Partner Visa (Subclasses 309 and 100 )

You may not be eligible to sponsor someone if you currently hold or have previously held certain types of visas, and specific situations apply to you.

If you have previously sponsored someone for a Partner visa or Prospective Marriage visa, your sponsorship and partner's visa application may be refused if this is your third occasion sponsoring someone for a Partner visa or Prospective Marriage visa, you have sponsored another partner within the past 5 years, or you were sponsored as a partner within the last 5 years.

You may still be able to sponsor someone for this visa if your previous partner has died or ended the relationship, you have young children, you have been in a relationship with your partner for more than 2 years, or you (or your partner) have dependent children.

Holders of contributory parent visas may have their sponsorship and their partner's visa application denied if your partner was your spouse or de facto partner prior to the approval of that visa granted to you, and it has been under 5 years since that visa was granted to you.

Holders of the Woman at Risk visa: Your application for sponsorship and your partner's visa could be denied if you received a subclass 204 visa within the past five years before your partner applied, and at the time you were granted that visa, you were either divorced from the applicant or permanently separated from them, or if the applicant was your spouse or de facto partner and you failed to disclose this at that time.