Family Migration Program
The Family Migration program allows Australian citizens,
permanent residents and some New Zealand citizensto sponsor overseas
relatives to join them in Australia permanently.
Children, parents and other family members may apply
to join their Australian citizen or permanent
resident family members in Australia.
To succeed, the relative and the sponsor must meet
all the requirements of one of the visa categories
in the Family Migration program.
Relatives can also be sponsored under the Skilled
Migration Program.
Family stream migrants are selected on the basis of their family
relationship with their sponsor in
Australia. There is no test for skills or language ability as there
is for skilled stream migrants.
Who can migrate under the Family Migration Program?
• Partners (husbands, wives, de
facto partners, interdependent partners or fiancés)
• Children (dependent, adopted
overseas or orphaned)
• Parents
• Other family members (orphaned
relatives, dependent aged relatives, last remaining members
of the family and carers)
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