Activity details
Allocate $8.9 million to expand the Family Violence Provisions (FVPs) to secondary applicants for most permanent visa subclasses and additional cohorts of partner visa applicants. This will enable visa applicants to remain eligible to be granted a permanent visa even if their relationship with the sponsoring partner or the primary applicant ends due to family and domestic violence. This measure will involve changes to migration legislation and Department of Home Affairs systems.
Implementation progress update
The Department of Home Affairs has implemented legislative and departmental information and communications technology system changes to expand the FVPs in 20 visa subclasses. These include 2 Partner visa subclasses where the provisions now cover additional cohorts of applicants, and 18 other permanent visa subclasses where provisions cover secondary applicants. These changes came into effect on 1 July 2024 (for Partner visa applicants), 15 October 2024 (for 7 Skilled visas) and 17 December 2024 (for a further 11 permanent visas). These changes are in effect and the provisions can be accessed by victim-survivors in eligible visa subclasses.
Further changes to complete the implementation of the expanded FVPs are in development, and require further amendments to migration legislation.
More information
- Learn about the National Plan to End Violence against women and children 2022-2032.
- Read the First Action Plan 2023-2027.
- Browse the First Action Plan 2023-2027 Activities Addendum update.