The visa thatkeeps you in thesame country,lodged once.
Onshore 820 and 801, offshore 309 and 100, the Prospective Marriage 300, de facto and sponsor questions. We only do partner visas, so we know exactly what the Department reads, what it refuses, and what your relationship still has to prove before you pay $11,710.
Partner visa 820/801 or 309/100one charge, both stages$11,710
Each adult dependant$5,860
Each child under 18$2,935
Prospective Marriage 300then $1,955 for the 820$11,710
As at 1 July 2026. Not refunded on refusal.
Deepika helped us prepare strong relationship evidence and explained every step clearly. Our partner visa was approved much faster than we expected.
Partner visa charge $11,710Each adult dependant $5,860Each child $2,935Prospective Marriage 300 $11,710820 after a 300 $1,955De facto 12 months or registeredPermanent 801 assessed 2 years after lodgementForm 888 witnesses 2 minimumART review fee $3,727Figures as at 1 July 2026Partner visa charge $11,710Each adult dependant $5,860Each child $2,935Prospective Marriage 300 $11,710820 after a 300 $1,955De facto 12 months or registeredPermanent 801 assessed 2 years after lodgementForm 888 witnesses 2 minimumART review fee $3,727Figures as at 1 July 2026
Which visa
Four applications. Where your partner is standing on lodgement day picks one.
Married, de facto or engaged, inside or outside Australia. Each route has its own bridging visa, travel and timing consequences, and the wrong one costs a full charge.
Your partner is in Australia on a valid visa without a no further stay condition. Lodge the 820, move onto a bridging visa with work rights when the current visa ends, and the permanent 801 is assessed two years after lodgement.
Your partner is overseas. The 309 lets them enter and live in Australia and the 100 makes it permanent. Long relationships, three years or two with a child, can be granted the permanent stage straight away.
You are engaged and living in different countries. The 300 brings your fiancé to Australia for nine to fifteen months to marry, then the onshore partner visa follows at a reduced charge of $1,955.
A de facto couple usually needs twelve months before lodging. Registering the relationship in Victoria or another state removes that rule. We check which applies before you plan the date.
Regulation 1.15A sets four aspects of a relationship. A strong file has dated evidence under every one, across the whole relationship, not a folder of photographs.
01Financial
Money, shared
How you pool and spend it, who pays what, and what you owe together.
Joint account statements showing real use, not a token deposit
Shared rent, mortgage or bills in both names
Transfers between you while apart, with dates
02Household
One home
Where you live and how the domestic load is split, shown over time.
Lease or title, mail to the same address, utilities
Who cooks, cleans, drives, cares, in your own words
Evidence of the periods you were apart and why
03Social
Seen as a couple
How family, friends and institutions treat you, from the outside in.
Form 888 statutory declarations from Australians who know you both
Joint invitations, travel together, photographs with dates and names
Family knowledge on both sides, including overseas
04Commitment
The long view
What you know about each other and what you have planned together.
Wills, superannuation nominations and insurance beneficiaries
The history of the relationship, told consistently by both of you
Plans for the next five years that match
After you lodge
Drag through the two years that follow an onshore application.
The Department publishes processing times monthly and they move. What does not move is the sequence, and the two year clock on the permanent stage runs from the day you lodge.
The sponsor
Your Australian partner is a party to the application, not a witness.
The sponsor's visa history, police checks and past sponsorships are assessed on their own. Two earlier partner sponsorships, or one in the last five years, usually bars a third.
An Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen, aged 18 or over. A sponsor who was themselves sponsored as a partner in the last five years needs a waiver.
Character
Australian and overseas police certificates. Convictions for violent, sexual or child-related offences can end the sponsorship unless compelling reasons exist, and the applicant is told what the certificate shows.
Undertakings
Accommodation and financial support through the temporary stage and the first two years of the permanent visa. It is a promise the Department can rely on, not a formality.
The limit
Two partner or fiancé sponsorships in a lifetime, at least five years apart. Waivers exist for compelling circumstances, and they are argued, not assumed.
Where genuine couples get refused
Five reasons, all fixable before lodgement.
Refusals of real relationships almost always trace to one of these. Each is cheap to fix now and very expensive after the charge is paid.
Risk
What we do
De facto under twelve months
Register the relationship in Victoria or another state that allows it, which removes the twelve month rule, or evidence the compelling circumstances that excuse it.
A wrong answer in an earlier application
Audit every visa application either of you has lodged, including by an agent, and address any inconsistency in a submission before PIC 4020 is raised.
A record on either side
Disclose it, get the court record, and put the character material in with the application. The sponsor's certificate is read as closely as the applicant's.
Expiring visa and bridging timing
Lodge the 820 while the current visa is valid so the bridging visa A follows automatically, and plan any travel around a bridging visa B.
Thin or inconsistent evidence
A document request written for your relationship, then a lawyer's read of every statement for dates, names and facts that must match across the file.
Client stories
Two couples, in their own words.
Client words, lightly trimmed for length. Every matter is different and past results do not predict yours.
My partner and I had a complicated situation with limited documents, and we were terrified about being refused. Deepika helped us prepare strong relationship evidence, explained every step clearly, and supported us through each request from the Department. Our partner visa was approved much faster than we expected.
We were really stressed about our partner visa, but Deepika handled everything with care. She helped us organise our evidence properly and our visa was approved without issues.
Next step
Lodge once, with the evidence right.
A paid consultation with a partner visa lawyer, not a sales call. You leave knowing which visa, when to lodge, what it costs and what your relationship still needs to prove.
