Basic Requirements:

1. You must be a parent of a child who is an Australian citizen, Australian permanent residence or eligible New Zealand;
2. Your child must be settled in Australia and must sponsor you.
3. You must pass the balance of family test-at least half of your children must live permanently in Australia or you must have more children living permanently in Australia than in any other single country;
4. You must meet health and character requirements;
5. In addition to paying the application charge and meeting the requirements listed above, you will need to pay a second visa application charge;
6. If you are applying for any category that has the word ‘aged’ in its title, you must be an Aged parent.

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• Parents can apply for permanent migration to Australia under one of the 4 permanent classes:
• Parents can also apply under 2 temporary classes:

☉ Contributory parent
Class CA (Contributory parent – Migrant (subclass 143))

☉ Contributory Aged Parent
Class DG (Contributory Aged Parent – Residence (subclass 864))

☉ Parent
Class AX (Parent – Migrant (subclass 103))

☉ Aged Parent
Class BP (Aged Parent – Residence (subclass 804))

For permanent categories, the following additional requirement applies:

An Assurance of Support is required.

☉Contributory Parent (Temporary)
Class UT (Contributory Parent – Temporary (subclass 173))

☉Contributory Aged Parent (Temporary)
Class UU (Contributory Aged Parent – Temporary (subclass 884))

For the temporary classes, the following information applies:
Applicants are required to pay a portion of the second visa application charge (60% of the second visa application charge for the permanent contributory parent visas) before grant of the temporary visa. The remaining portion (40% of the second visas application charge for the permanent contributory parent visas) must be paid before grant of the permanent visa. Where a charge is levied by DIMIA, you can check the amount of the charge listed on form 990i Charges.

Applicants will be granted a temporary visa valid for 3 years once all the legislative requirements are met. Before the temporary visa runs out, a temporary visa holder can apply for the applicable permanent parent visa:

• A Contributory Parent (Class UT – Temporary) visa holder may apply for a Contributory Parent (Class CA – Migrant); or
  
• A Contributory Aged Parent (Class UU – Temporary) visa holder may apply for a Contributory Aged Parent (Class DG – Residence) visa.

If you intend to apply for a permanent contributory parent visa while you are the holder of a temporary contributory parents visa. It is important that your do so before your temporary contributory parent visa expires. If you apply after your visa expires, you will have to pay the full first and second visa application charges. You will also have to be reassessed against all criteria, including health, balance of family and sponsorship requirements.

☉ Applying for a parent visa if you have lodged another parent visa application with DIMIA.

For a subsequent parent visa application to be valid, you must withdraw any existing parent application that has not yet been decided.

You can withdraw an existing application by completing the relevant questions at Part B of form 47 PA Application for migration to Australia by a Parent. You and any other member of your family unit who was included in your parent visa application should also sign and date the request to withdraw the existing parent visa application. The visa application charge that you paid at time of application is usually not refunded, however, if you:

• Lodged an application for a Parent (Class AX – Migrant) visa before 27 June 2003 and apply for either a Contributory Parent (Class CA – Migrant) visa or Contributory Parent (Class UT – Temporary) visa; or
  
• Lodged an application for an Aged Parent (Class BP – Residence) visa before 1 July 2003 and apply either a Contributory Aged Parent (Class DG – Residence) or a Contributory Aged Parent (Class UU – Temporary) visa,

There will be no first visa application charge for the new application.

☉Applying for a parent visa if you have lodged an application for review of a refusal decision of a parent visa application

If you have applied for review of a refusal decision in relation to a parent visa application and that review application has not been finalized, you must ensure that it has been withdrawn or finalized before another parent visa can be granted.
In applying for review of that decision, you may have lodged that application with a review body such as:

• The Migration Review Tribunal (MRT);
• The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT); or
• The courts.

In relation to review applications with the MRT, you must either withdraw the application or must ensure that the application has been finally determined. Under migration legislation, an MRT application has been finally determined if:

• The MRT has already made the decision;
• The time to seek MRT review has passed; or
• The application was ineligible for MRT review.

However, you should note that you may have a finally determined MRT application, but the decision could still be eligible for judicial review by the court. Until the time period in which to apply for judicial review has passed, such decisions by the MRT or AAT will not be regarded as having been finalized.

If you have applied for judicial review of any decision in relation to a parent visa, you must withdraw that application before another parent visa can be granted.
To withdraw any review application with the MRT or AAT, you will need to contact the relevant review body to arrange for withdrawal of that application and to obtain evidence of that withdrawal that you can give to DIMIA. If you have applied for judicial review of a refusal decision in relation to a parent visa application, you should contact DIMIA for advice.

Note: if you have been an application before the MRT and you withdraw that application to be granted another parent visa, your MRT application fee will be refunded.

If you are in Australia and have an application for review of a refusal decision in relation to a parent visa application, you may not be able to make a valid application for another parent visa without having to leave Australia. Before withdrawing your review application, you should contact the DIMIA office at which you plan to lodge another parent visa application. This is find out whether you would be eligible to apply for another parent visa application.