Family Visas
A range of family visas enable you to join your family in Australia or sponsor eligible applicants.
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Family Visa – Australian Partner, Parent, and other visas
The Family Visa Stream facilitates the reunion of immediate family members of Australian citizens, permanent residents, or eligible New Zealand citizens. It also includes other members of the family, such as parents, orphaned relatives, and carers. The family visa stream comprises of three main categories:
Partner Visas – These visas allow spouses, de facto partners (including same-sex partners), and fiancés to live in Australia with their partner.
Parent Visas – This category is designed for parents of settled Australian citizens, permanent residents, or eligible New Zealand citizens, to stay in Australia with their family.
Other Family Visas –This category includes dependent children, or step-children of the sponsor, a child adopted from overseas, orphan relatives, aged dependent relatives, remaining relatives, and carers.
What are the main requirements for family visas?
- Applicants must be sponsored by an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or eligible New Zealand citizen.
- Applicants must meet the necessary health and character requirements.
- There are no skills tests or language requirements for family visas as there is for skilled migration visas.
- Partner or fiancé sponsors are limited both by the number of applications they can make and the intervals between sponsorships.
- Certain family visa applications may necessitate an Assurance of Support showing someone who can support the applicants financially to ensure the applicants do not become a financial burden on Australia’s welfare system.
- In the case of the Parent visa category, applications are subject to a ‘balance of family test’, whereby more children must reside permanently in Australia than elsewhere for the parents to qualify.
What are the main types of family visas?
Provisional Partner Visas – Subclass 820 and 309
This visa allow spouses or de facto partners of Australian citizens, permanent residents, or eligible New Zealand citizens to live in Australia temporarily. After two years, applicants may become eligible to apply for a Permanent Partner Visa to stay in Australia permanently.
Permanent Partner Visas – Subclass 801 and 100
This visa allow spouses or de facto partners of Australian citizens, permanent residents, or eligible New Zealand citizens to live in Australia permanently. These are applied for together with the Provisional Partner Visa in a combined application.
Prospective Marriage Visa (Subclass 300)
This visa allows engaged individuals to join their Australian partner and stay in Australia for 9 to 15 months. During this time, they can marry and apply for a Partner Visa (Subclass 820/801) to settle permanently.
Sponsored Parent (Temporary) Visa
(Subclass 870)
The 870 Visa allows Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents, and eligible New Zealand citizens to sponsor their parents for a temporary visa for up to three or five years.
Parent Visas
Parent Visas allow parents of eligible Australian citizens, permanent residents, and New Zealand citizens to come live in Australia.
Child Visas
Child Visas allow children of Australian citizens, permanent residents, or eligible New Zealand citizens to live in Australia. We assist with three permanent options—Subclass 101, 802, and Adoption Visa 102—as well as the temporary Dependent Child Visa (Subclass 445).
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