Parent Visa

Migration Lawyers Melbourne · Parent Visa · 143 Contributory Parent · To Legal with 20+ years of experience helping families reunite.

Are you looking to bring your parents over to Australia? If so, the Parent visa could be the appropriate visa for you to sponsor your parents to come and live in Australia.

If your personal circumstances and financial situation allows it, you may want to consider the contributory parent option, which has a processing time of six years. An Assurance of Support (AOS) will also be required to be paid.

However, the Home Affairs charges for the contributory parent option is quite substantial; see below, especially when both parents are applying for the visa.

Unfortunately, the processing time for the non-contributory parent option is sadly 30 years, which in reality is not practical.

Therefore, depending on your circumstances, we may be able to help you with the Visitor visa for visa periods of 3 years, 18 months or 12 months instead of the standard 3 months for Visitor visas.

Alternatively, we may be able to help you with the Sponsored Parent Temporary visa. This visa has a visa period of 3 years and 5 years, but more importantly, has stay periods of 3 years and 5 years. Therefore, your parents do not need to leave and re-enter Australia every 3 months.

Basic Eligibility

Firstly, the sponsor must be:

an Australian citizen
an Australian permanent resident
an eligible New Zealand citizen

The sponsor will also need to be settled in Australia.

Secondly, the applicant must satisfy the Balance of Family Test, namely:

at least half of the applicant’s children live permanently in Australia
that more of the applicant’s children live permanently in Australia than in any other country

Contact Migration Lawyers Melbourne and we will assist you to reunite you with your parents.

Parent Visa

Contributory Parent visa (143) Base application charge Additional application charge (18 and over) Additional application charge (under 18) Second Instalment	$4,765 $1,605 $ 805 $43,600
Contributory Aged Parent visa (864) Base application charge Additional application charge (18 and over) Additional application charge (under 18) Second Instalment	$4,765 $2,380 $1,195 $43,600