Parent Visas (Temporary and Permanent Options)

International Borders have opened for parents of Australian citizens and permanent residents.

The decision to classify the parents of Australian citizens and permanent residents as immediate family, has been met with relief and excitement.

Nearly half of all Australians were either born overseas or had at least one parent who was. However up until now, foreign-born parents were ineligible to apply for a COVID-19 exemption to travel to Australia.

For many people, a permanent contributory parent visa may be out of the reach, financially, and the non-contributory visa not practical due to the lengthy processing times.

A visitor visa may be a fast and inexpensive alternative to bring parents to spend time with family in Australia. Longer validity visitor visas are available for parents of Australian permanent residents and citizens. Parents of Australian permanent residents and citizens currently have the option of using the Visitor (Subclass 600) visa stream to spend time with their children, which enables longer stays in Australia of up to 12 months in any 18-month period.

Sponsored Parent Visa (Temporary)

The Subclass 870 visa is a temporary visa which allows a parent of an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen to visit Australia for up to three (3) or five (5) years.

The visa allows parents to remain in Australia for a longer period of time, up to five years at a time without departing. It provides an alternative option to Visitor visas which only allow shorter periods of stay.

Parent Visa (Permanent)

The Parent Visa enables parents of children who are Australian citizens or permanent residents to be sponsored for permanent residence in Australia.

The Parent visa migration program is capped and queued, some visa types have a long processing time of up to 30 years. Your application will be processed in the order in which they are lodged.

Primary requirements

  • Parent of a citizen or permanent resident
  • The Applicant must be the parent of an Australian citizen or permanent resident who has spent at least two (2) years living in Australia
  • Balance of Family Test
  • You must pass the balance of family test (at least half of the applicants’ children and step-children must be citizens or permanent Residents in Australia, or more of the main applicants’ children must be settled permanent citizen or residents of Australia than any other single country)
  • Applications lodged onshore for both the non-contributory and contributory parent visas require the main applicant to be 66 years of age or older. To lodge an onshore parent application, you must be old enough to receive the age pension in Australia.

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