{"id":526,"date":"2021-04-28T14:21:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T04:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blmigration.com.au\/?p=526"},"modified":"2025-10-17T15:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T05:08:10","slug":"how-to-establish-family-violence-for-partner-visa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blmigration.com.au\/en\/how-to-establish-family-violence-for-partner-visa\/","title":{"rendered":"How to establish family violence for partner visa?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"526\" class=\"elementor elementor-526\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-116d663f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"116d663f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ea85c83\" data-id=\"7ea85c83\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2217885e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2217885e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"711\" height=\"233\" class=\"wp-image-77\" src=\"https:\/\/blmigration.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/our-services-1.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blmigration.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/our-services-1.png 711w, https:\/\/www.blmigration.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/our-services-1-300x98.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 24px;\">Did you know that one way to get your permanent <a href=\"https:\/\/blmigration.com.au\/service\/i-have-a-partner-or-family-in-australia\/partner-visa\/\">partner visa<\/a> (Subclass 801 or Subclass 100) is by demonstrating family violence? <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may know that family violence was one of the ways to continue to get your partner visa without sponsorship but it is not easy. You also still need to show that you were in a genuine and continuing de facto partner or spousal relationship up until you separated, and that the family violence was suffered during the relationship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have seen many live cases and court cases that generally fail at the Departmental level for not providing sufficient evidence to demonstrate the 4 aspects of the relationship. A lot of the applicants focus on providing evidence of the family violence and neglect that the hardest part is to still satisfy the 4 aspects of the partner relationship up until the relationship breakdown.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, there was a court case decided at Federal Court of Australia involving family violence: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au\/judgments\/Judgments\/fca\/single\/2021\/2021fca0387\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gunatillake v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCA 387<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sponsor complained that the partner visa applicant did not earn enough money during their marriage.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sponsor controlled the partner visa applicant\u2019s finances and humiliated him in front of friends causing him to feel suicidal during the relationship, loss of self-esteem and self-confidence. He claims that he was in severe depression during the relationship. He had obtained psychologist\u2019s reports etc. to support this.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The partner visa applicant did 90% of the cooking and cleaning whilst they lived together.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In essence, the permanent partner visa was rejected <\/span><b>not<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the basis that he could not show family violence but because he could not demonstrate that he was still in a genuine marital relationship with his wife before it broke down.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This family violence case was successful on appeal to the Federal Court of Australia on the basis that the Tribunal had failed to consider relevant evidence in the sense of giving active intellectual consideration to it (footnote1).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Court held at [74]:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In my view engaging in an active intellectual process directed to relevant evidence involves real consideration of it, not merely a recitation of parts of it without consideration of its significance or weight. Lawful decision-making by an administrative decision-maker must be based on the evidence and it requires genuine consideration of the evidence. Care must, however, be taken to ensure that the Court does not stray into merits review.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nevertheless, it is anticipated that when remitted to the Tribunal who will reconsider it on its merits may fail the application again on the basis of not being satisfied based on the materials that they were in a genuine spousal relationship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do not fall into the same mistake. Family violence claims for <a href=\"https:\/\/blmigration.com.au\/service\/i-have-a-partner-or-family-in-australia\/partner-visa\/\">partner visa<\/a> applications may not be as straightforward as you think it is. It is best to find a legal professional to present your claims to ensure all legal requirements are strongly represented and fulfilled.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can <a href=\"https:\/\/blmigration.com.au\/contact-us\/\">contact<\/a> one of our lawyers to enquire further.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br \/><br \/><em><strong>Reference<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carrascalao v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCAFC 107; (2017) 252 FCR 352 at [46] (Griffiths, White and Bromwich JJ); Tickner v Chapman [1995] FCA 987; (1995) 57 FCR 451 at 462 and 495 (Black CJ, Burchett and Kiefel (as her Honour then was) JJ); Minister for Immigration v SZRKT [2013] FCA 317; (2013) 212 FCR 99 at [111]-[112] (Robertson J).<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9285c23 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9285c23\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d59fb4\" data-id=\"8d59fb4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f29c93d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f29c93d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95dac1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95dac1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>This article was prepared and written by our immigration lawyer team at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blmigration.com.au\/\">Brightstone Migration<\/a> and reviewed by one of our Partner Lawyers and the Head of Immigration. 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The content is for reference only and does not constitute specific legal advice.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Last updated: <span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">28\/04\/2021<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Did you know that one way to get your permanent partner visa (Subclass 801 or Subclass 100) is 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