If your currently hold a subclass 457 temporary work visa or TSS 482 visa it is possible to add your spouse or de facto partner (minimum of 6 months evidence is required) to your subclass 457 visa as a secondary applicant.
Location of Spouse or De Facto:
Your spouse or de facto partner can be inside or outside Australia at the time of applying for the visa.
Conditions of Visa for your spouse or de facto partner:
They will be granted a subclass 457 visa with unrestricted work rights,
Expiry:
Their visa will expire on the same date as your subclass 457 visa.
Checklist:
If married, usually a marriage certificate will suffice. If in a De Facto relationship:
The history of the relationship through a signed statement regarding:
- how, when and where the couple first met
- how the relationship developed
- the couple’s domestic arrangements, that is, how they support each other financially, physically and emotionally and when this level of commitment began
- any periods of separation, when and why the separation occurred, for how long and how the couple maintained their relationship during the period of separation
- the couple’s future plans.
Financial aspects of the relationship, such as:
- joint ownership of the house or joint names on a lease
- correspondence addressed to the couple at the same address
- details of financial commitments including bank statements, and any joint liabilities.
The nature of the household, such as:
- any joint responsibility for the care and support of any children
- the couple’s living arrangements including sharing responsibilities within the home.
Social context, such as:
- evidence that the couple is generally accepted and recognised as a couple socially such as joint invitations
- evidence of common friends
- assessments by the couple’s friends and family of the relationship
- joint travel or joint participation in sporting, social or cultural activities.
The couple’s commitment to each other, such as:
- the duration of the relationship including knowledge of each other
- intention to have a long term relationship, for example, through terms of their wills
- correspondence and telephone accounts to show that the couple maintained contact during any periods of separation.
What your partner can do on a dependent 457 visa:
Your partner or de facto will have:
- full work rights
- full study rights
- no travel restrictions
