Celebrating Your Journey Together with Sydney's Partner Visa Experts!
Your love story deserves a happy chapter in Australia!
“Fantastic. Ines and the team from Rocket & Ash are true professionals. Ines brings a wealth of experience to the task of navigating the immigration process which relieves her client of a lot of stress. The immigration process is a journey and Ines and Jay were with us the whole way. Can’t imagine doing it without their support.”
Subclass 820 and 801 Partner Visa
Temporary & Permanent (Apply in Australia)
Who is this visa for?
This visa is for spouses or de facto partners of Australian citizens, permanent residents, and eligible New Zealand citizens. This visa requires the visa applicant to be onshore (in Australia) for lodgement; however, as of November 2023, you can be located outside Australia at the time of grant.
Basic Eligibility Criteria:
Be in a genuine relationship with your spouse or de facto partner who is an Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen
Have your spouse or de facto partner sponsor you
Be in Australia when you apply for this visa. The family who applied with you must also be in Australia
Be in or outside Australia when we decide on your temporary visa application. (As of November 2023)
“Thank you and thank you for your support - You will always have our business and friendship”
4 Steps to Approval
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Eligibility Check
All the checks required to ensure that you meet the eligibility criteria are:
Initial discussion
Applicant review
Sponsor review
Summary call
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Engagement
You've made a smart choice. You want some assistance with your partner visa:
Fee proposal
Professional Services Agreement
50% deposit
Application commencement
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Document Review
Our expert team reviews every part of your Partner Visa application:
Document Request
3rd party correspondence
Comprehensive review
Revision of documents
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Lodgement
The final part of the process is the Partner Visa Application:
Final review
Signoff
Lodgement
Correspondance until approval
Subclass 820: Onshore Partner Visa Requirements
Genuine Relationship
You must be in a genuine and continuing relationship with your partner.
Over 18 Years Old
You must be over 18 years of age to apply as either the sponsor or applicant.
Australian Citizen
The sponsor must be an Australian citizen or hold permanent residency.
Financial Evidence
The couple should be able to show usage of their joint bank account and/or other investments.
Good Character
Both the applicant and sponsor must show good character at the time of the application.
Living Together
Ideally, you should be living together for a minimum of 12 months.
Hi, I’m Ines.
I'm the Principal Solicitor at Rocket & Ash Immigration Law, based in Camperdown, Sydney.
I've been practicing immigration law for many years, and partner visas are my favourite type of visa.
Our firm is run by myself and my husband Jay, and we specialise in securing partner visas for people just like you!
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I’m the Principal Solicitor, Legal Practitioner Number: 5511366.
I founded Rocket & Ash Immigration Law in 2018 with my husband Jay.
I’ve invested 13+ years solely practicing immigration law.
I’m a NSW Law Society Member and a Migration Institute of Australia Member
I’ve personally assisted over 1,000 applicants.
Mentoring the next generation of legal professionals is extremely important to me.
I have been a mentor to University of Technology students in 2023 and 2024.
Furthermore, I will be mentoring a law student through the Law Society of New South Wales in 2024.
Finally, I’ve been appointed as a panel member of the Migration Institution of Australia (MIA) Family Visa Program Advisory Panel.
Outside of work, I love time with my 5-year-old daughter and husband, as well as anything related to my Bosnian heritage.
Your Pathway To Australian Citizenship
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Subclass 820 Temporary Partner Visa
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Subclass 801 Permanent Partner visa
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Citizenship By Conferral Application.
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Attend Australian Citizenship Ceremony
Keep Your Love Story Going, Secure a Partner Visa.
Enjoy your honeymoon!
From November 25th, 2023, you can be anywhere in the world when your temporary onshore partner visa decision is made.
FAQs
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A variety of general and specific documents are required, depending on your situation.
They often fall into the following categories:
The shared finances of the couple
The social aspects of the relationship
Marriage certificates/de facto certificates
Household
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We suggest you budget around $14–17k for a Subclass 820 Onshore Partner Visa application.
Government Lodgement Fee: $8850 for the main applicant; additional dependents are extra.
Professional Fees: $5000-$7000
(As of March 2024)
Please note that the overall amount is not payable upfront.
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We request that professional fees be paid upon signing your professional services agreement.
The government lodgement fee can be paid within 5 days of lodgement.
Both payments can be made using a credit card. (Subject to a Department imposed 1.50% surcharge)
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The Department of Home Affairs is currently quoting:
Subclass 820 Partner Visa (Onshore) 6–26 Months
Information as of March 2024
You can monitor processing times on the below website: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-processing-times/global-visa-processing-times
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While its possible to lodge the application on your own, its not really advisable to do so. It really depends on the complexities of your case.
Unfortunately, we often get approached to help someone who has received a refusal.
It is very difficult to assist clients that have received a refusal, as they often have a very short time limitation to lodge another application.
Because of this, we strongly recommend that you engage a Lawyer or agent to assist you in the preparation of your partner visa.
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Live, stay, work, and study.
Travel to and from Australia as many times as you want.
Apply for access to Australia’s public health care scheme, Medicare.
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Some character issues do preclude you from sponsoring/being sponsored.
There are many considerations when it comes to the character requirement and individual, tailored advice is critical for such circumstances.
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It generally takes 1-3 months to prepare the paperwork from engagement to lodgement.
However, our firm is able to lodge with much shorter timeframes if required.
