42% of Partner Visas Denied

Are 42% of Partner Visas really denied?

The following image shows a statement by a Migration agent that 42% of Partner Visas were Denied in 2018.

That 42% seems to be a very high figure, but they do not link to official figures for those numbers. I have always seen numbers closer to around 10%.

I know that many cases that go through a migration agent are more complex than most, so maybe that is the reason for their own higher refusal rate, if the figures relate to their case rate.

These Official figures from the Immigration department for 2017-18, show a much lower refusal rate for applications that did NOT use a migration agent.

Onshore Partner visa 820

• Finalised: 33,133.
• Granted: 29,846. 90.1% granted.
• Refused: 2,450. 7.4% refused.

Offshore Partner visa 309

• Finalised: 34,312.
• Granted: 30,282. 88.3% granted.
• Refused: 2,791. 8.1% refused.

Source: Department of Home Affairs Freedom of Information request: FA18/07/00438

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It would be interesting to see how that 42% was calculated.

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