Australian Prospective Marriage Visa

More and more Australian men find their life partners on the opposite corner of the earth proving that distance is no obstacle for a real love. There is a special type of visa called prospective marriage visa for those who intend to marry and then live in Australia. This visa is valid for 9 months from the grant day within which your marriage must take place. Your wife will be able to apply for a spouse visa immediately after your marriage and become a permanent resident after 2-year marriage anniversary. With a prospective marriage visa, your fiancee will be able to enter and leave Australia as many times as she needs within the visa validity period. Your marriage may take place either in or outside Australia, provided your fiancee has already entered Australia on this visa at least once before the marriage.

Application requirements:

1. You must be an Australian citizen, an Australian permanent resident, or an eligible New Zealand citizen.
2. You both should be 18 or over.
3. You and your fiancee must have met in person at least once.
4. Your fiancee must have passed a medical examination in one of the appropriate medical institutions in her country.
5. Your fiancee should provide a duly completed document set.

The documents should be sent by your fiancee to the Australian embassy in her country.

The set of documents shall include (all supplying documents shall be translated into English by a certified translator):

1. Form 47SP Application for migration to Australia by a partner completed by the applicant (fiancee).
2. Form 40SP sponsorship for a partner to migrate to Australia completed by the sponsor (you).
3. Form 47A Details of child or other dependent family member aged 18 years or over if your fiancee has children to take with her to Australia.
4. Evidence of your personal meeting.
5. Evidence of your relationship (includes written statements from you and your fiancee detailing the history of your relationship, your plans for future as husband and wife, your photos together, telephone bills, etc.).
6. Certified copies of your sponsorship eligibility.
7. Your fiancee's medical exam document.
8. Your fiancee's certificate of good conduct.
9. Certified copies of your personal documents (birth certificate, Australian passport, etc.).
10. Certified copies of your fiancee's personal documents (birth certificate, passport and travel documents, etc.) and those of her children if any.
11. Passport style photographs of you, your fiancee and her children included in the application.

Please refer to the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship website (www.immi.gov.au) for details.

After consideration of documents, your fiancee will be invited to the embassy for a personal interview. The visa process usually takes from 4 to 6 months.