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Non-Contributory Parent Visa

subclass 103

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This permanent visa lets a parent of a settled Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen move to Australia.

OVERVIEW

With this visa you can

  • stay in Australia indefinitely
  • work and study in Australia
  • enroll in Australia’s public health care scheme
  • sponsor your family members to come to Australia
  • apply for Australian citizenship, if eligible

 

Travel to and from Australia for 5 years

You can travel to and from Australia as many times as you want for 5 years from the date we grant this visa. This is as long as the travel facility on this visa remains valid.

 

How long you can stay

This is a permanent visa. It lets you stay in Australia indefinitely.

For citizenship purposes, your permanent residence starts on the day we grant the visa.

ELIGIBILITY

Not have this visa

You cannot apply for this visa if you have already applied for or hold a Sponsored Parent (Temporary) (subclass 870) visa.

 

Apply as a retiree

You can apply for a Parent visa (subclass 103) as a retiree if:

  • on 8 May 2018, you held or had previously held an Investor Retirement (subclass 405) visa or Retirement (subclass 410), and
  • you have not held any other substantive visa between between 8 May 2018 and the date you applied for the Parent visa

If you apply for this visa as a retiree:

  • you don’t need to meet the balance of family test
  • you don’t need to have an assurance of support
  • you don’t need a sponsor

 

Meet the balance-of-family test 

You must meet the balance-of-family test. You meet the balance of family test if:

  • at least half of your children and step-children are eligible children, or
  • there are more eligible children living in Australia than in any other single country

DOCUMENTATION

You must

  • have an eligible child who is a settled Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen
  • meet all applicable visa conditions and follow Australian law
  • not have already applied for or hold a Sponsored Parent (Temporary) (Subclass 870) visa when applying for this visa

Note: The Department is not asking Family visa applicants to travel offshore at this time. A temporary concession to allow visas to be granted to applicants in Australia is available to eligible Parent visa applicants from 24 March 2021.