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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
I voted yes for several reasons but mainly for one of my sisters. I hope she can return to Australia with her partner and their child to live permanently rather than being forced to live in the US because Australia did not have same sex marriage and they could not get a resident visa for her partner. This I see as a great implication and only just. I don't see all the BS about the repercussions of the legislation changing. Does it really affect anyone if people get married? No. Anyway I am glad the legislation passed.
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https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/801-
The partner visa has been around for MANY years (since 1997 I believe) and covers defacto (includes same sex relationships). (
https://www.border.gov.au/Visas/supp...onship-is.aspx)
https://www.border.gov.au/about/corp...35relationship
My wife got a Partner visa 12 years ago (it was much cheaper then), and the forms did specify defacto and same sex as an option. We did it all ourselves (not even remotely daunting or difficult), and the total time from applying for the partner visa and then to her being granted temporary resident was 6 months.