PARENT VISAS

PARENT CATEGORIES

The Australian government has introduced “contributory” parent visa categories, which require the payment of a high application fee to cover medical expenses

There are two types of contributory parent visa:

Parent Visa – this visa must be lodged outside of Australia. The visa charge is comparatively low but standard processing time frames for parent visas are very long and therefore, depending on your financial circumstances, it is advisable to consider lodging a contributory parent visa to reduce waiting times significantly. Attempts to close this visa pathway may continue.

Aged Parent Visa – this visa must be lodged in Australia. The parent applying must be in Australia and will be granted a bridging visa to remain in Australia during the visa processing. The visa charge is comparatively low (a few thousand dollars) compared to the Contributory parent visas but attempts to close this visa pathway may continue.

Contributory Parent: This is a permanent visa which costs almost $50,000 per parent, can be lodged in Australia if you are 65 years+ (aged parent) and is generally processed within 2 years of the date of the application.

Contributory Parent (Temporary) to Permanent: Applying for this visa allows you to split the cost of applying for a Contributory Permanent Visa over 2 stages. It is around half the cost of the permanent contributory parent and you would normally move to apply within the 2 year visa period for a permanent contributory parent visa.