When is the earliest time to apply for your spouse to immigrate to Australia?

1. Spouse visa (immigration) application needs to be obtained in two steps. The first step is to apply for a temporary residence visa, and the second step is to apply for a permanent residence visa.

Step 1: apply for a temporary residence visa for your spouse.

After successful application in this step, you will be granted temporary residence status for two years. During the trial, the immigration officer will strictly examine the applicant's application qualifications and documents submitted in accordance with the relevant provisions of the immigration law to judge whether the relationship between the applicant and the Australian spouse is true and lasting. In order to ensure the authenticity of the application purpose, the immigration officer will ask the applicant to attend an interview and confirm the relevant qualifications.

At the same time, the applicant needs to attend the entry-exit physical examination and provide proof documents such as no criminal record.

Step 2: Apply for a spouse's permanent residence visa

Applicants in the above categories of marriage, cohabitation and engagement can be converted into permanent residence visas if they meet the following conditions after two years of temporary residence:

1) Hold a spouse's temporary residence permit for more than 2 years;

2) the guarantor's guarantee continues to be valid (that is, the spouse has not withdrawn the guarantee);

3) Live together with the guarantor * * * and maintain a true and lasting relationship;

4) Meet the requirements of health and conduct in Australia.

Relevant provisions that can be exempted from "2 years":

If the following factors exist, the immigration trial center may consider reducing or exempting the time limit of two-year temporary residence status:

1) When submitting the application, the spouse relationship has been more than 5 years or more; or

2) The spouse relationship has been more than two years, and the applicant and the spouse have children; or

3) Your Australian spouse has obtained permanent residence status on humanitarian grounds. In his original application, he has applied to the Immigration Department as a deputy applicant.

2. What happens if the relationship between the applicant and the spouse is interrupted in the second stage of visa processing?

If the relationship between spouses is interrupted during the period of holding a temporary residence visa, the applicant must immediately notify the Immigration Bureau.

Applicants can still obtain a permanent residence visa when the following conditions are met:

1) The applicant is in Australia, and if the relationship with the spouse is interrupted, the applicant or his family members have been victims of domestic violence of the Australian spouse; or

2) The applicant is in Australia, if the relationship with the spouse is interrupted, but both parties have children; or

3) The applicant is widowed in Australia.

In the category of spouse visa, the immigration law repeatedly emphasizes that two people must maintain a real and long-term intimate relationship. Therefore, if the relationship breaks down and the sponsor withdraws his sponsorship within two years of the temporary visa, the applicant will not be able to obtain a permanent residence visa.

Spouse visa is preferred.

The minor child/spouse visa in the family member visa is one of the fastest visa categories processed by the processing center of the Australian Immigration Department. According to the instructions of the Minister of Immigration, immigration processing officials need to deal with it according to the relevant "priority processing procedures".

In particular, the following sponsorship visa applications:

1) Immigration applications sponsored by citizens are usually faster than those sponsored by non-Australian citizens;

2) Spouse visa applicants, if they have unmarried children, will get the fastest hearing;

Most importantly, the fast trial is usually queued according to the application date.