subclass 820 Partner Visa Grants.
These are the numbers of subclass 820 visas granted and refused during 2020.
In the first three months of the year, before COVID restrictions began to change the numbers of visa grants, there were 5,911 subclass 820 visas granted.
During the later three months, May to July, once restrictions on OFFSHORE grants came into effect, there were 8,273 ONSHORE grants, an increase of 40%.
- In Quarter 1 there were 5,911 grants and 447 refusals.
- In Quarter 2 there were 8,040 grants and 11 refusals.
- In Quarter 3 there were 5,703 grants and 33 refusals.
- In Quarter 4 there were 7,037 grants and 50 refusals.
The reduction in refusals is a puzzle, although the difficult ones may just have been put to one side, rather than refusing, or granting, during the COVID period, due to difficulties in confirming overseas information?
Subclass 820 Onshore Partner Visas: Grants and Refusals.
| Month | Grants | Refusals | Withdrawals | Total Finalised |
| Jul 2019 | 2,802 | 141 | 83 | 3,026 |
| Aug 2019 | 2,335 | 170 | 72 | 2,577 |
| Sep 2019 | 1,960 | 181 | 69 | 2,210 |
| Oct 2019 | 1,967 | 203 | 83 | 2,253 |
| Nov 2019 | 1,796 | 115 | 71 | 1,982 |
| Dec 2019 | 1,509 | 120 | 74 | 1,703 |
| Jan 2020 | 1,814 | 180 | 99 | 2,093 |
| Feb 2020 | 1,956 | 147 | 83 | 2,186 |
| Mar 2020 | 2,141 | 120 | 82 | 2,343 |
| Apr 2020 | 1,944 | 2 | 60 | 2,005 |
| May 2020 | 3,136 | 8 | 91 | 3,235 |
| Jun 2020 | 2,960 | 1 | 68 | 3,029 |
| Jul 2020 | 2,177 | 13 | 73 | 2,264 |
| Aug 2020 | 1,643 | 9 | 77 | 1,730 |
| Sep 2020 | 1,883 | 11 | 65 | 1,960 |
| Oct 2020 | 2,203 | 23 | 90 | 2,316 |
| Nov 2020 | 2,439 | 10 | 48 | 2,497 |
| Dec 2020 | 2,395 | 17 | 95 | 2,507 |
Source: Department of Home Affairs FOI request: 21/02/00043
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