Australia
Interdependency
Visa

Applying for an Oz Interdependency Visa is a 2-stage process. You apply for both a temporary and permanent visa at the same time on the one application. You will initially be granted a temporary Interdependency Visa if you meet all the legal criteria. This visa remains valid until a decision is made on your permanent visa application, which is generally 2 years after you applied for the visa. If you continue to meet all legal requirements, you will then be granted the permanent Australia Interdependency Visa. Click here and apply for more information.

In most cases, permanent residency cannot be granted until 2 years after you lodge your application. However, you may be granted a permanent Australian visa without having to fulfil the usual 2-year waiting period, if at the time you apply you have been in an interdependent relationship with your partner for 5 years or more.

In assessing an interdependent relationship, the government normally looks at evidence of such things as living together full-time, sharing important financial (bank accounts) and social commitments (holidays etc), setting up a household separately from other people. Some of the factors that are considered in deciding whether you satisfy the requirements include:

• Knowledge of each other’s personal circumstances;
• Financial commitments such as any joint ownership of real estate, joint bank accounts or other major assets;
• The nature of the household, including living arrangements such as joint residential receipts or joint household accounts;
• The social aspects of the relationship provided in statements (statutory declarations) by parents, family members, relatives, friends and other interested parties;
• Joint membership of organisations or joint participation in sporting, social or other activities;
• Joint travel.

Note: Periods of 'dating' would not generally be considered to count towards the 12-month relationship requirement.

If you lodge your interdependency visa application outside Australia, you must be outside Australia when the temporary interdependency visa (subclass 310) is granted. If you lodge your application in Australia, you must be in Australia when the temporary interdependency visa (subclass 826) is granted.

If your relationship ends while you hold a temporary Australia Interdependency Visa, you must inform the department immediately. You may still be eligible for a permanent visa without having to fulfil the normal 2-year waiting period.

Our partner Traveltowork can open your Australian bank account before you leave home. Traveltowork partners ANZ and will provide you with your account details by email within 4-5 working days of your application. Once you arrive in Oz, you simply present your passport or driver’s licence at any ANZ branch to access your account. Apply now to get your account set up.

Persons applying for an Interdependency Visa onshore may not be immediately eligible to work or study in Australia unless their previous visa allowed them to do so.

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