Australian Education and Migration Services
If you have one or more children living in Australia, you might be eligible to apply for an Australia parent visa (subclass 103).
This visa is suitable for the parent or parents of a child/step-child who is a settled Australian citizen, settled permanent resident, or settled eligible New Zealand citizen. If granted, this visa will allow the parent or parents to permanently migrate to Australia to join their children.
Whether you qualify for this visa depends on a number of factors, such as:
Please note
A parent visa enables you, your partner and dependent family to reside in Australia on a permanent basis. Some additional entitlements are listed below:
For applicants of a Parent (subclass 103) visa, there are numerous criteria that must be met. This section outlines the general requirements for this visa.
To be eligible for a parent visa there are certain criteria that must be met:
THE APPLICANT
THE SPONSOR
If your child is not an eligible sponsor, you may be sponsored by the following persons:
A health check is required for all applicants and accompanying family members, this includes your partner and any dependent family members.
Any debts that you have to the Australian Government will need to be repaid before this visa can be granted. If you are in financial difficulty you may need to arrange a repayment scheme.
If you are inside Australia, in certain cases you may be prohibited from applying for this visa, such as:
The balance-of-family test measures your ties to Australia. You meet this requirement if either:
You must meet this requirement to be granted this visa. It cannot be waived, even in compelling or exceptional circumstances.
The table below gives some examples of families with different numbers of children and whether they would pass the balance-of-family test.
We do not assess the nature of your relationship with your children.
If you do not know where your children are, we consider that they are in the country in which they were last known to live.
To be counted as usually living in Australia, your children must be one of the following:
If your children are in Australia on a temporary visa (such as a Student visa), they are counted as usually living outside Australia.
Your and your partner’s children, including stepchildren and adopted children, are counted in the balance-of-family test, unless they:
A stepchild is either:
Stepchildren born from polygamous or concurrent relationships are not recognised in Australia and so they cannot be counted in the balance-of-family test.
If this visa is granted, you will be expected to comply with the Australia standards of living and it is critical that you and any additional family member comply with all Australian laws.
As the sponsor, you will be required to assist your family members and help them settle in Australia by providing the following:
For the first two years of residency it’s crucial that the sponsor complies with these obligations.
The assurer must:
The Assurance of Support is required to remain in place for two years from the date you and any accompanying family members arrive in Australia.
An Assurance of Support (AoS) is a legal undertaking by the sponsor, family relative, an organisation, or any other person who may be eligible to be an assurer, to repay certain social security payments to the Australian Government which has been paid to a person or their family members applying to migrate to Australia during their AoS period.
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