Break-up after permanent residency is granted

What if you and your Australian partner break up after permanent residency is granted? You have permanent residency through a partner visa, the application of which requires that you must continue to meet the relationship requirements.

In a permanent partner visa application, immigration laws require that you must continue to be the spouse or de facto partner of the same person who sponsored you for the temporary partner visa.

This means that you must continue to be in a marriage or de facto relationship and have a genuine and continuing relationship. Moreover, you must live together (not permanently apart), and must be mutually committed to a shared life excluding other partners.