What is Parent Migration?

Parent migration enables parents of children who are Australian citizens or permanent residents to be sponsored for permanent residence in Australia.

Subclass

• Contributory parent visa (subclass 143): A contributory parent category visa is the higher cost/shorter wait option.
• Contributory Parent (Temporary) visa (subclass 173): This is a 2-year temporary visa which is about half the cost of the permanent contributory parent.
• Parent visa (subclass 103) – A parent category visa is the lower cost/longer wait option.

Right now, we work only for the following contributory parent category

• Contributory Parent (Temporary), subclass 173
• Contributory Parent (Permanent), subclass 143

Eligibility

Applicant:

• Has a child who is an Australian citizen, an Australian permanent resident or an eligible New Zealand citizen
• lawfully resident in Australia for about two years
• 50% children should be living in Australia as PR or Citizen.
• have an accepted assurance of support
• Meet health and character requirements.

Sponsor:

You can sponsor your parent for this visa if you are:

• 18 years of age or older
• living lawfully in Australia for at least two years before the visa application is lodged
• An Australian citizen
• An Australian permanent resident
• An eligible New Zealand citizen.

The sponsor must be settled and usually resident. Sponsor must be able to show that they are settled and usually resident in Australia at the time you lodge your parent visa application. ‘Settled’ means that your Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident must have been lawfully resident in Australia for at least 2 years.

As a sponsor, you must give a written undertaking to provide support for your parent for the first two years of their stay in Australia. This also applies to any family members who came with your parent to Australia. During this period, you must provide:

• Support
• Accommodation
• Financial assistance.

What is Balance of Family test

To apply for this VISA, the applicant must consider this following situation on basis of which a parent can apply.

Who can accompany with the applicant?

• Partner
• Dependent children (as per the condition of dependent children)

Duration period 

1. Contributory parent visa (subclass 143): This is a permanent visa which is generally processed within 36 months. This VISA is processed faster compared to the following categories.Applicants have to pay additional 43,800 AUD to Govt.
2. Contributory Parent (Temporary) visa (subclass 173): This is a 2-year temporary visa which is about half the cost of the permanent contributory parent. Applicants would generally look at applying for a permanent contributory parent visa within the 2-year validity of the visa. The total cost of applying is approximately the same as a permanent contributory parent visa, but it is split over two visa applications.

Services for the migrants:

• Like most other new migrants, once a person is granted a permanent parent visa, they do not have access to most Department of Human Services benefits for 2 years.
• All migrants must wait 10 years after becoming a permanent resident before they are eligible to apply for an Australian aged or disability pension.
• The Assurance of Support bond is held for 2 years for parent category migrants and for 10 years for contributory parent category migrants (even after the person becomes an Australian citizen).