This article is general information about Australian Partner Visa documentation. It is not migration advice. For advice on your circumstances, consult a registered migration agent (search MARA).
Subclass 801 and subclass 100 are the permanent stages of the two Partner Visa pathways. Subclass 801 follows the onshore subclass 820. Subclass 100 follows the offshore subclass 309.
Home Affairs asks for different documents at this stage. The 820 and 309 pages ask you, the applicant, for a written relationship history. The 801 and 100 pages do not; they ask your sponsor for a Commonwealth statutory declaration, plus updated evidence of the relationship.
When Stage 2 documents are submitted
Home Affairs says you are eligible for consideration of the permanent Partner visa two years after you applied for the temporary and permanent Partner visas. You can check the date you submitted your application in ImmiAccount. Both pages also list limited circumstances in which the permanent visa might be granted in less than two years.
Both pages say not to send the Stage 2 documents before then. In ImmiAccount, the path is:
- Log in to ImmiAccount
- Select 'New application'
- Select 'Family'
- Select the Stage 2 permanent Partner Visa option
- Attach the documents
The checklist in ImmiAccount is the list that applies to your own application.
Identity and character documents
Both pages ask for the pages of your most recent passport that show your photo, personal details, signature, and issue and expiry dates. They also explain when a current Australian or overseas police certificate may be needed.
The pages say:
- an Australian police certificate is usually needed at this stage if one was not attached to the first application
- a new one may be requested once the previous one is more than 12 months old
- an overseas police certificate is needed from any country, including your home country, where you spent a total of 12 months or more since the temporary visa was granted
Use the instructions shown in the Stage 2 application. Questions about your own history are for a registered migration agent or legal practitioner.
Sponsor Commonwealth statutory declaration
Your sponsor completes a Commonwealth statutory declaration about the relationship as it is now. The 801 and 100 pages say the form is completed by the sponsor "with information about any of the following", then list nine topics. Six are about the relationship as you live it: when it began and how long you have lived together, the financial commitments you share, the nature of your household, the social aspects of your relationship, the nature of your commitment to each other, and your plans for the future. The other three restate the legal definition of the relationship, so we leave them out on purpose.
This is not Form 888. The Commonwealth statutory declaration is an Attorney-General's Department form; Form 888 is the Home Affairs form for witness statements.
Updated financial records
The 801 and 100 pages list joint mortgage or lease documents, joint loans, joint bank account statements and household bills in both names. The pages introduce these records as showing that you are still in the relationship with the same sponsor.
Updated household records
Home Affairs lists a statement about how you share housework, bills in both names, mail or emails addressed to you both, documents showing joint responsibility for children and documents proving your living arrangements.
Keep the dates visible in filenames. A name like Household_2026-01-to-2026-09_Utilities.pdf separates Stage 2 evidence from the files attached at the first stage.
Updated social records and witnesses
Both pages require statements from two witnesses who are 18 or older, know both of you and know about the relationship. Form 888 is the Department's published form for those statements. The pages also list joint invitations, friends in common, travel together and proof you have told government, public or commercial bodies about your relationship.
Our Form 888 guide covers the current form and the Department's two-witness requirement.
Updated commitment records
Under commitment, the pages ask for evidence that you know each other's background, have combined your personal matters and stay in touch when apart. The terms of your wills can also be provided. Your plans for the future are covered in the sponsor's declaration.
File limits and organisation
Both pages allow up to 100 attachments for each person. They also say to attach each document only once, even if it shows more than one thing, and to label documents clearly. A document with more than one page is saved as one file, and non-English documents go in with an English translation and the original.
The ImmiAccount upload guide covers the 5 MB rule and filenames. VisaBinder builds a pack for a subclass 801 or 100 application. You choose the stage when you set up the pack, and the evidence is organised into the same four categories (financial, household, social and commitment) as one or more PDFs per category, each under the 5 MB limit.
Primary sources
- Home Affairs: Subclass 801 Partner (Permanent) visa
- Home Affairs: Subclass 100 Partner (Migrant) visa
- Attorney-General's Department: Commonwealth statutory declaration form