What is Contributory Parent (Temporary) visa – Australia Visa?
A parent of an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident, or qualified New Zealand citizen may enter Australia for a period of three or five years with this temporary visa.
Features
- You can reunite with children
- visiting Australia for up to 3 or 5 years per visa
- and reapply for additional Sponsored Parent (Temporary) visas to visit Australia for up to 10 years.
- While you have this visa, you are not allowed to work in Australia.
Eligibility
- You should be the Parent Sponsor’s biological, legal (including adoptive), step-parent, or parent-in-law; and be at least 18 years old.
- To apply for this visa, you must have a parent sponsor who has been authorized.
- You must have fulfilled all prior visa requirements.
- You must be in good physical condition.
- You must adhere to the Character requirement.
- While you are in Australia, you must have or have access to enough money to maintain yourself.
- To cover any unplanned medical treatment you might require while you are in Australia, you must obtain and keep suitable arrangements for health insurance from an Australian health insurance provider.
- If you owe money to the Australian Government or the public health system, you must have already paid it back or have plans in place to do so.
Documents Required
- Please include the pages of your existing passport that display your picture, contact information, and the issue and expiration dates.
- If we approve your parent’s sponsorship, we will inform them that you have permission to apply for a visa in Australia (but not immigration clearance).
- If you have spent a total of 12 months or more in Australia in the past ten years since turning 16, present an Australian police certificate.
- Scan or photograph all documents (English and non-English) in color.
Procedure to apply
- Make sure you are eligible before applying. Verify that your parent sponsor is authorized. If you don’t have a parent sponsor who has been given the go-ahead, you cannot apply for or receive this visa.
- Provide evidence to support your application.
- You must apply online or from outside Australia within 6 months of Sponsorship approval.
- To nominate someone to use Form 956A Appointment or withdrawal of an authorized recipient (301KB PDF) and provide immigration assistance, use Form 956 Appointment of a registered migration agent, legal practitioner or exempt person (308KB PDF).
what is the processing time?
- 25% of applications: 64 Days
- 50% of applications: 78 Days
- 75% of applications: 3 Months
- 90% of applications: 5 Months
What is the cost?
- AUD5,090 for a visa of up to 3 years; or
- AUD10,180 for a visa of up to 5 years.