Questionsearch Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 (edited) I was chatting with a friend and we ended up talking about immigration and my partner visa, he said he knew someone who was on a bridging visa(tourist to partner) who was living with their partner, their partner(Australian citizen) was working and they were more than financially stable yet the department apparently rejected their application because the person with the visa was not working, something about "contradictory statements" because he said in his statement that he was planning on finding a job but he ended up not finding any and was depending on his Australian partner financially instead. Could this story be true or is it the usual scary exaggerations/misinformation? I am asking because that made me worry because I, myself on my application said that I was planning on finding work yet with the pandemic and me becoming more aware of the extend of my partner's disabilities finding work has not been a priority. Are there any "unofficial" requirements for approving partner visas that you are aware of? I keep hearing things like "they must work to benefit the economy", if not they might reject your visa application even if your visa is a PARTNER visa, which doesnt make sense because you are here to live with your partner, this shouldnt be about the economy. Edited February 3, 2021 by Questionsearch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Maybe one for one of our regular agents to comment on, it might be a case of a tale getting twisted and the contradictory statements being a little more than saying they'd work and being unable to find a job. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhand Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Questionsearch said: "contradictory statements" As above, I suspect there is more to this than noted in the OPs post. If the Department had adverse information the applicant would have had the opportunity to comment on it. There are no “unofficial requirements “ for a partner visa. The criteria are clearly set out in law and there is a significant amount of policy to support the decision process. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 If we have seen anything on this site and others it is that people who are rejected don't always tell the whole story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Questionsearch Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 10 hours ago, paulhand said: As above, I suspect there is more to this than noted in the OPs post. If the Department had adverse information the applicant would have had the opportunity to comment on it. There are no “unofficial requirements “ for a partner visa. The criteria are clearly set out in law and there is a significant amount of policy to support the decision process. Yeah i had those suspicions as well, I am honestly uncertain why I hear some people I know obsess over the economy and work when it comes to a PARTNER visa, after some research on 820 visa rejections, none of the rejections had anything to do with work or financial related stuff 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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