Requirements for Visa Application:
- Be sponsored by an eligible person (see sponsorship eligibility)
- Not be related by family
- Together with your de facto partner, be aged at least 18 years at the time the application is made
- Show that you and the partner have a mutual commitment to a shared life to the exclusion of all others
- Show that you have a genuine and continuing relationship with the partner
- Show that you and the partner have been in a de facto relationship for the entire 12 months immediately prior to lodging the application
- Show that you and the partner are living together or, if not, that any separation is only temporary
- Meet health and character requirements