What does a Spouse Visa allow me to do?
This visa allows you to enter and/or remain in Australia within the visa’s validity period. The Spouse Visa is a two phase process. A provisional Spouse Visa will be initially granted and will be valid for approximately two years. Your relationship must be genuine and if assessed as such, you will be granted a permanent Spouse Visa. You apply for both the provisional and permanent Spouse Visa at the same time. A provisional Spouse Visa is normally valid throughout the waiting period until a decision is made on your permanent Spouse Visa application. If you are granted a permanent Spouse Visa, it will allow you to remain in Australia permanently. As a holder of either the provisional or the permanent Spouse Visa you are permitted to live, work, study, and travel freely in and out of Australia.
- After making your initial entry in Australia, you may leave and re-enter Australia as any times as you wish.
- You can work full time (full work rights) in Australia. As a provisional resident, you may study, but you will not have access to government funding.
- As a permanent resident, you may study, but you will not have access to government funding.
- As a provisional resident, you may use Australia’s government subsidized medical expenses and hospital care assistance scheme.
- As a permanent resident, you may use Australia’s government subsidized medical expenses and hospital care assistance program, Medicare.
- As a permanent resident, you are eligible to receive certain social security payments. (You are exempt from the 2 year Newly Arrived Residents Waiting Period.)
- You are on the correct visa pathway for Australian citizenship (subject to the residency eligibility criteria).
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If you would like to discuss your options for Spouse immigration, please send us an email and tell us your individual situation and we will be more than happy to provide you with a free assessment. We will respond to your inquiry promptly and within 1 business day. Please send the email to: Inquiry@AustralianVisasNow.com