Adding Your Partner to a Subclass 482 / 457 TSS Visa

If you hold a TSS (Subclass 482 or 457) visa, you can include your spouse or de facto partner as a secondary applicant. Unlike permanent residence categories, you can do this even after your own visa has been granted — there's no need to add your partner upfront at the time of your original lodgement.

Your partner will receive a TSS visa with full work rights, meaning they can take any job in any occupation. The secondary visa expires on the same date as your primary visa, keeping both holders on aligned immigration status.

Both genuine relationships (married and de facto) qualify, but immigration assessors will scrutinise relationship evidence carefully.