Settlement Guide: Love and partner visas in the time of COVID-19

Indian wedding, marriage certificate, signing documents

Government delivers largest Partner Program in over 25 years. Source: Getty Images

Travel restrictions and social distancing measures of COVID-19 are further delaying processing times for partner visa applicants within and outside Australia. According to the Migration Institute of Australia, just under half of partner visas lodged in the last financial year were granted.


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Drew and Luciano Source: Supplied
Point of view of a male patient getting blood drawn for a blood test in a clinic
Source: Health + Wellness VIVA communications
Partner
Source: Photo by Gustavo Fring from Pexels
Partners
Source: Photo by Jonathan Borba from Pexels



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