Welcome
The Gay and Lesbian Immigration Task Force (SA), or GLITF SA is a voluntary community non-profit organisation based in South Australia with the prime objective to offer migration support, and assistance to gay men and lesbian women living in Australia. This predominantly involves couples applying for a Partner Migration Visa. However, there are other options that may be more suitable e.g. a skilled visa for the non-Australian partner. Individual gay men in Australia on a working holiday visa who face persecution upon return to their home country have also been helped with their application for asylum.
A Partner Visa is designed for an applicant who wishes to migrate to Australia on a permanent basis to be with their partner, who is either an Australian Citizen or Australian Resident, or Eligible New Zealand Citizen.
The Gay and Lesbian Immigration Task Force SA (GLITF SA) was formed in 1985 and was formally incorporated in April 1993. GLITF SA is affiliated with similar organisations bearing the same name in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, but all function independently of each other. We operate entirely on membership fees, donations and fund-raising. We have active members from diverse backgrounds and all parts of the globe.
GLITF's process is very much a 'Do-It-Yourself' procedure – we provide information, assistance, guidance, checking and ultimately moral support, to members for them to write their own migration application.
This process is significantly different from you paying a migration adviser thousands of dollars to prepare your application. Our process means that you will have to do a little more work in understanding the actual requirements, but you will need to gather all the necessary documentation required by either method. However, that translates to a substantial amount of dollars saved in fees to migration advisers.
We have a team of volunteer members who along with registered migration agents assist members through the process of the Partner Migration Visa.
GLITF SA conducts regular forums and holds social functions for its members, friends and non-members to attend. Details of these functions are sent to members and you can see these events and forms listed on the Associations Facebook page.