Partner, parent, child and other family visas for Australia. Registered migration agents in Brisbane guide your family reunion. Book a consultation with BYD.
Family and partner visas let the people closest to you join you in Australia, or let you build a life here with an Australian partner. A partner visa is the most common, but it’s only one of a wider group that covers spouses, fiances, parents, children and other relatives. Our registered migration agents in Brisbane help families work out which visa fits, prepare the evidence properly, and avoid the mistakes that turn a straightforward case into a refusal.
These applications are personal. You’re asking the government to accept that a relationship is real, or that a family belongs together. Get the evidence right and it’s manageable. Get it wrong and it drags on. Here’s the full group, with a short description of each and a link to the detailed page.
Partner visa: for the husband, wife or de facto partner of an Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen. A two-stage visa, temporary first, then permanent.
Prospective Marriage visa (subclass 300): for people engaged to an Australian partner, letting you come to Australia to marry and then apply for a partner visa onshore.
Parent visa: for parents of a settled Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen, through the contributory, non-contributory or temporary sponsored options.
Child visa: for a dependent child or adopted child of an Australian parent, so your children can live here permanently.
Carer visa: for someone who will provide long-term care to an Australian relative with a medical condition, where care can’t reasonably be provided in another way.
Aged Dependent Relative visa: for an older relative who has been financially dependent on an Australian relative and has no partner or dependents of their own.
Remaining Relative visa: for a person whose only close family lives in Australia, so the family isn’t split across countries.
Adoption visa: for a child adopted, or about to be adopted, by an Australian parent from overseas.
Resident Return visa: for permanent residents who need to keep their right to return to Australia when their travel facility is running out.
Family Sponsored options: an overview of the wider sponsored-family pathways, to help you find the right one when your situation doesn’t fit the common categories.
Most partner and family visas need an Australian sponsor and a genuine, provable relationship. A partner visa is granted in two stages: a temporary visa first, then the permanent one usually about two years later, once the department is satisfied the relationship is genuine and continuing. The subclasses depend on where you are when you lodge. Onshore couples use the 820 leading to the 801, and offshore couples use the 309 leading to the 100.
Other family visas turn on eligibility tests rather than a relationship story. Parent visas involve the balance-of-family test. Carer, aged dependent relative and remaining relative visas each have their own strict definitions of who qualifies. Checking those early saves families from spending money on a pathway that was never open to them.
For partner visas especially, the outcome turns on whether you can prove your relationship across the areas the department looks at: your finances, your household, how you’re seen socially, and the nature of your commitment. Most refusals we see come down to thin evidence in one of these areas. We help you build a file that covers them properly and spot the gaps before a case officer does.
For other family visas, the evidence is about the qualifying relationship and the sponsor’s eligibility. Either way, careful preparation is the difference between a grant and a fight.
We work out which family visa actually fits your situation, and which tests you need to pass.
We assess partner-relationship evidence honestly and tell you what’s missing before you lodge.
We manage both the applicant’s and the sponsor’s side of the application.
We handle bridging visas so onshore applicants stay lawful while they wait.
If there’s a refusal, a character issue or a health concern, we know how to deal with it. See our Visa Refusal & Appeal page.
It’s a visa for the spouse or de facto partner of an Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen. It’s granted in two stages, temporary then permanent, once the department accepts your relationship is genuine and continuing.
Yes. De facto partners can apply, and same-sex couples are treated the same as any other couple. You’ll usually need to show at least twelve months of living together, unless an exception applies, such as a registered relationship.
A partner visa is for people already married or in a de facto relationship. The Prospective Marriage visa (300) is for engaged couples, letting you enter Australia to marry and then apply for a partner visa onshore.
It depends on your budget and how long you’re willing to wait. Contributory parent visas cost more but are processed faster, non-contributory options are cheaper with a very long queue, and the temporary sponsored visa lets a parent visit for years without permanent residency. Our parent visa page explains each.
It’s a rule for most parent visas that generally requires at least half of a parent’s children to live permanently in Australia, or more to live here than in any other country. We check it before you spend anything.
Dependent children can usually be included in a partner or parent application, and a child visa exists for children of an Australian parent. We make sure nobody gets left off.
Generally an Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen who meets the requirements for that visa. Some visas require the sponsor to be approved first, and we handle that as part of the job.
Yes. We work with families applying from outside Australia, including the offshore partner pathway (309/100), and we handle everything remotely.
A refusal isn’t always the end. In many cases you can seek a review at the Administrative Review Tribunal, and there are strict time limits, so talk to us quickly.
It varies a lot by visa type and your circumstances. Rather than quote a number that could be out of date, we’ll give you a realistic timeframe for your situation in your consultation.
