Allow parents of Australian citizens, permanent residents, or eligible New Zealand citizens to live in Australia, either temporarily or permanently, subject to meeting the balance of family and sponsorship requirements.
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Australian visa for parents: Stay with your loved ones. You are a parent of a child or children living in Australia and now you would like to move to Australia permanently and be with your children and maybe grandchildren.
Parents of Australian citizens, Permanent Residents or eligible New Zealand Citizens can apply for a Parent Visa if they meet the balance of family test and can be sponsored by at least one of their children living in Australia. To apply as a parent, you must be sponsored by your child, who must be an Australian Citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen.
There are three kinds of Parent Visas which are as follows:
For Non-Contributory and Contributory Parent Visas:
Visa Subclasses for Non-Contributory Parent Visas:
Lodged when you are outside of Australia – subclass 103
Lodged when you are inside Australia – subclass 804
Assurance of Support is AUD5,000 for the main applicant and AUD2,000 for a partner. This bond will be held for a 2-year period. The bond will be requested when the visa is being assessed, which will be after a significant amount of years. Processing time is expected to be around 30 years.
Visa Subclasses for Contributory Parent Visa:
Lodged when you are outside Australia – subclass 143 or for two-stage application, subclass 173
Lodged when you are in Australia – subclass 864 of for two-stage application subclass 884
Processing Time can be expected to be around 3.5 years.
Assurance of Support is AUD10,000 for the main applicant and for any adult secondary applicant it is AUD4,000. This bond will be held for the 10-year period. Interest can be paid while the bond is being held.
There are two payment options (adjusted annually) for Contributory Parent Visa applicants:
The contributory parent visa category also requires a 10-year $10,000 Assurance of Support bond for main applicants and $4,000 for adult secondary applicants (for temporary visa holders, this is payable during the processing of the permanent visa) The assurance of support bond earns interest and is refunded after 10 years.
A parent can only apply within Australia for a parent visa if they are aged. An aged parent is one who is old enough to be granted an Australian age pension.
The following is a table of how aged is determined. The pension age will be gradually increased from 65 to 67 years as set out in the table below:
| Period within which a person was born | Pension age | Date pension age changes |
| From 1 July 1952 to 31 December 1953 | 65 years and 6 months | 1 July 2017 |
| From 1 January 1954 to 30 June 1955 | 66 years | 1 July 2019 |
| From 1 July 1955 to 31 December 1956 | 66 years and 6 months | 1 July 2021 |
| From 1 January 1957 onwards | 67 years | 1 July 2023 |
A parent who meets the pension age definition of Australia can apply for a Parent Visa within Australia, so long as there is not an 8503 (no further stay) condition on the visa they are holding, which usually would be a visitor visa. Once onshore and have applied for a parent visa, they are entitled to go on a bridging visa A, which keeps them in Australia lawfully, for the remainder of the time it takes to assess their parent visa.
Sponsored Parent (Temporary Visa) Subclass – 870
This is a temporary visa for parents which does not extend or lead to a Permanent Residence Visa. Once a Subclass 870 visa is granted and while it is being held, the parent cannot apply for any other subclass of parent visa.
With this visa you can:
You cannot work in Australia
Stay Longer
You can apply to stay for a cumulative maximum 10-year period. You must be outside Australia for at least 90 days before being eligible to be granted another Sponsored Parent (Temporary) visa unless you have a Permission to Apply in Australia.
If you have held Sponsored Parent (Temporary) visas for the cumulative maximum 10- year period, you must either depart Australia or apply for another visa that will allow you to remain in Australia. You will not be eligible for grant of a further Sponsored Parent (Temporary) visa.
Sponsorship
You must have an approved Parent Sponsor to apply for this visa.
Costs:
You must be outside Australia when you apply for the visa unless you have Permission to Apply in Australia, which must be requested by your sponsor
Permission to apply
Permission to Apply in Australia allows you to apply for this visa in Australia. It must be requested in Australia by your sponsor in their sponsorship application form.
If you have Permission to Apply in Australia, you must lodge your visa application within 60 days of sponsorship approval. If you do not apply within 60 days, you will have to lodge your visa application outside Australia within 6 months of sponsorship approval or make an application for a different visa to remain in Australia.
Travel
You can travel to and from Australia as many times as you want while the visa is valid.
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Maren Beattie arrived in Australia on a Working Holiday Visa in 2007. She and Matt had been pen-pals before she arrived.
Our relationship developed and we got married in Jan 2008. I applied for a spouse visa with my husband Matthew Beattie. I received my Permanent Visa in 2010.
Starting off in Australia in 2007 with a Working Holiday Visa, subclass 417. Shortly after meeting my husband, Matthew Beattie, we decided to get married. We were introduced and recommended by Matthew’s friend to contact with AustraliaMigrate for assistance in the spouse visa application.
MAREN BEATTIE
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Hi Ian, First of all THANK YOU and your team! Thank you for working with us on this application till the very end, thank you for the magnificent news! Although the process was stressful, the result is the only thing that matters and we couldn’t be happier! And the date couldn’t be better! We will always have fireworks on our PR day! And Thank you for your kind wishes! Wish you all the best!
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Hello Lynn and Ian, How are you? I just wanted to let you know that my Visa has been granted. I have my Permanent Residency! Thank you for everything, Lynn has been so helpful during the all process. I could never have done it without you. I hope everything is going all right for you guys. Take care.
Thanks Ian for pushing these through in time.
Dear Ms Lynn, Thank you for the information, appreciated your time and effort for lodging our visa. Looking forward to seeing you for the future visa. Thank you.
Hi Kathy & Ian, Thank you so much for this. It’s great news. Thank you once again.
Hello IAN,Thank you again. It was a wonderful experience working with you.
Dear Ian and Kathy, I can’t believe it, such good news! Thank you so so much for all your help and effort!!! Richard and I really appreciate it. I can’t find the right words to describe how grateful we are. Thank you! May both of you have a wonderful weekend.
WOW! This is amazing. Ian, Mariola and team, I cannot express my gratitude enough for all the effort and hard work you put in to making this happen. Thanks you so so much!!!
Ian and Lynn, Pete and I would like to thank you both for all your direction and hard work to make this happen. We really appreciate it. We’re elated that the Partnership Visa has finally been granted! We will be eternally grateful to both of you for making this tedious process easier for us. We couldn’t have done it without your expertise and guidance. Thank you, thank you, thank you… Have a wonderful day,
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I can’t believe it after all these years
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Thank you very much for this great news. I am very glad that the wait is over and that I can finally start working
Thank you for the excellent news 🙂 and thank you for all your help. I really appreciate it!
You will be hearing from me in the near future.
Wishing you both all the best, especially in these unpredictable times.
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Thank you both again.
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Thank you again!
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