Australia Subclass 870 Parent Visa has now commenced

Australia Subclass 870 Parent Visa has now commenced from 1st July announced the Home Affairs Department. Applicants now submit their applications online.

Applications to sponsor a parent for Sponsored Provisional Subclass 870 Parent Visa opened on April 17, 2019. The sponsored Parent can file the Visa application. This is after the sponsorship application has been approved.

The Australia Subclass 870 Parent Visa offers a fresh pathway to parents for provisionally reuniting with their grandchildren and children in Australia. This is while ensuring that the taxpayers do not have to cover the extra costs, as quoted by the SBS.

The Parent Visa is in response to the concerns of the community. This is regarding the inadequate allocation of places for parents in the immigration program. The associated lengthy wait periods have also been a source of anxiety for them.

A parent must be related to the sponsor in any one of the following ways to qualify for the Visa:

•    Biological parent

•    Adoptive parent

•    Step-parent

•    Parent-in-law of the sponsor

The sponsor must be a Citizen of Australia, Permanent Resident or qualified citizen of New Zealand.

 The Subclass 870 Visa permits the holder to:

•    Reunite with grandchildren and children

•    Arrive at Australia for maximum 3 or 5 years for each Visa

•    Apply again for further Visas for arriving in Australia for a maximum period of 10 years

The Australia Subclass 870 Parent Visa does not authorize its holder to work in Australia. It also does not lead to Australia PR Visa as it is a temporary Visa. The Visa holders can remain in Australia for a maximum of 3 or 5 years at a time.

The Parent Visa will end if:

•    The Home Affairs Department cancels it

•    Your sponsorship for the Visa is withdrawn and you cannot find a new sponsor

•    The Home Affairs Department cancels the sponsorship

•    It has expired and is not valid

You must stay outside Australia for a minimum of 3 months to qualify for receiving another Australia Subclass 870 Parent Visa. This is except if you are authorized to apply from within Australia.

You cannot include members of the family in the application for Parent Visa. It is also required that you have an authorized Parent Sponsor for submitting an application for this Visa. If you have been on the Subclass 870 Parent Visa for the maximum cumulative period of 10 years:

•    You must exit Australia; or

•    You must apply for another Australia Visa that will permit you to remain in the nation

After staying for 10 years on this Visa you will not qualify to obtain another Subclass 870 Parent Visa.

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