Australian Offshore Partner Visa - SC 309 and SC 100

Are you looking to connect with your loved one in Australia?

The SC 309 visa is an amazing temporary visa designed for spouses and de facto partners who are living overseas away from their Australian sponsors. This visa allows such offshore partners the ability to enter and stay in Australia with their spouses or de facto partners. What's more, after just two years on the SC 309 visa, you can apply for Australian Permanent Residency by way of the SC 100 visa.

Requirements for an offshore partner visa

  • 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
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Documents to be provided with a partner visa application

  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

Are you an eligible sponsor?

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.

Offshore Partner Visa Processing times

The processing times for the SC 309 visa are specified by the Department as follows:

  • 50% processed within 16 months
  • 90% processed within 24 months

Additionally, the processing times for the SC 100 permanent partner visa is noted below:

  • 50% processed within 10 months
  • 90% processed within 20 months

Costs of making an offshore partner visa application

Department fees:
  • Primary applicant: AUD 9,365.00

This amount covers the cost of both the temporary SC 820 visa and the permanent SC 810 visa.

  • Secondary applicant over 18 years: AUD 4,685.00
  • Secondary applicant below 18 years: AUD 2,345.00
Other fees

You will also incur costs to meet the other requirements such as health checks & police checks.

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