouse in an earlier occasion and 05 years have not passed since the date of such an application.

You can make another sponsorship application after the date you complete 05 years from the date of your previous partner or prospective marriage visa sponsorship application.

Every partner visa application should accompany a sponsorship application outlining the circumstances of the sponsor.

The Department publishes processing times for all visas periodically. Currently, the processing times for SC 309 visa are:

• 25% of applications: 4 Months
• 50% of applications: 8 Months
• 75% of applications: 15 Months
• 90% of applications: 30 Months