A common scenario for some partner visa applicants is explaining any significant age differences between an applicant and sponsor.

Careful selection of witness is really important and it may not be the most obvious person or those closest to you who can provide the best evidence.

If your partner visa was refused because you didn’t meet the 12-month de facto rule, we discuss how the Tribunal is likely to approach this issue. The first two ways of proving your 12-month de facto period discussed below are by far the easiest way to go about it. The third requires more planning and is likely to require a persuasive argument (of policy and case law) which you can prepare with the assistance of an experienced partner visa lawyer.

So how do you work out if you have enough evidence?

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The Tribunal sets out that in reviewing your partner visa refusal, it will look for evidence from the time you lodged your application right up until the time it makes its decision. This means you should think back to when you first lodged your application.

Did you provide enough evidence for the early part of the relationship when you first met?

Maybe there was a big gap of proof from a certain period of time after you lodged your application and the partner visa refusal?

An important step before facing the Tribunal as a part of your partner visa appeal includes preparing a detailed timeline of significant events that have occurred during your relationship. In fact, this type of evidence is one example of what the Tribunal consider to be one of the most helpful pieces of information to give to them.

As a partner visa lawyer, a common question that I receive from sponsors and visa applicants is whether their sponsor’s criminal history will prevent them from successfully sponsoring their spouse or de-facto for a partner visa. There are a range of factors that are relevant and interestingly, not every type of criminal offence is relevant when it comes to sponsoring your spouse for a partner or prospective marriage visa.

If your partner visa application was refused, you are not alone. Approximately 3,800 partner visa applicants (or 7.4% of all partner visa lodgements) were refused last financial year. [8] So, if you’ve been unlucky enough to have your partner visa (subclass 820, 309, 461) refused you are not the only one.

High Court rules the Minister’s public interest and personal intervention powers must be exercised personally; they cannot be delegated

This article refers to the exercise of the Minister’s personal intervention powers - frequently described as ‘God like powers’ - to intervene in individual cases to grant a visa.

Applicant’s for a visa on de facto grounds would be aware their relationship should have commenced at least 12 months before applying for the visa.

Novak Djokovic – game, set, match?

Para los que se interesan saber que le sucedió a tenista más famoso del momento, aqui les explico por que le cancelaron la visa a Novak Dkokovic al intentar entrar a Melbourne, Australia para participar en el Australian Open.

Novak Djokovic – game, set, match?

As Australia and the world woke to the news that the world’s No. 1 ranked men’s tennis player had been denied entry to Australia, many were left scratching their heads wondering what possibly went wrong.

Coinciding with changes made in late 2017, that required all Partner visa applications be lodged online, the Department discontinued its previous practice of contacting and inviting applicants to commence the second stage of processing.

In circumstances where you have married your fiancé following the refusal of your Prospective marriage visa…

Generally speaking, it’s possible to estimate when you will be invited to a hearing depending what year you lodged your appeal?