Cambridge Institute

Manual and
Document Checklist
for Australian
Spouse Visa
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We would like to provide an explanation about the
document checklist for Australian spouse visa based on
the requirements.

Fiancé Relationships
This relationship is defined in which you are engaged to
be married or betrothed.

When using the term fiancé in which it relates to partner

migration, it is for a man and a woman who are planning
to marry.

Partner Visa Checklist for

Australian Spouse Visa
You will need to provide documentation to support your
visa application. It will be in your best interest to provide
as much information as possible to immigration with your
application.

Please be sure to provide certified copies of your

original documents. If immigration requires the original
documents they will ask you for them, so leave them out
until needed.

Be sure to provide accredited English translations for

documents not in English. If you apply online, you may
send in your scanned certified copies, which will be
attached to your application through your ImmiAccount.

Forms you must submit.

 You must submit a Form 47SP called an Application
for migration to Australia by a partner.
 You must submit a Form 40SP called a Sponsorship
for a partner to migrate to Australia.
 You can apply online through ImmiAccount, by post,
or in person.
 Are you receiving assistance and lodging a paper
based application? Then you must fill out these
forms below:
 Form 956 which is called advice by a migration
agent/exempt person of providing immigration
assistance
 If you wish to have someone else receive
correspondence from immigration on your behalf,
you would need to fill out the Form 956A called
appointment or withdrawal of an authorised recipient

Charges for your visa:

 Be sure to pay the visa application charge, this can
change from year to year. You can check these
charges on the immigration website.
 If your sponsor paid the application charge for you
then you will need to provide the original receipt to
show they have paid. If your sponsor has paid the
visa application charge then you must lodge your
application by post or in person.
Identity proof listed as below:
 Please provide certified copies of the biographical
pages for the passports or travel documents for
everyone included in your application. (These pages
will include the holder’s photo, personal details,
date of issue and the date of expiry.)
 Two current passport sized photographs (45mm x
35mm) for each person included in the application.
Please be sure these pictures are just of the head
and shoulders, as well as, on a plain background.
Write the person’s name on the back of the
photographs.
 Please have a certified copy of your birth certificate,
showing both parents names. If you are unable to
provide a birth certificate nor can you get one, you
would need to provide one of the following:

Other requirements:
 Family book showing both parents names
 Identification document issued by the government
 Court issued documents given by the government
that verify who you are
 If you have a national identity card, please provide
it.
 Please provide a certified copy of name change, if
anyone in the application has had a name change.
 If you cannot provide any of these documents, you
must provide some proof that you are who you have
claimed to be.
Sponsor Identity Requirements:
Provide evidence that the sponsor is an Australian
citizen, Australian Permanent Resident, or eligible New
Zealand citizen. This can include a certified copy of the
below:

 Birth certificate
 An Australian passport or foreign passport
containing evidence of permanent residence
 An Australian citizenship certificate
 For New Zealand citizens, evidence of how long you
have resided in Australia and of your continuing
links to Australia.

If your sponsor is not an Australian citizen

You will need evidence they live in Australia, usually.
Such as:

 Please show evidence of ownership or rent of a

house in which your sponsor resides
 Proof of Utility accounts ( gas, telephone, electricity)
 Provide other bills for living expenses (food, water,
toiletries, etc.)

If you or a dependent child is younger

than 18 years of age
Please provide the following for the sponsor:

 Would need to have a Australian Federal Police

National Police Check done for your sponsor, if the
 sponsor has spent acumulative total of 12 months or
more in Australia since they turned 16 years of age.
 A certificate from the police from every country the
sponsor spent a cumulative total of 12 months or
more in the last 10 years after turning the age of 16.

Health & Characters Documentation:

 If you are required to take a health examination, you
will need to arrange your exam before the lodging of
your visa application. Please include your health
identifier (HAP ID) when you complete your
application form.
 By using My Health Declarations, you should be
able to confirm whether or not you need to undergo
a health examination and indicate this when lodging
your visa application form, stating I have organized
my health examination as I am considered to have
met this requirement.
 You need to provide evidence that everyone in your
application has adequate health insurance in
Australia. Please provide immigration with one of
the following:
 A letter signed by a health insurance provider
 A receipt from enrolment or card from Medicare
 Some form of evidence of adequate health
insurance (including travel insurance)
 If you are eligible for Medicare when you arrive in
Australia, and you are from a country with a
reciprocal health care agreement, please provide
evidence of adequate health insurance (including
 travel insurance) to be covered until you can enrol
in Medicare.
 Proof that you hold a passport from the Republic of
Ireland
 Please show that everyone included in your visa
application has applied for an Australian Federal
Police National Police Check, providing they are at
least 16 years old and have spent at least 12
months or more in Australia since they were 16
years of age.
 You will be able to find the form for your police
check on the Australian Federal Police website, in
the online form or paper form. Visa applicants
should check off Code 33 in section 8 of the form.
You will not have to provide fingerprints with the
police check. If you are successful in your police
check application you will receive a ‘National Police
Check’ certificate, which will have the heading
‘Complete Discloser.’
 Please include overseas police certificates for
anyone in your application, if they have spent 12
months or more since turning 16 years old, in the
last 10 years for each country they were in. These
need to be the original certificates, but keep a copy
for you as well. If anyone in the application has
served in the armed forces, please provide a
certified copy of their military service record or
discharge papers.

Your Relationship Information:

  Certified copies of your marriage certificate (de jure)
or registered relationship information for you or
anyone else listed in your visa application, even if
they will not be joining you in Australia.Please note:
If you are applying on the basis of marriage and
have the marriage certificate, this is not enough,
you must still provide genuine evidence of the
relationship to be granted the visa.
 If anyone in the application, including yourself, has
been widowed, divorced or permanently separated
you will need to provide a certified copy of the death
certificate, divorce documentation, or statutory
declaration separation documents.

Showing your relationship is genuine and

continuing
You must include documentation that proves your
relationship is genuine and continuing. Statements you
provide can include, written statements or statutory
declarations.

These statements must be signed and dated by their

authors. A statutory declaration must be signed by two
witnesses. Remember, you can attach all supporting
documents to your ImmiAccount.

You should provide the following:

Form 888, which is a statutory declaration by a

supporting witness that relates to a Partner or
Prospective Marriage visa applicant (have been
completed by twoAustralian citizens or permanent
residents who have personally seen and have
knowledge of your partner relationship).

Details from the history of your

relationship
In your statements about you and your partner/spouse
you should mention the following:

 How you and your partner met, when it happened

and where
 Details of how your relationship developed over time
 Exactly when you decided to start a de facto
relationship or get married
 Your arrangements domestically (such as how you
support each other financially, physically, and
emotionally and when this level of commitment
started).
 Any periods of separation (when and why this
occurred, for how you maintained the relationship
while you were apart)
 You and your partner’s plans for the future
NOTE: if the applicant is applying off-shore, you must
show regular communication between the two in the
relationship, joint travel as well indicating how much
time they have spent with each other. Please include as
evidence, photos from this time period and statements
from family and friends.

Relationship Financial Evidences:

You would also need to provide immigration with
documents to show that you and your partner share
financial commitments and responsibilities, these can
include:

1. Proof of any joint ownership of real estate or any

other major assets (for example, cars, home,
appliances, etc.) and/or any joint liabilities (such as,
loans or insurance).
2. Show that you and your partner share the finances
3. If you and your partner have any legal commitments
you have undertaken together.
4. Show that during a reasonable amount of time you
and your partner have operated joint bank accounts.
5. Proof that the household bills and expenses are
shared
6. Some other examples could be, mortgages taken
together or naming each other as beneficiaries
under your respective wills or insurance policies.
7. Explain the nature of the household
Documented shared responsibilities should be shown in
your household, such as:

Shared Responsibilities.
 Living arrangements together
 A statement mentioning how your housework is
distributed
 A joint rental lease or joint ownership documents of
the house in which you reside
  Utility accounts being shown in both names (for
example, electricity, gas or telephone)
 Both you and your partner are responsible for the
day-to-day living expenses
 Both share in caring for any children
 Correspondence addressed to both you and your
partner at the same address

Social aspects of the relationship

You will need some evidence showing how your
relationship has been seen by your friends and family,
this will be considered in the application as well. Some
examples include:

1. Documents showing that you and your partner are

usually accepted as a couple socially (examples
include, joint invitations, evidence of going out
together, common friends and acquaintances,
photos showing you and your partner out together
with family).
2. You could use statutory declarations from your
partner’s parents, family members, relatives and
other friends relating to the assessment of their take
of the nature of your relationship.
Documentation of traveling together
3. Proof that you and your partner have declared your
relationship to some governmental bodies, public or
commercial institutions or authorities, joint
membership in organisations or groups
4. Evidence of participating in sporting, cultural or
social activities together
How to show the nature of your
commitment to each other
The evidence or documentation below can help you
show your commitment to one another:

 Documents, statement, or by word of mouth which

you can establish in the interview, that you know
your partner’s personal circumstances (for example,
their background or family situation).
 You could should show your intent to for your
relationship to be something you and your partner
see as continuing long-term (such as, how much
you have combined your affairs)

What you and your partner’s will

states
Evidence of correspondence and an itemized phone
record that shows contact was maintained thru any
periods of separation (such as, emails, Facebook or chat
messages, phone calls or text messages)

Any of your children or dependents on the

application with you
You will need a certified copy of all your dependent
children’s birth certificates or the family book showing
the names of both parents.

1. Proof of financial dependency for all family

members, children and dependents over the age of
 18 years or above (such as evidence of their current
studies) For the dependents 18 years and over you
will need:
2. Evidence of their relationship to you, along with a
certified copy of their birth certificate.
3. Proof that they live with you in your household.
4. Be able to show that they have been financially
dependent on you for the last 12 months or more,
immediately before the lodgment of your application.
5. Would need to provide certified copies of any
adoption papers, if any of the children under your
care have been adopted.
6. If the other child’s parent isnot listed and you wish
to bring them to Australia with you, please provide
documentary evidence that you have the legal right
to bring that child (under the age of 18 years) to
Australia. These documents would be included in
fulfilling this evidence:
7. Official legal documents that are certified copies,
such as a court-issued parental responsibility
(custody), assess or guardianship order
8. Statutory Declaration from the other parent giving
their full permission
9. Form 1229 called consent form to grant an
Australian visa to a child under the age of 18 years.
If you use this form you will need to attach a
certified copy of the other parent’s identification
(government issued) document such as, a passport
or driver’s license, with their photograph and
signature.
Cambridge Institute can be contacted for handling
your Australia Spouse visa case. Contact us now.
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