Family Immigration
Australia's Family Immigration Scheme
is designed to allow people to immigrate to Australia to
join family members already living here as permanent residents
or Australian citizens. A person who qualifies Australian
Immigration may include their family unit in their Australia
Visa. Normally the Australian relative must sign and lodge
Sponsorship papers with the AU Government. We provide the
following brief summary of the types of migration Visas
available to people with family members living in Australia
as permanent residents or Australian citizens: For detailed
information please contact us at inquiry@migrationlinks.com.
Spouse
An Australian or New Zealand permanent resident or citizen
may sponsor a foreigner to obtain permanent residence in
Australia as their spouse. Legal marriages and de-facto
marriages are considered.
Child
An Australian relative may sponsor a child who is dependant
upon them to become a permanent resident of Australia. Children
aged over eighteen years are considered.
Parent
An Australian citizen or permanent resident
who has been resident in Australia for at least two years
may sponsor their parent(s) to obtain permanent residence
in Australia. If the parent is of working age, it must be
proven that the Australian is dependent upon the parent.
If the parent is past working age, the "balance of family
test" must be passed, that is, the number of children of
the parent permanently resident in Australia must be:
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greater than (or at least equal to)
the total number of children of the parent who are resident
anywhere overseas
-
greater than the greatest number of
children of the parent who are resident in any single
overseas country
Special close family categories include:
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aged dependant relatives
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orphan relatives
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special need relatives
Special close family categories may be sponsored to migrate
to Australia by an Australian relative. Also where a foreign
relative and their spouse live in a country where none of
their relatives live, then an Australian relative may sponsor
them to migrate to Australia. In some of the above cases
it is required that the Australian relative must have been
a permanent resident in Australia for at least two years
before they will be eligible to sponsor their foreign relatives.
Interdependency
This is the equivalent of a spouse Visa for homosexual couples.
Also (rarely) it is available to non-homosexual friends
who are truly interdependent upon each other for emotional
and financial support.
Assurance
of Support Bond
In any of the above cases, a cash bond may be required to
be lodged with the Australian Government as security against
the possibility that the new migrant(s) may take the benefit
of welfare payments during their first two years residence
in Australia. The amount of this bond is $3,500.00 for the
first migrant and an additional $1,500.00 for each person
aged over eighteen years to be included in the Visa. Also,
an Australian citizen or permanent resident must sign a
form guaranteeing that if the bond money in not enough,
they will pay the extra money required (this is usually
done by the Australian relative). This bond is compulsory
for the parent Visa and all of the preferential family Visas.
Special
Rules Relating to Children
Where the migrants come from broken families
or have been involved in a divorce, complications can occur
in respect of children to accompany them to Australia. The
Australian Government will not interfere with the laws of
foreign countries in relation to the custody access and
guardianship of children. A parent wishing to migrate to
Australia with children must either have the written consent
of the other parent or court documents giving them full
custody and guardianship of the children and giving no right
of access to the other parent.
Find suitable visa options for yourself and your family.
Contact us at inquiry@migrationlinks.com
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