17/10/2026
Your partner's Australian and the plan was: fly in, apply from here, stay together while it's processed. Read this before you book the flight.
On 17 September the Minister announced a No Further Stay condition for future visitor visas. With that condition you generally can't apply for another visa from inside Australia, including a partner visa. Announced, not law yet, no start date, current visas untouched.
The question used to be how fast you lodge once you land. Now it's where you lodge from in the first place. That decision picks which visa you get, when, and whether you're in the same country while you wait.
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Photos: ABC News (Matt Roberts), abc.net.au/news/2026-10-06/federal-politics-coalition-migration-policy/107232776. Source: Minister for Home Affairs media release and National Press Club address, 17 September 2026. General information only, not legal advice. Work rights and Medicare access depend on your visa and your circumstances. Every case is different.