Who is eligible for this visa?

To be eligible for a Prospective Marriage visa, you must:

• Be sponsored by an eligible sponsor who is an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen.
• Have met your fiancé in person.
• Be at least 18 years of age or over.
• Be of the opposite sex to your fiancé.
• Have no legal impediment to marrying your fiancé.
• Genuinely intend to marry the person within 9 months of being granted the visa (a Notice of Intended Marriage must be lodged with an authorised marriage celebrant prior to lodging an application).
• Genuinely intend to live with your fiancé as husband and wife.

Who is eligible to be a sponsor?

In order to be an eligible sponsor under the migration law, the person must:

• Be an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen (Australian permanent residents or eligible New Zealand citizens must satisfy the ‘usually resident’ requirement).
• Not be the holder of a Woman at Risk visa that has been granted in the past 5 years.
• Be at least 18 years of age or over.
• Have no impediment to marry.
• Have met you in person.
• Not have sponsored another fiancé or partner within the last 5 years.
• Not have been sponsored as a fiancé or partner by anyone else in the last 5 years.
• Not have previously sponsored 2 or more persons as a fiancé or partner.

What must you do after the prospective visa is granted?

You must enter Australia after the grant and marry your fiancé within 9 months of the visa grant. Thereafter, you may lodge an application for a Partner visa in Australia. Whilst on a prospective visa, you are entitled to work and study in Australia.

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