Parent Migration
All parent applicants must meet the balance of family
test. To pass this test at least half of the
parent’s children must live in Australia or more children
must live in Australia than any other single
country.
Aged Parent applicants must be old enough to be granted an Australian
age pension. The application
can be made either in or outside Australia.
A parent who is not old enough to be granted an Australian age
pension can apply for a visa from inside or outside Australia but
the visa can only be granted if the applicant is outside Australia.
At present there are long waiting lists for Parent and Aged Parent
visas and it may take many years
for a visa to be granted.
These visas require a mandatory assurance of support to be provided
by an Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand
citizen who meets the minimum income requirements (and need not
necessarily be the sponsor) along with payment of a bond.
There are two visa categories for parents wishing to migrate to
Australia:
Parent Category
You must be sponsored, generally by your child, who must be an Australian
citizen, Australian
permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen.
For more information see DIMA Fact
Sheet 31 - Family Stream Migration - Parent category.
DIMA’s Parent Migration Booklet, which includes application
forms for Parent visas can can be downloaded
for free or purchased from a DIMA office.
Some of these files are pdf files. You will need the Adobe Reader,
version 4 or later, on your computer.
For help with using PDF click here.
Contributory Parent Category
This category was introduced in mid-2003 to allow the expansion
of the Parent Migration program on
the basis that applicants pay a higher visa application charge and
a larger Assurance of Support bond.
It has more visa places available each migration program year and
visa applications in the contributory
parent category are accorded a higher priority than applications
in the parent category.
Applicants for Contributory Parent Visas must meet the same eligibility
criteria as applicants for non-Contributory Parent Category visas.
For more information see DIMA Fact
Sheet 39 - Family Stream Migration - Contributory Parent Category
Visas. DIMA’s Parent Migration Booklet, which includes application
forms for Parent visas
can be downloaded
for free or purchased from a DIMA office.
Some of these files are pdf files. You will need the Adobe Reader,
version 4 or later, on your computer.
For help with using PDF click here.
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