Prospective Marriage Visa (Subclass 300) Australia

AUD11,710 for the main applicant, plus a fee for each family member. A lower cost applies to eligible Pacific Island and Timor-Leste citizens from 1 July 2026.

After you marry, and before the 300 ends, apply for the onshore Partner visa (820/801) at the reduced fee.

You and any family applying with you must be outside Australia when you apply.

You must enter Australia before the date on your grant letter and marry your fiancé before the visa ends. Forced marriage is a crime in Australia.

Your sponsor is your fiancé, who must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen.

You and your sponsor must both be at least 18 when you apply.

You must have met your fiancé in person and genuinely intend to marry them before the visa ends.

Meet the health and character requirements, repay any government debts and read the Life in Australia booklet and sign the Australian Values Statement if 18 or over. Permanent and provisional visa applicants, and family members applying with them, must have health examinations with an approved panel physician. Temporary visa applicants might need them, depending on the visa and their circumstances. For the character requirement, Home Affairs may ask for police certificates and Form 80.

Holding the 300 gives you the lower partner visa fee. Getting a different visa first may mean you lose that benefit.

You have full work rights and can study, without government support.

Tell Home Affairs. You may need to complete a Notification of Relationship Cessation in ImmiAccount.

Before the visa ends, you must marry your fiancé and they should apply for a partner visa. You accept responsibility for supporting them.

There is no fee to sponsor.

From the grant of the Prospective Marriage visa until that visa ends. You can apply to sponsor from in or outside Australia.

You must be at least 18. If you are under 18 and married to the applicant, a parent or guardian may be able to sponsor instead.

Most sponsors must meet character requirements. Sponsorship may be refused if you have a significant criminal record for relevant offences, or will not provide a police check or consent to disclosure. Permanent and provisional visa applicants, and family members applying with them, must have health examinations with an approved panel physician. Temporary visa applicants might need them, depending on the visa and their circumstances. For the character requirement, Home Affairs may ask for police certificates and Form 80.

Sponsorship is limited if you have been convicted of certain offences involving children.

Your sponsorship may be refused if this is your third partner or prospective marriage sponsorship, if you sponsored another partner in the last 5 years, or if you were sponsored as a partner yourself in the last 5 years.

Limits can also apply if you hold a Contributory Parent visa granted less than 5 years ago and your partner was already your partner then, or if you came to Australia on a Woman at Risk (subclass 204) visa in certain circumstances. Applications in a forced marriage will be refused, as forced marriage is a crime in Australia.

If your relationship changes, Home Affairs needs to know. People experiencing family violence may still be able to get a visa.