What is an Orphan Relative visa – Australia Visa?

This visa allows a single kid to come to Australia to live with a relative if their parents are deceased, incapable of caring for them, or cannot be found.

Features

• stay in Australia indefinitely
• work and study in Australia in line with Australian law
• enroll in Australia’s public healthcare scheme, Medicare
• sponsor relatives to come to Australia
• apply for Australian citizenship, if eligible

Eligibility

• A qualifying sibling or step-sibling, grandparent or step-grandparent, aunt, uncle, step-aunt, or step-uncle must sponsor the child.
• When the youngster applies for the visa, they must be younger than 18 years old.
• We won’t issue this visa unless the youngster has no other family members who can take care of them.
• Our health requirements must be met by the child and any of their dependant children who apply for the visa with them.
• The youngster must satisfy our character criteria if they are 16 years old or older.
• If the child or any member of their family owes money to the Australian government, it must be repaid or a formal arrangement must be made to do so.
• If it is not in the best interests of a candidate under the age of 18, we could decide not to grant this visa.

How to apply

• Verify the validity of the child’s passport. If someone is speaking for the child,  let us know.
• Provide documents to support the application.
• On paper, submit a visa application. When the application is submitted, the child must be outside of Australia.
• Complete the following 2 forms, then return them together to Perth’s Child and Other Family Processing Center through the mail (with the proper prepaid postage) or courier.Form 47CH Application for migration to Australia by a child (564KB PDF),Form 40CH Sponsorship for a child to migrate to Australia (544KB PDF) .
• By post (with correct prepaid postage):Department of Home Affairs
  Child and Other Family Processing Centre
  Locked Bag 7
  NORTHBRIDGE WA 6865

  By courier:

  Department of Home Affairs
  Child and Other Family Processing Centre
  Wellington Central
  836 Wellington Street
  WEST PERTH WA 6005

• When we get the application and supporting documentation, we will let you know. After applying, there can be more information, actions, or considerations.

Documents Required

• Passport pages with the child’s portrait, name, and the dates of their issue and expiration should be provided.
• Include 4 current (45mm x 35mm) pictures of the child and any additional dependents listed on the application.
• Please submit a certified copy of the child’s passport or another travel document, as well as any passports the child has held in the past.
• You must show there are no parents who can take care of the child.
• Provide evidence of the child’s relationship to their relative.
• Children older than 16 must present police clearance documents from each nation where they have lived for at least a year in the previous ten years.

What is the cost?

• It starts from AUD1,710

What is the processing time?