{"id":1163,"date":"2014-03-11T12:31:29","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T17:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/partner-309-visa-quesions\/"},"modified":"2022-02-11T14:24:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T19:24:26","slug":"partner-309-visa-quesions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/partner-309-visa-quesions\/","title":{"rendered":"Partner (309) Visa Quesions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Partner (309) Visa Quesions<\/strong><br \/>\nMy boyfriend (South African citizen) and I (Australian citizen) are going to be lodging an application for the Partner 309 visa, in either August or September this year, at the Australian Embassy in Pretoria. The two of us are currently living together &#8230;<br \/>\n<i>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.australiaforum.com\/visas-immigration\/56537-partner-309-visa-quesions.html\">Australia Forum<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Selfies allowed in place of <b>passport<\/b> size photographs in exam <b>application<\/b> forms<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cThis is a barbaric rule. If it&#39;s not removed, it will push us a step closer toward extinction as money earned from clicking a passport size photos for exams forms a considerable part of our total earning,\u201d said Deepak Kumar, owner of Dilbag Photo Studio.<br \/>\n<i>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fakingnews.firstpost.com\/2014\/03\/selfies-allowed-in-place-of-passport-size-photographs-in-exam-application-forms\/\">Firstpost (satire)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Partner (309) Visa Quesions My boyfriend (South African citizen) and I (Australian citizen) are going to be lodging an application for the Partner 309 visa, in either August or September this year, at the Australian Embassy in Pretoria. 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