'LDR No more': Fiancé visa holders on starting a new life together in Australia

After almost two years of being apart and applying more than a dozen times for inward travel exemption, eligible Prospective Marriage Visa holders can now come to Australia and start a new phase of life.

Prospective Marriage visa holders (Subclass 300) now eligible for inward 12 months after visa application submission Source: Getty Images

Highlights

• The new individual inward exemption for PMV holders (Subclass 300) has brought relief to those whose marriage plans have been disrupted for so long by the pandemic
• Cristine Daging and Australian fiancé, Andrew Martlew waited for 20 months to get a travel exemption
• Young couple Liezel Mendoza and John Bernedo sent 18 applications for the travel exemption before it was granted

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As per the new rule, a PMV holder can apply for an inward exemption in the following circumstances:

• where the Subclass 300 visa has been granted, and
• the Subclass 300 visa application was lodged at least 12 months before submitting a travel exemption request