Understand eligibility, processing steps, and how to temporarily join your family in Australia with confidence. Get expert help with the Contributory Parent Visa Subclass 173
This visa allows you to live in Australia temporarily, provided you are a parent of a settled Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen.
This permanent visa allows you to live in Australia permanently, provided you are a parent of a settled Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen.
This permanent visa allows you to live in Australia permanently, provided you are a parent of a settled Australian citizen
This permanent visa allows you to stay in Australia permanently, provided you are a parent of a settled Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen.
This visa allows you to stay in Australia temporarily, provided you are a parent of a settled Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen.
This permanent visa allows you to stay in Australia permanently, provided you are a parent of a settled Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen.
If you wish to visit your children and do not intend to stay in Australia permanently, then you may consider this visa. This temporary visa lets a parent of an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen visit Australia for up to 3 or 5 years. You must be outside Australia when you apply for this visa.
Reunite with your children in Australia
Stay in Australia for up to 2 years
Work and study in Australia
Get access to Australia’s public health care scheme – Medicare
Be able to include your family members (e.g., spouse) and maintain familial bonds
Travel in and out of the country as many times as you want while your visa is valid
Reunite with your children in Australia
Stay in Australia for up to 2 years
Get access to Australia’s public health care scheme – Medicare
Be able to include your family members (e.g., spouse) and maintain familial bonds
Travel in and out of the country as many times as you want while your visa is valid
You cannot apply for this visa if you are currently holding a Subclass 870 visa or have applied for a Subclass 870 visa.
You must be sponsored by your child who is a settled Australian citizen, an Australian permanent resident or an eligible New Zealand citizen. You must provide the following documents:
You need to provide documents to prove that you meet the balance-of-family test:
For more information on Balance-of-Family test, pleas see this link- https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/contributory-parent-temporary-173/balance-of-family-test
You must show you are of good character. You may be asked to provide a police certificate. Additionally, you may need to undergo a health examination to meet the health requirement
A parent of a permanent resident of Australia, an eligible citizen of New Zealand, or a settled Australian citizen may temporarily remain in Australia with this visa.
If your relationship with your partner is de facto, then you can either:
To prove that you two are in a genuine and continuing relationship, you must provide documents such as joint bank account statements, billing accounts in joint names, joint leases or mortgages, documents indicating that your partner has lived at the same address as you
You will need to provide your partner’s identity Documents (e.g., valid passport, national ID, identity photograph, etc.),
police certificate, marriage certificate (if you two are married).
If your relationship with your partner is de facto, then you can either:
To prove that you two are in a genuine and continuing relationship, you must provide documents such as joint bank account statements,
billing accounts in joint names, joint leases or mortgages, documents indicating that your partner has lived at the same address as you
If you have a child under 18 that is dependent on you and is applying with you, then you must provide copies of their passport, birth certificate, etc
