How to apply for an accompanying visa for an Australian spouse

The accompanying visa for couples is a kind of student visa. The visa type of accompanying students is the same as that of the main visa applicant. For example, in Australia, it is a 573 student visa, and the visa type applied by accompanying readers is also a 573 visa.

Application conditions:

1. The applicant must have a husband-and-wife relationship with his spouse or have lived together for more than one year. There are two main types of spouse relationships recognized by the Australian Immigration Service:

An applicant who is formally married and holds a formal marriage certificate;

A formal de facto marriage spouse who has lived together for more than 12 months and has sufficient evidence. If it is a cohabitation relationship, the immigration bureau needs the applicant to provide a lot of evidence, including key evidence such as residence, economy, society and mutual commitment.

2. Only when the duration of student visa exceeds 1 year can you apply for accompanying study. The accompanying reading time is calculated from the moment when the reader submits the visa until the end of the student visa.

When applying for their own visa, students must fill in the names of accompanying readers on the family member form. You can't accompany the reader if you don't fill it out. For example, two people get a marriage certificate only after the students pay the visa. At this time, there is no spouse's name on the list of students' family members, so students should go to the local immigration office to fill in the form to update the information, otherwise the accompanying visa will not be approved.

Application method:

Apply together: students and their spouses are still in China. When students apply for an ordinary student visa, they should attach their spouse's materials together.

Independent application: students are already in Australia, but their spouses are still in China, so they need to apply for accompanying visas for each other separately;

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According to the immigration law, international students can only work 20 hours a week after starting school, and there is no limit on working hours during holidays; If a student holds a 573 visa for undergraduate study, his spouse will also be restricted to work 20 hours a week; If a student holds a 573 postgraduate teaching visa and a 574 research-oriented master's or doctor's visa, there is no working time limit for his spouse.