# Certain applicants taken to have applied for Partner (Migrant) (Class BC) visas and Partner (Provisional) (Class UF) visas

> reg-2.08E — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

2.08E Certain applicants taken to have applied for Partner (Migrant) (Class BC)
          visas and Partner (Provisional) (Class UF) visas
          (1) For subsection 46(2) of the Act, the Partner (Migrant) (Class BC) visa and the
              Partner (Provisional) (Class UF) visa are prescribed classes of visa.
          (2) If:
                (a) a person (the applicant) applies for a Prospective Marriage (Temporary)
                    (Class TO) visa; and
                (b) after the application is made, but before it is decided, the applicant marries
                    the person who was specified as the applicant’s prospective spouse in the
                    application for that visa; and
                (c) the marriage is recognised as valid for the purposes of the Act;
              then:








                 (d) the applicant is taken also to have applied for a Partner (Migrant) (Class
                     BC) visa and a Partner (Provisional) (Class UF) visa on the day
                     Immigration receives notice of the marriage; and
                 (e) the applications are taken to be validly made.
          (3) The amount paid by the applicant as the first instalment of the visa application
              charge for the Prospective Marriage (Temporary) (Class TO) visa application is
              taken to be payment of the first instalment of the visa application charge for the
              Partner (Migrant) (Class BC) visa application.