AUSTRALIA FAMILY VISAS

Contributory Parent Visa

To qualify for Contributory parent visa, parents have to meet the following requirements but need to provide higher assurance of support and pay higher visa application charge:

• be sponsored by your eligible adult child or by an eligible relative if your child is under 18;
• obtain assurance of support;
• meet balance of family test;
• meet health and character requirements;
• not have any outstanding debts to the Australian government;
• not have had your visa cancelled or refused;
• sign Australian Value statement.

The visa application charge is spread over time and

• you pay substantially reduced first instalment of visa application charge on lodging permanent visa application;
• you are not re-assessed against balance of family test (half or more children in Australia);
• you are usually not required to undergo further health checks.

Contributory Parent Visa Application Process

Parents can either apply for

• Contributory Parent (Temporary) Visa; or
• Directly apply for Contributory Parent (Migrant) visa.

Temporary Contributory Parent Visa is valid for two years and parents

• do not need to provide Assurance of Support for Temporary visa;
• will have access to Medicare and unrestricted work rights;
• pay temporary visa application charge (A$32,340) in 2 instalments - lower first instalment (A$3,210) and balance later.

Non- Contributory Parent Visa

The processing time for this visa is 29 years and following are the requirements for Australia Parent Visa (Non-Contributory). Parents must:

• be sponsored by your eligible adult child or by an eligible relative if your child is under 18;
• obtain assurance of support;
• meet balance of family test;
• meet health and character requirements;
• not have any outstanding debts to the Australian government;
• not have had your visa cancelled or refused;
• sign Australian Value statement.

Australia Parent visa is capped and there is a long queue of applicants. As at 30 June 2023, parent visa applications queued upto October 2011 have been released for processing. New non-contributory parent visa applications are likely to take upto 29 years for final processing.

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Remaining Relative Visa

This visa is for near relative of an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen living in Australia. Near relative may be your or your partner's parent or step-parent, your sibling or step sibling, your child or step child not dependent on you. To qualify for this visa, you must meet the requirements mentioned in parent visa and you and/or your partner must not have any near relative living outside Australia.

Remaining Relative visa is also capped and as at February 2021, applications queued up to 2 August 2011 have been released for processing. Estimated processing times for new applicantions lodged now is approximately 50 years.

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Aged Dependent Relative Visa

To qualify for this visa, you must:

• be financially dependent upon your relative in Australia for at last 3 years;
• be of pension age (currently between 65-67 years depending upon your date of birth);
• not have a spouse or de-facto partner;
• be sponsored by your Australian relative (partner, parent, grandparent, child, grand child, siblings, aunt, uncle niece, nephew including step equivalent);
• provide assurance of support;
• not have any outstanding debts to Australian government;
• meet health and character requirements

There is high demand for this visa and this visa also is also capped. As at February 2021, applications queued up to 2 August 2011 have been released for processing. Estimated processing times for new applicantions lodged now is approximately 50 years.

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Carer Visa

To qualify, you must:

• be sponsored by your relative or their partner;
• relative or their family member has medical condition that requires medical care;
• relative or family member cannot get reasonable care from any relative living in Australia or from hospital or welfare services in Australia;
• you understand their needs and are able to provide substantial and continuing assistance;
• you meet health and character requirements;
• you sign Australian Values Statement.

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