Parent Visas
AUSTRALIAN PARENT VISAS
TYPES OF PARENT VISAS
Subclass 173/143
Subclass 173/143
Subclass 173/143 is a visa pathway that enables parents or step-parents of Australian Citizens, PR holders, or eligible NZ citizens to remain in Australia for two years. This visa pathway can be split into two and provides a direct path for permanent residency.
Subclass 864
Subclass 864
Subclass 864 is the permanent visa residency pathway for aged parents (65 years or over) of Australian citizens, permanent residents, or eligible NZ citizens to live in Australia.
Subclass 884
Subclass 884
This temporary visa enables aged parents (aged 65 or over) of Australian citizens, permanent residents, or eligible NZ citizens to remain in Australia for up to two years. Subclass 884 visa pathway provides a direct path to permanent residency.
Subclass 103
Subclass 103
This visa is suitable for the parent of Australian citizens, permanent residents, or eligible NZ citizens to remain in Australia. However, the visa takes around 25 years to be granted.
Subclass 870
Subclass 870
This temporary visa pathway enables parents or step-parents of Australian citizens, permanent residents, or eligible NZ citizens to visit Australia for up to ten years.
Subclass 804
Subclass 804
This visa is suitable for aged parents of Australian citizens, permanent residents, or eligible NZ citizens to remain in Australia. However, the visa takes around 25 years to be granted.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
The balance of family test measures a Parent visa applicant’s family links to Australia. A parent meets the balance of family test if:
- at least half of their children and stepchildren are eligible, or
- there are more eligible children living in Australia than in any other single country.
A child is an eligible child if they are:
- an Australian citizen, or
- an Australian permanent resident who is usually resident in Australia, or
- an eligible New Zealand citizen usually resident in Australia
Any other children, including children residing overseas or deceased or who have been removed from their parents’ legal custody, are ineligible.
The below visas require a balance of family test:
- Subclass 103 – Parent
- Subclass 143 – Contributory Parent
- Subclass 173 – Contributory Parent (Temporary)
- Subclass 804 – Aged Parent
- Subclass 864 – Contributory Aged Parent
- Subclass 884 – Contributory Aged Parent (Temporary)
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TEMPORARY PARENT VISA TO PERMANENT RESIDENCY
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Phil and the SMC team were fabulous! Highly recommended. Our case was very very complex. Katherine was Stateless living in a Burmese refugee camp in Thailand. No passport, no ID documents. Health checks were required outside of the camp, a police check waiver was required, an ‘exit permit’ from Thailand and so many other difficulties. Phil guided us through and went well above his responsibilities to help us with everything from A-Z over more than two years. We would recommend SMC without hesitation.
I can’t express my gratitude enough to SMC for their care, support and amazing work. My case was a complex partner case involving family violence that required many extra layers of work and support. I am now a Permanent Resident and moving on with my life. SMC provided emotional support (not a core area of their work!) and showed patience, diligence and the highest level of knowledge to achieve a successful outcome. I highly recommend Phil West and SMC for your visa process.
We wish to express our heart-felt thanks for Phil & the SMC team for their amazing service for our really complicated and difficult case.
My wife and small son were in a refugee camp with no passport or ID Card. The complications for them to travel out of the camp to go to medical exams, obtain a Thai ‘Exit Permit’ were very difficult and involved communication with the International Organisation for Migration & the Thai Ministry of the Interior as well as the visa processing desk at the embassy. The SMC team went well beyond what they were obliged to do to obtain a positive outcome for us. The process started in 2018 when we submitted an incorrect visa. SMC took over our case, corrected this error and then worked over four years on our case. At times my wife and I were really stressed & anxious but SMC were able to help reduce this stress on a personal level showing patience and care.
In September 2022, my wife and son arrived as Permanent Residents in Australia and we were at last reunited to start the rest of our lives as a family together.
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