Parent Visa
Parent Visa (Permanent)
Sponsored Parent Visa (Temporary)
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 2 years living in Australia
Family balance 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).
Temporary parent Visa
If you are do not meet the balance of family test, you could also consider the Temporary Parent Visa (Subclass 870).
Different Parent Visa options:
There are several different visa options that may lead to Australian permanent residency:
NO Bridging Visa granted
Can apply onshore, but NO bridging visa is granted.
- Parent Visa (subclass 103)
- Contributory Parent Visa (subclass 143)
- Contributory Parent Temporary Visa (subclass 173) to Contributory Parent Visa (subclass 143)
Bridging Visa granted
Can apply onshore and be granted a bridging visa
- Aged Parent Visa (subclass 804)
- Contributory Aged Parent Visa (subclass 864)
- Contributory Aged Parent Temporary Visa (subclass 884) to Contributory Aged Parent Visa (subclass 864)
Additional requirements
There are some additional requirements that may apply depending on the visa you’re applying for.
Criteria for Contributory Aged Parent visa
The main applicant of this visa must be over 66 years of age, however if they have a partner aged younger than 66, they can be included as a secondary applicant.
Health and Character
Your parents will need to meet health and character requirements and will need to undertake a medical assessment, chest x-ray and HIV test. Please note that if you go the non contributory parent visa route then your parent would be required to undertake a medical assessment before the visa is granted.
Processing time
Non-contributory visas have far longer processing times than contributory visas.
Non-contributory visas
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection website lists the wait time for non-contributory parent and aged parent visas is approximately 10 – 30 years. There is also a chance that the government could potentially cancel all non contributory parent visas applications. (They did attempt to cancel parent visa applications in 2014, however this was never passed).
Contributory visas
Contributory visa applicants can be expected to wait between 24 – 36 months for the visa to be processed. Upon grant of the visa application, the parent will become an Australian permanent resident.
Upon application for an onshore aged parent visa, the applicant would be granted a bridging visa allowing him to remain in Australia lawfully until the visa is granted. If the parent is from an RHCA country they may be able to enroll in Medicare, however I would always recommend that you check with Centrelink or Medicare about this. The application for a parents visa (for applicants under 66), there is no bridging visa granted. However parents may be eligible to obtain a long length sponsored visitor visa.
The other option is the contributory Aged Parent temporary visa. The benefit of this visa is that the second visa application charge is divided into two payments. This visa would grant you temporary residence in Australia for up to 2 years before you apply for the permanent contributory Aged Parent visa.
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