How to Apply for Partner Migration
The following table outlines to steps to undertake for applying for a Partner Migration visa.
Step Action
1 Read the Partner Migration Detailed Information Guide and decide which visa to apply for.
See: Detailed Information Guide
http://www.immi.gov.au/migration/family/partners/info_guide/index.htm
2- Check that you will meet all the necessary requirements.
3 - Read 'Information you will Need to complete your application.'
See: Information you will Need to Complete your Application
4 - Read and print the application checklist relevant to your circumstances. Note that if you fill in Form 47SP(Internet) on-line, you will be provided with a checklist tailored to your individual circumstances.
See: Application Checklists
5- Complete application form 47SP (Internet), available on-line.
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/47sp.pdf
See: Applications
Alternatively, you may wish to download, print and complete form 47SP by hand, This version is available on the department's website, or in paper form from your nearest office of the department or Australian mission.
See: Form 47SP (PDF)
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/47sp.pdf
Booklet1, Partner Migration (PDF)
6 Get your sponsor to complete form 40SP(Internet), also available for
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/40sp.pdf
completion on-line.
See: Applications
http://www.immi.gov.au/migration/family/partners/applications.htm
Alternatively, your sponsor may wish to download, print and complete form 40SP, available on the department's website, or in paper form from your nearest office of the department or Australian mission.
See:
Form 40SP (PDF)
Booklet1, Partner Migration (PDF)
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/40sp.pdf
7 Ensure that you provide all the information detailed in the checklist/s you are provided and that your application is complete.
8 Lodge your complete application together with the sponsorship form and all the necessary documents at your nearest office of the department within Australia or your nearest Australian mission outside Australia.
See: Where to Apply
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Information you Need to Complete your Forms
On this page:
Information required to complete application forms
Information required to complete sponsorship forms
Information required to complete application forms
You will be required to have the following information in order to fully complete form 47SP, Application for Migration to Australia by a Partner:
•- your full name and current residential and postal address
•- details of any previous marriages, de facto spouse relationships or interdependent relationships you have been in, including your partners' name/s, date/s of birth and start and end dates of the relationship/s • your residential and postal address and telephone numbers for correspondence after arrival in Australia
•- details of any identification numbers you may hold
Examples: National identity cards, social security card or alien registration numbers
•- details of all your family, including your parents, siblings, children and other dependent family members, including deceased family members
•- details of your legal rights and custody of any family members or dependants under 18 years of age included in this application to migrate
•- your partner's full name, date and place / country of birth
•- details of your partner's citizenship or residence status in Australia
• your partner's residential address, country of current residence and telephone numbers/ e-mail address
• your partner's usual occupation
•- details of your relationship with your partner
•- details of your marriage to your partner, if applicable
•- details of any permission to work in Australia provided to you by the department
•- details of any benefits or social services you have been paid or have received from a government agency in Australia
Examples:
Unemployment benefits, public housing benefits, Medicare or free or subsidised education
•- details of any other visa applications you are waiting on currently
•- details of any visas or entry permits you have previously had cancelled or refused
•- details of any immigration detention or other custody you have been in
•- details of all visas you have held or currently hold for travel to Australia
•- passport number for all applicants
•- migration agent details, including Migration Agent Registration Number (MARN) for agents registered in Australia
•- address details for all countries you and all dependants migrating with you have lived in for a cumulative total of 12 months in the last 10 years. You will also need to know the dates you lived in these countries.
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Information required to complete sponsorship forms
You will be required to have the following information ready in order to complete form 40SP, Sponsorship for a Partner to Migrate to Australia:
•- your full name and details
•- details of any sponsorships or nominations you have received as a spouse (including de facto), prospective spouse (fiancé(e)) or interdependent partner
•- your current residential address, your address for correspondence and your telephone contact details
• details of your current employment status
•- details of your employment history in the last 2 years
•- details of any social security or other government benefits you have received in the last 2 years
•- details of any current social security benefit or other government payment you are currently receiving
•- address details for all countries you have lived in for a cumulative total of 12 months in the last 10 years. You will also need to know the dates you lived in these countries
•- your partner's full name and date of birth
•- your partner's residential address
•- details of your relationship with your partner
•- details of your marriages to your partner or to any third party
•- details of your previous sponsorship of any spouse (including de facto), prospective spouse (fiancé(e)) or interdependent partner
•- details of all your partner's dependent family members included in your sponsorship
•- details of any person who is assisting you to complete the form
•- migration agent details, including Migration Agent Registration Number (MARN) for agents registered in Australia
•- details of any person you wish to nominate as an authorised person for receiving written communications.
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Applications
On this page:
How to apply for partner migration
Information you need to complete your forms
http://www.immi.gov.au/migration/family/partners/infotocomplete.htm
Application checklists
Application and sponsorship forms
Continue application or sponsorship form
View completed application or sponsorship form
How to apply for partner migration
Before you apply for a visa to Australia, you should make sure that you have read through all parts of the Detailed Information Guide and that you and your sponsor are aware of all the requirements for migration.
See:
How to Apply for Partner Migration
Detailed Information Guide
Using this facility, you can complete form 47SP(Internet), Application for migration to Australia by a partner and you can get your sponsor to complete form 40SP(Internet), Sponsorship for a partner to migrate to Australia.
Once you and your sponsor have completed the forms on-line, you, your dependants migrating with you, and your sponsor will need to print the forms, sign them, and lodge them at your nearest Australian mission or office of the department in Australia together with
all the supporting documents required. See:
Where to Apply
Paper versions of these forms are also available from the department's website.
See:
Form 47SP (PDF)
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/47sp.pdf
Form 40SP (PDF)
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/40sp.pdf
Booklet 1, Partner Migration (PDF)
Information you need to complete your forms
http://www.immi.gov.au/migration/family/partners/infotocomplete.htm
You will need to have certain personal and other information ready in order to complete the forms.
You should read the information in this link carefully and ensure that you have all the information available when completing your application.
See: Information you will Need to Complete your Forms
Application checklists
These checklists will assist you in lodging a complete application. You should read and print the checklist relevant to you, so that you can ensure that you provide all relevant information with your application.
See: Application Checklists
Once you have completed your form 47SP(Internet), you will be provided with a tailored checklist of documents and other information that you must provide with your application.
Application and sponsorship forms
For... Use...
an online application form for migration to Australia by a Partner, Form 47SP (Internet)
An online sponsorship for a Partner to migrate to Australia, Form 40SP (Internet)
PDF application form for migration to Australia by a Partner, Form 47SP (PDF)
PDF sponsorship for a Partner to migrate to Australia Form 40SP (PDF)
PDF Information Booklet on Partner Migration Booklet 1 Partner Migration
Continue application or sponsorship form
If you have already started completing or if you have already completed an application or sponsorship application using this facility, you can access these forms to finish completing them or to print them again.
See: Saved E-forms
View completed application or sponsorship form
http://www.immi.gov.au/migration/family/partners/infotocomplete.htm
If you have already completed an application or sponsorship form using this facility and wish to view the form or print out the form or associated checklists, you can access these forms.
Please note, you will not be able to make any modifications to forms you have already completed.
See: View completed application or sponsorship formhttp://www.immi.gov.au/migration/family/partners/infotocomplete.htm
Where to Apply On this page:
In Australiahttp://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/aust_telephone.htm
Outside Australia
http://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/overseas_v.htm
Applications can be lodged by mail or in person. You should lodge your application in person if possible as this may help to speed up processing.
Appointments are now available at most offices of the department and can assist in ensuring that your application is processed efficiently. To make an appointment, contact the department on 131 881 during office hours.
The department will also mail supplementary forms and instructions to help you complete your application.
See: Contact Us
Outside Australia
Applications can be made at Australian missions outside Australia.
See: Contact Us
Note: Missions outside Australia vary greatly in the services they are able to provide.
Please check the mission's website or contact the mission to check whether it is preferable to mail your application or lodge it in person. At some missions you should make an appointment to lodge your application in person as this may help to speed up processing.
Contact Details outside Australia
http://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/overseas_v.htm
The World Index provides information and contact details including local website addresses, where available, for the department's processing centres and offices outside Australia.
It is strongly recommended that you explore this website and, where available, the local website before contacting us.
Click on the first letter of a country to see the contact details of the department's office in that country.
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Vietnam
HANOI
Applications for all categories of Australian visa that were previously made at the Australian Embassy in Hanoi, should be lodged at the new Australian Visa Application Centre – International Organization for Migration (IOM), Hanoi.
Responsible Mission Australian Embassy, Hanoi, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
DIMIA Representation Principal Migration Officer (Compliance) (special duties - see ‘Special Procedures’ below)
Street Address
Visa & Immigration Section
Level 1 Australian Embassy
8 Dao Tan St
Ba Dinh District
HANOI
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Postal Address As Above
Telephone 84 4 736 6258 (IOM) 84 4 831 7755 (Embassy)
Facsimile 84 4 736 6259 (IOM) 84 4 831 7712 (DIMIA)
Email dima-hanoi@dfat.gov.au
WWW Address www.vietnam.embassy.gov.au
www.vietnam.embassy.gov.au
Client Counter Hours
0800 -1130, 1300 -1630 Monday - Friday (IOM) (closed Public Holidays)
0900 - 1200 Monday - Friday (DIMIA) (closed Public Holidays)
Client Telephone Hours
0800 -1130, 1300 -1630 Monday - Friday (IOM)
0830-1200 and 1300-1700 Monday to Friday (DIMIA)
Staff Office Hours 0830-1200, 1300-1700 Monday - Friday (DIMIA)
Permanent Entry Visas Permanent entry visa applications (except general skilled, business skills and parent subclasses), for applicants who reside north of Danang, should be lodged at the Australian Visa Application Centre in Hanoi.
General skilled migration applications are lodged and processed at the Adelaide Skilled Processing Centre.
Business Skills applications are lodged and processed at the Perth Business Skills Processing Centre.
Contributory parent and parent migration applications are lodged and processed at the Perth Offshore Parents Centre.
Temporary Entry Visas All temporary entry visa applications including transit visas, student visas, visitor visas and business visas for residents north of Danang, should be lodged at the Australian Visa Application Centre in Hanoi.
416 Special Program applications are lodged and processed at the Hobart Special Program Processing Centre
420 Entertainment sponsorship and visa applications are lodged and processed at the Sydney Entertainment Processing Centre
From 2 April 2005, Sponsored Family Visitor visa (subclass 679) applications must be lodged by the sponsor at a State or Territory office within Australia.
See: Contact details in Australia
http://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/aust_telephone.htm
If you are sponsored by an Australian employer, you must lodge your visa application at the same office in Australia where your employer lodged papers to support your application. Please ask your employer which office they lodged these papers at. For the office address, see: Contact details in Australia
Citizenship applications
For residents north of Danang, citizenship applications and applications to register children by descent will still be accepted at the Australian Embassy, Hanoi.
Australian Visa Application Centre – International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Applications for all categories of Australian visa that were previously made at the Australian Embassy in Hanoi, should be lodged at the new Australian Visa Application Centre – International Organization for Migration, Hanoi.
You can lodge either in person, by mail or by courier.
Service Fees
IOM will charge a service fee in addition to any visa application charge.
The service fee for temporary entry visa applications (eg transit visas, student visas, visitor visas, business visas) is US$15.
The service fee for permanent visa applications is US$20.
The service fee for ETAs is US$5
The service fee for adding a visa label to your passport is US$5
Street Address
International Organization for Migration
Horison Hotel
Ground Floor
40 Cat Linh Street
HANOI
Postal Address As above
Telephone (84-4) 736 6258
Facsimile (84-4) 736 6259
Email hanoi@iom.int.vn
Website http://www.iom.int.vn/australia/
Client Contact hours 0800 -1130, 1300 -1630 Monday - Friday
Special Procedures
Exit permissions
Applicants for migration should not apply to Vietnamese authorities for exit permission until advised to do so by the Visa Office, Hanoi.
Enquiries from Australia
Enquiries from Australia on all visa matters for persons residing north of Danang are to be directed to the Visa Office in Hanoi.
Principal Migration Officer (Compliance)
The PMO (Compliance) has special duties covering anti-fraud and illegal immigration issues. Day-to-day management of visa processing is handled by the Senior Migration Officer.
HO CHI MINH CITY
Applications for all categories of Australian visa that were previously made at the Australian Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City, should be lodged at the new Australian Visa Application Centre – International Organization for Migration (IOM), Ho Chi Minh City.
Responsible Mission Australian Consulate-General, Ho Chi Minh City, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
DIMIA Representation Principal Migration Officer
Street Address
Levels 4 & 5, The Landmark Building
5B Ton Duc Thang Street, District 1
HO CHI MINH CITY
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Postal Address
PO Box 659
Central Post Office
Ho Chi Minh City
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Telephone 84 8 827 7384 (IOM) 84 8 829 6001 (DIMIA)
Facsimile 84 8 827 7385 (IOM) 84 8 829 6024 (DIMIA)
Email Contact dima-ho_chi_minh_city@dfat.gov.au
www.vietnam.embassy.gov.auClient Counter Hours
www.vietnam.embassy.gov.au
0800 -1200, 1300 -1700 Monday – Friday (IOM) (closed Public Holidays)
0845-1200 Monday - Thursday (DIMIA) (closed Public Holidays)
Client Telephone Hours
0800 -1200, 1300 -1700 Monday – Friday (IOM)
0900-1200 Monday - Friday (DIMIA)
Staff Office Hours 0830 - 1700 Monday - Friday
Permanent Entry Visas Permanent entry visa applications (except general skilled, business skills and parent subclasses), for residents of Danang and south of Danang, should be lodged at the Australian Visa Application Centre in Ho Chi Minh City.
General skilled migration applications are lodged and processed at the Adelaide Skilled Processing Centre.
Business Skills applications are lodged and processed at the Perth Business Skills Processing Centre.
Contributory parent and parent migration applications are lodged and processed at the Perth Offshore Parents Centre.
Temporary Entry Visas All temporary entry visa applications including transit visas, student visas, visitor visas and business visas for residents of Danang and South of Danang, should be lodged at the Australian Visa Application Centre in Ho Chi Minh City.
416 Special Program applications are lodged and processed at the Hobart Special Program Processing Centre
420 Entertainment sponsorship and visa applications are lodged and processed at the Sydney Entertainment Processing Centre
From 2 April 2005, Sponsored Family Visitor visa (subclass 679) applications must be lodged by the sponsor at a State or Territory office within Australia.
See: Contact details in Australia
http://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/aust_telephone.htm
If you are sponsored by an Australian employer, you must lodge your visa application at the same office in Australia where your employer lodged papers to support your application. Please ask your employer which office they lodged these papers at. For the office address, see: Contact details in Australia
Australian Visa Application Centre – International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Applications for all categories of Australian visa that were previously made at the Australian Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City, should be lodged at the new Australian Visa Application Centre – International Organization for Migration, Ho Chi Minh City
You can lodge either in person, by mail or by courier.
Service Fees
IOM will charge a service fee in addition to any visa application charge.
The service fee for temporary entry visa applications (eg transit visas, student visas, visitor visas, business visas) is US$15.
The service fee for permanent visa applications is US$20.
The service fee for ETAs is US$5
The service fee for adding a visa label to your passport is US$5
Street Address
Australian Visa Application Centre (AVAC)
Level 5, PDD Building
162 Pasteur Street
District 1,
HO CHI MINH CITYPostal Address As above
Telephone (84 8) 827 7384
Facsimile (84 8) 827 7385
Email hochiminh@iom.int.vn
Website http://www.iom.int.vn/australia/
Client Contact hours 0800 -1200, 1300 -1700 Monday - Friday
Special Procedures
Exit permissions
Applicants for migration should not apply to Vietnamese authorities for exit permission until advised to do so by the Visa Office, Ho Chi Minh City.
Enquiries from Australia
Enquiries from Australia on all visa matters for persons resident in Danang and south of Danang are to be directed to the Visa Office in Ho Chi Minh City.
Contact Details in Australia
You can contact our offices in Australia in many ways. It is strongly recommended that you explore this website before contacting us as you may find the information you need.
• E-mail Addresses - you can e-mail some areas of the department using this list of e-mail addresses.
• National Telephone Numbers - you can telephone the department using this useful list of phone numbers.
• Other Contact Details - find other contact details for your nearest departmental office.
• Head Office - use this link to find contact details for the department's head office.
http://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/aust_telephone.htm
www.vietnam.embassy.gov.au
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