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Ever dream of having a wedding overlooking Grose Valley and its jagged cliff face? How about one by the sea in an intimate tavern? Your guests would be lining up to see you and to experience this day with you. But before you let your thought wander off into your dream wedding, you need to take the first step to make it a reality. You need your fiancee visa.

Also called the Prospective Spouse Visa, Subclass 300 allows you to enter and stay in Australia for nine months. This is enough time to prepare for your wedding and apply for your Spouse visa once the deed is done.

To be eligible for this partner visa, you must be sponsored by your fiance/e who is an Australian citizen, an Australian permanent resident or an eligible New Zealand citizen. Once it is been granted, you need to enter Australia before you get married to your partner. You may leave and re-enter the country as many times as you need to while your Australian visa is valid. The wedding may take place either in Australia or outside the country, as long as it happens after the first entry into Australia on the prospective marriage visa.

The prospective spouse visa would also allow you to work and study in Australia. However, you wont be able to access government funding for your studies. You may use Australias medical expenses and hospital care assistance scheme Medicare once you are already in Australia and have applied for a Spouse Visa.

This visa for Australia has certain age restrictions. You must be able to legally marry according to Australian law, that means you and your partner must be 18 years old and above. If you are below 18 but above 16 years old, you can obtain an Australian court order to allow you to marry you intended spouse. This also only applies to opposite-sex couples. Same-sex couples can apply for an Interdependency visa instead.

If you and your fiance met under special circumstances: arranged marriage, knew each other as children and the marriage was arranged before you turned 18 or you met over the Internet, you also need to have proof that you have met your intended spouse in person and you know him or her personally.

If you are really certain that marriage is the next step in your relationship, then it is time to apply for a prospective spouse visa. Good luck and happy day dreaming!

About National Visas:

National Visas help people process their Australian visas.

If you are married, engaged to (fiance), or in a de facto (common law) relationship with an Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen may be eligible for a Partner Visa.
Here is a visa type that is suitable for the wife, husband or de-facto partner of an Australian sponsor.