Work Rights for Partner Visa Applicants

Understanding Work Rights for Partner Visa Applicants

Well, you would want to migrate to Australia for so many reasons like beautiful sunsets, beaches, and friendly locals. You may go there as an independent individual or on a partner visa for Australia. Partner visa can be a good choice if you’re married to permanent citizens of Australia or if you are an eligible New Zealand citizen living in Australia. 

One important thing that must catch your attention is the work rights on a partner visa (whether temporary or permanent). In this particular blog, we shall see the work rights on a temporary as well as a permanent partner visa. 

Stay connected with us to grab the criticals of an Australian partner visa. 

How Does a Partner Visa Work?

To apply for a partner visa in Australia (whether temporary or permanent), you must lodge an application with the right authorities to do an assessment of your application. Once your application is rightly accessed, the temporary visa can be instantly given to you. This temporary visa will be valid until you get a permanent visa. If all your requirements are still met after 2 years of temporary visa, then the permanent visa will be automatically yours. 

Another condition in which you can get a permanent visa is that you and your partner have been involved or married for more than 2 years and a child (dependent) and your partner is present. To your surprise, let us tell you that if your partner has a permanent visa under an Australian humanitarian program or was provided with a protection visa, then your 2 years waiting period is automatically waived off by the Australian authorities. 

Different Types of Australian Partner visa!

The Australian authority gives different types of partner visas’ depending on the requirements and the criteria you might be fulfilling to get one. However, there are three most common types of partner visas’ given by the Australian Immigration Department.

  • Prospective marriage visa (subclass 300)
  • Partner visa offshore (subclass 309 and 100)
  • Partner visa onshore (subclass 820/801)

Work Rights Based on the Type of Partner Visa!

Here, we have a piece of good news for you. It doesn’t matter if you have a temporary or a permanent visa, you can have full working rights in Australia. Just make sure that your partner visa doesn’t get cancelled due to any serious offence committed by you. Temporary visa get cancelled more often in the processing phase only, for example- if the relationship ends, the permanent visa would be refused, and the temporary visa will automatically go in the ceasing phase.

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However, if any of this sort doesn’t happen to you then you must check employment opportunities after an interval of 3 months. In the scenario, when a relationship ends or if your visa is about to expire, it is advisable to go through the employers’ perspective as well. 

The Pick Away!

The most important thing to pick up is that there are no strict limitations on the work rights of a person even on a temporary visa. You just have to work accordingly with the guidelines of the Australian Government and rest everything will go well. Scroll through this blog every time you wish to apply for a partner visa in Australia.