This visa allows you to enter Australia and marry your intended spouse (fiancé(e)) within the visa's nine (9) month validity period. Your fiancé must be one of the following:

• an Australian citizen
• an Australian permanent resident
• an eligible New Zealand citizen.
   

This visa is for you if you want to enter Australia on the basis of your relationship with your partner.

This visa is for you if you:

• intend to marry and live as husband or wife with your prospective spouse
• are sponsored by your prospective spouse
• know your prospective spouse and have met in person
• are the opposite sex to your prospective spouse
• meet age, health and character requirements.

With this visa, you:

• must enter Australia before you marry your fiance(é)
• may leave and re-enter Australia as many times as you wish before your visa ceases (nine (9) months after visa grant)
• can work in Australia
• can apply for a Spouse visa in Australia after you marry your fiance(é)
• can study, but you will not have access to government funding
• may use Australia's medical expenses and hospital care assistance scheme, Medicare, but only if you are in Australia and have already applied for a Spouse visa.