Family Reunions in Australia
Parents
If you are seeking to bring your parent to Australia temporarily, you may consider a temporary Parent visa, allowing your parent to live in Australia for up to 2 years.
If you are looking to bring your parent to Australia permanently, you will need to consider the Parent visa or Aged Parent visa. For your parent to be eligible for the Parent visa in general circumstances, they must:
- be sponsored by an eligible child who is a permanent resident, unless they are applying for the Retirement Pathway
- satisfy the balance-of-family test
- provide an Assurance of Support
- meet health and character requirements.
For your parent to be eligible for the Aged Parent visa, they must:
- be in Australia
- Be sponsored by an eligible child who is a settled Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident
- be old enough to receive the age pension in Australia
- meet health and character requirements
- satisfy the balance-of-family test.
Please note that further requirements must be satisfied by the applicant in order to qualify for these visas.
Children
If you are an under-18-year-old looking to join your parents in their country of residence, or you are a parent seeking to bring your child to Australia, there are two subclasses of Child visa that apply to you.
To be eligible for either visa, the child must:
- be a dependent child of a parent who is an Australian citizen or holder of a permanent visa
- be under 18 years or a full-time student dependent on the parent
- meet health and character requirements.
Please note that further requirements must be satisfied by the applicant in order to qualify for these visas.
Partners
If you are seeking to live with your spouse or de-facto partner in Australia, you could be looking at a Prospective Marriage or Partner visa.
If you are intending to travel to Australia to marry your prospective spouse, the Prospective Marriage visa may apply to you. To be eligible for this visa under general circumstances, you must:
- be 18 years old or older
- be sponsored
- meet health and character requirements
- intend to marry your prospective spouse before the visa period ends.
The Partner visas will allow you to travel and eventually migrate to Australia to be with your Australian partner. Please note that further requirements must be satisfied by the applicant in order to qualify for these visas.