This visa lets older parents live in Australia for up to two years if they are the parents of an Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen who is settled in Australia.
You can apply separately for a permanent Contributory Parent visa (subclass 864) to stay in Australia permanently.
Requirements:
- Must be the parent of a child who is settled in Australia and is an Australian citizen, an Australian permanent resident or an eligible New Zealand citizen
- Must be sponsored by an eligible sponsor.
- Men must be older than 65 years of age to apply for this visa.
- Women should be:
- born before 30 June 1947, you can apply at the age of 64
- born between 1 July 1947 and 31 December 1948, you can apply when you are 64.5 years of age
- born after 1 January 1949, you can apply when you turn 65.
- The balance of family test requires that half the children must be permanently resident in Australia or have or children permanently residing in Australia than any other overseas single country