About this Visa

This visa allows you to enter Australia and marry your intended fiancé within the visa's nine month validity period. Your fiancé must be one of the following:

• an Australian citizen
• an Australian permanent resident
• an eligible New Zealand citizen.

Who is this visa for?

This visa is for you if you want to enter Australia on the basis of your relationship with your partner. Your partner must be one of the following:

• an Australian citizen
• an Australian permanent resident
• an eligible New Zealand citizen.

Note: As the partner or fiancé of an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen, you do not have an automatic right of permanent residence in Australia. If you want to reside permanently in Australia you must first apply for a permanent visa and be assessed against the legal criteria for the grant of that visa.

How much will this visa cost?

There is an application charge for this visa. This will usually not be refunded if your application is unsuccessful, or if you decide to withdraw your application after you have lodged it. The application charge covers you and all family members included in your application.
See: Partner Visa Charges

What does the visa let me do?

With this visa, you:

• must enter Australia before you marry your fiancé
• may leave and re-enter Australia as many times as you wish before your visa ceases (nine months after visa grant)
• can work in Australia
• can apply for a Partner visa in Australia after you marry your fiancé
• can study, but you will not have access to government funding
• may use Australia's medical expenses and hospital care assistance scheme, Medicare, but only if you are in Australia and have already applied for a Partner visa.