Call to change 'archaic' partner visa rules amid pandemic

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Source: supplied by Amelia Elliot and Bowie Domingo

Couples are calling for Australia's offshore partner visa rules to be overhauled


Labor MP Julian Hill, is set to introduce a bill to Parliament that would see migration laws be amended to address their grievances.


 

highlights 

  • It took 25 months for Amelia Elliot and  Bowie Domingo's partner visa to be processed 
  • Bowie Domingo had to leave Australia to meet the visa requirements
  • A bill is set to be introduced to temporarily allow offshore partner visa applicants to be granted visas while in Australia. 

 

It cost Amelia Elliot and Bowie Domingo more than $6,000 to fulfill the requirements

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