Visa Requirements for Parent Visas

Every visa application must meet the actual legal requirements for that particular visa subclass in order to be successful. These requirements are found in the Migration Act 1958, Migration Regulations 1994, as well as in the policy guidelines contain in the Procedural Advice Manual (PAMS) which DIAC Case Officers use to assess applications. We can provide you with the migration expertise to submit the best possible visa application.

Applicants for a visa in the Parent category must be sponsored. Parents are generally sponsored by their child, who must be an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen.

Generally, the following are requirements for visas in the Parent category:

• The applicant must be a parent of a child who is an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or an eligible New Zealand citizen.
• The applicant's child must be settled in Australia (in most cases, resident for at least 2 years) and must sponsor the applicant.
• The applicant must meet health and character requirements
• The applicant must pass the balance of family test.

In addition to the abovementioned requirements for all visas in the parent category, an Assurance of Support and an Assurance of Support bond must be provided. Lodgement of this bond is not required until just before grant of a visa.

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The Level 1 Service allows for a professional assessment of your visa eligibility and preparation of a written document containing advice, information, application forms and support to manage a parent visa application. This is our most popular service and many clients have successfully utilised this affordable alternative to traditional migration consultancy.

This service also comes with our ongoing email support and a free 30 minute telephone conversation.

Our email support is now unlimited. It is our interest to ensure our clients are satisfied with our service, and if successful in migration know they can rely on us for any help and support they may need to make the transition to Australian life as easy as possible.

The advice contained in the Level 1 Service is targeted toward making an application under one of the Contributory Parent visa subclasses.