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If you’re an Australian citizen or permanent resident we can help you bring your husband or wife, or de facto partner to Australia. The Department of Home Affairs have implemented specific criteria to test your relationship over 2 years, prior to granting permanent residency.
There are two temporary partner visas:
This is a visa for partners who are not living in Australia at the time of the application. An Australian visa office in your partner’s country of origin will process the application.
This is a visa for people who have already entered Australia on a valid visa and wish to switch to a visa that reflects their partner status.
Both these visas can convert to permanent residency as subclass 100 or 801 visas.
This temporary 9 to 15 months visa enables you to marry your prospective spouse in Australia or in another country. After your marriage you can apply for a partner visa leading to permanent residence.
If you are an Australian citizen or permanent resident you can apply to sponsor your parents to join you. Parent visa applications need to meet the following conditions.
As a sponsor you must:
• be ’settled’ in Australia – this generally means having lived here legally for at least two years
• pass the ‘balance of family‘ test – this relates to the number of siblings you have and where they live
There are five streams to apply for a parent visa:
Applicant for Aged parent visas must be at least 65 years of age and must be in Australian when apply for these visas. They are entitled to receive a bridging visa after they make an application for aged parent visa which allows them to stay further in Australia.
Contributory visa applicants must pay the ‘contributory parent’ visa fees introduced in June 2014 ($43,600 per an adult applicant). These fees are designed to cover potentially high medical expenses for elderly people
A parent of an Australian citizen or permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen can apply for this visa and visit Australia for 3 or 5 years. The cost of visa is $5090 for 3 years visa and $10,180 for 5 years visa)
The sponsor child must be 18 years old or over and must have a yearly income of $83,455.
The application includes a sponsor application of the sponsor child and visa application for the applicant.
First the sponsor application must be submitted and be approved. The sponsor approval is valid for six months. The cost of sponsor application is $420.
A dependent child (under 25 years old) of an Australian citizen, permanent resident or an eligible New Zealand citizen can apply for this permanent visa. Child must be single and full-time student and dependent substantially on parent. Children over 25 must be unable to work due to a disability.
