May be a long shot in the dark but can anyone recommend any migration lawyer that can handle an Australia spouse visa application but that is based in Japan (Tokyo). My spouse is Australian and we could do the process remotely with an Australia based lawyer but we wonder if there is anyone local that could help instead. Thank you
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Huh. Wonder how even the Australia based lawyers would handle this.
[https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/partner-onshore/temporary-820#Eligibility](https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/partner-onshore/temporary-820#Eligibility)
>To be eligible for this visa you must:
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>not had a visa cancelled or an application refused
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>not hold certain regional visas
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>***be in Australia when you apply***
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>have a sponsor be the right age meet relationship requirements
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>meet our health requirement
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>meet our character requirement
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>have no debt to the Australian Government
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>best interests of the child.
The visa is expensive already, unless there is some requirement of the visa that might jeopardise the application you should use a lawyer otherwise is an easy step by step application you can do .
If you have a straightforward application you can do it yourself, I did the process myself 6 years ago quite easily. I wouldn’t expect lawyers here to be able to do it, but I don’t think it is necessary anyways.