Reuniting families through partner, parent, child and prospective marriage visa pathways.
Family visas allow Australian citizens, permanent residents and eligible New Zealand citizens to sponsor close family members for residence in Australia. Each pathway has its own evidentiary standards, sponsor obligations and processing timeline.
Partner visas in particular require detailed documentation of the genuine and continuing nature of the relationship. Our team has secured over 1,200 partner visa grants — including complex cases with prior refusals, distance separations, or limited documentary evidence.
Partner, parent and child visas — both onshore and offshore lodgement options.
6 subclasses · partner, parent, child & prospective marriage
For partners of Australian citizens, permanent residents or eligible NZ citizens who are physically in Australia at the time of application. Granted as a two-stage visa: temporary 820, then permanent 801 typically two years after lodgement.
The offshore equivalent of the 820/801 — for partners of Australian sponsors who are outside Australia at the time of lodgement. The provisional 309 allows entry once granted; permanent 100 follows after the relationship is reassessed.
For people engaged to be married to an Australian citizen, PR or eligible NZ citizen. Lodged from offshore. Once granted, the holder enters Australia and must marry within nine months, then transitions to the 820/801 partner pathway.
A permanent visa for parents who pay a higher Visa Application Charge in exchange for substantially faster processing than the non-contributory 103. Includes a balance-of-family test requiring at least half the applicant’s children to live in Australia.
The non-contributory parent pathway carries a much lower Visa Application Charge but extremely long current processing times. Applicants are placed in a queue and processed in lodgement order subject to annual program ceilings.
For dependent children of Australian citizens, permanent residents or eligible NZ citizens. Applicants must be outside Australia at lodgement and grant. Onshore equivalent is the Subclass 802.
The most common reason for partner and family visa refusals is insufficient documentation, not ineligibility. Our agents will help you build a complete relationship file — financial, social, household and commitment — and present it for the strongest possible outcome.
Compassionate, experienced guidance through every family visa pathway.