Spouse

A spouse is one of two people in a married relationship if they are married to each other under a marriage that is valid for the purposes of the Migration Act and:

• they have a mutual commitment to a shared life as a married couple to the exclusion of all others; and
• the relationship between them is genuine and continuing; and
• they live together; or do not live separately and apart on a permanent basis.

A spouse can be someone of the same or different sex.¹

References

1. Department of Home Affairs, Glossary, Spouse: immi.homeaffairs.gov.au ↩