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• stay in Australia indefinitely
• work and study in Australia
• enrol in Australia's public healthcare scheme, Medicare.
• sponsor your relatives to come to Australia
• attend free English language classes provided by the Adult Migrant English Program, if eligible
• if eligible, apply for Australian citizenship.

Newly arrived residents may have to wait before they can access certain Australian Government payments and benefits.

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 until the travel validity expires.

If you want to travel after the initial 5-year travel validity:

• you will need to apply for and be granted a Resident Return (RRV) so that you can re-enter Australia as a permanent resident
• you might also want to consider Australian citizenship. If you become an Australian citizen, you don't require a visa to enter Australia. You will need to apply for an Australian passport and use it to leave and re-enter Australia. See more about eligibility requirements and current processing times for Australian citizenship

To see when your travel validity ends, use VEVO.

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

For citizenship purposes, you become a permanent resident at the time:

• you enter Australia on this visa; or
• if you previously have been present in Australia and held a permanent visa immediately before last leaving Australia, when we grant this visa

You can include members of the family unit in your application when you apply. You an also add them to your application at any time before we make a decision.

You should include details of all your family members, whether they are migrating or not, in the application form.

Family members who apply for the visa with you must meet our health and character requirements.

Family members who are not coming to Australia might also have to meet our health and character requirements.

Newborn child

Find out what to do if your child is born after you apply.

This visa costs from AUD6,600.00. Concessions apply in limited circumstances.

There is an extra charge for each family member who applies with you.

You pay for this visa in 2 parts, called instalments.

Pay the first instalment when you apply and the second instalment when we ask you to.

You might also need to pay other costs for:

• health checks
• police certificates
• biometrics.

To see what your visa will cost use the Visa Pricing Estimator. The estimator does not consider the second instalment or other costs.

See more about visa fees and charges.

Cost for eligible Pacific Island and Timor-Leste visa applicants

From 1 July 2026, a lower visa application cost (VAC) applies to eligible Pacific Island and Timor-Leste citizens who lodge a valid visa application.

We will charge eligible applicants the lower VAC during the application process in ImmiAccount. We will recognise eligible applicants when they apply with a valid passport from one of the specified countries.

Family members are also eligible for the lower VAC. We base this on the passport of the primary applicant or visa holder who satisfies the primary visa criteria.

The primary applicant must hold a valid passport issued by one of the following countries:

• Federated States of Micronesia
• Fiji
• Kiribati
• Nauru
• Palau
• Papua New Guinea
• Republic of the Marshall Islands
• Samoa
• Solomon Islands
• Timor-Leste
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu.

You must be outside Australia when you apply and when we decide your application.

The demand for Other Family visas is greater than the number of places available each year. As a result, processing times for these applications can be lengthy.

For an indication of processing times for this visa, use the visa processing time guide tool. This will show the processing times for recently decided applications. It is a guide only and not specific to your application.

Your application might take longer to process if:

• you do not fill it in correctly
• you do not include all the documents we need or we need more information from you and/or
• your information takes longer than usual to verify.

We can't process your application if you don't pay the correct visa application charge. We will notify you if this is the case and if necessary return your application.

Applications for this visa are subject to capping and queueing.

Learn more about the Other Family Visa queues and processing priorities.

The Reports on Migration Programs have further information on Migration Program outcomes against planning for each migration program year.

You must enter Australia before the date specified in your grant letter. The first entry date is generally set at 12 months from the date of visa grant.

You and your family members must meet all visa conditions and obey Australian laws.

See what conditions might be attached to this visa on our visa conditions page.

We will digitally link your visa to your passport. You will not get a label in your passport.

You must be sponsored by an eligible parent or step-parent, sibling or step-sibling, or an eligible partner of your relative.

We must approve the sponsorship.

We will not grant you this visa if:

• you or your partner have a near relative who usually live outside Australia, or
• you or your partner have a near relative who live in Australia on a temporary visa (and are not an Eligible New Zealand citizen) or unlawfully. Temporary visas include bridging visas.

You must be able to obtain an assurance of support.

An assurance of support assures us that you will not have to rely on government assistance after you enter Australia on this visa. The assurance is for you and any family members who come to Australia with you on this visa.

We will let you know when you need to provide the assurance of support.

Learn more about assurances of support.

You and any family members who apply for the visa with you must meet our health requirement.

We might also ask that other family members also meet the requirement.

You and family members who apply for the visa with you must meet our character requirement.

We might ask that other non-migrating family members meet the requirement.

If you or any family members owe the Australian Government money, you or they must have paid it back or have an approved arrangement to pay it back.

We will consider your immigration history when we make a decision on your application, which means you might not be eligible for this visa if you have had a visa cancelled or refused.

In some circumstances you may still apply for a permanent visa if you have had a visa cancelled or an application refused, see Limitations on applications in Australia.

If applying for a visa from outside Australia, see Can I go to Australia.

If you want immigration assistance, see Who can help with your visa application.

If you are 18 years of age or older, you must:

• have read, or had explained to you, the Life in Australia booklet
• sign an Australian Values Statement that confirms you will respect the Australian way of life and obey Australian laws

We will not grant this visa if it is not in the best interests of an applicant under 18.

Before you travel

Check your travel documents

You must have a valid:

• visa to enter Australia
• passport or other travel document.

First entry arrival date

You must enter Australia before the date specified in their grant letter.

If you do not travel to Australia before the first entry date, you can travel to Australia with an expired first entry arrival date if your visa is still valid. Your visa may still be subject to cancellation before arrival or at the border.

To see if your visa is still valid, use VEVO.

At the border

Complete an Incoming Passenger Card

All people arriving into Australia must complete the Incoming Passenger Card.

Using the SmartGate

We have an automated process that uses facial recognition technology and your ePassport. You might be able to leave the airport using the SmartGate.

What you must do when you have this visa

You and your family members must meet all visa conditions and obey Australian laws.

You can check visa details and conditions in VEVO.

Tell us if things change

See what to do if your situation changes.

What you can do on your visa

Check your visa conditions and expiry.

Check your Resident Return visa expiry, visa conditions, work and study entitlements in VEVO.

See how long you can stay

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

For citizenship purposes, you become a permanent resident:

• when you enter Australia on this visa or
• if you previously have been present in Australia and held a permanent visa immediately before last leaving Australia, when we grant this visa.

To see your specific conditions, work and study entitlements use VEVO.

Access Australian Government benefits

As a newly arrived resident, you may have to wait before you can access certain Australian Government payments and benefits. Learn more about newly arrived residents’ waiting period from Services Australia.

Travelling on your visa

You can travel to and from Australia as many times as you want for 5 years from the date we grant this visa until the travel validity expires.

If you want to travel after the initial 5-year travel validity you:

• must apply for and be granted a Resident Return (RRV) so that you can re-enter Australia as a permanent resident
• may also want to consider Australian citizenship. If you become an Australian citizen, you do not need a visa to enter Australia. You must apply for an Australian passport and use it to leave and re-enter Australia. See more about eligibility requirements and current processing times for Australian citizenship.

To see when your travel validity ends, use VEVO.

Proving you have a visa

To prove you have a visa and show your conditions to someone, use VEVO.

To request your international movement records, complete the Request for international movement records form.

Working

With this visa you become a permanent resident. You are protected by Australian workplace law. See your workplace rights and entitlements.

Becoming an Australian citizen

After a certain time, you might be eligible for Australian citizenship. Find out more about becoming a citizen.

For citizenship purposes, you become a permanent resident:

• when you enter Australia on this visa or
• if you previously have been present in Australia and held a permanent visa immediately before last leaving Australia—when we grant this visa

Before you leave

Check your travel documents

You must have a valid passport or other travel document to leave Australia.

Ensure your visa is still valid

See what to do if your visa has expired or is about to expire.

At the border

Departures SmartGate

We have an automated process that uses facial recognition technology and your ePassport. You might be able to leave the airport faster if you use SmartGate.

After you leave

Proving you have been to Australia

To prove you have been to Australia, complete the Request for international movement records form to request your international movement records.

Your sponsorship covers the main visa applicant and any family members who apply for the visa with them.

There is no cost to apply to sponsor a visa applicant but you must agree to financially support the main visa application and their dependents for their first 2 years in Australia.

Sponsorship obligations last for 2 years from the date when the applicant first enters Australia on the visa.

You must agree that, for the first 2 years the visa holder is in Australia on this visa, you will provide the applicant and any family members who come with them with:

• support
• accommodation
• financial assistance

Assurance of support

You might be asked to provide an assurance of support for the visa applicant.

An assurance of support is a legal commitment to repay the Australian Government any welfare payments made to a visa holder or family who come to Australia with them.

Learn more about assurances of support.

You can withdraw your sponsorship at any time before we decide the visa application.

You must make your request in writing and include:

• your full name
• your date of birth
• the file reference number we gave you when you applied or your Client ID

You can't withdraw as a sponsor after we grant the visa. If you don't comply with your sponsorship obligations, we might cancel the visa.

Send your request to the Parent, Child and Other Family Processing Centre in Perth at the address on the form.

The applicant must be the remaining relative of you or your Partner.

You or your partner must be settled in Australia, be 18 years of age or older and either:

• an Australian citizen
• a Permanent resident
• an eligible New Zealand citizen

If you are the Partner of the remaining relative, you must live with the remaining relative.

You must agree to provide support, housing and financial help for the first 2 years the applicant lives in Australia. You must also support any members of the applicant's family who apply with them.

If you are the partner of the Australian relative, you must live with them.

We must approve the sponsorship.

You and your Partner must never have held or sponsored someone else who was granted a:

• Remaining Relative visa (subclass 835 or subclass 115) or
• Preferential Family visa (subclass 104) or
• Family visa (subclass 806)

Your sponsorship obligations last 2 years.

You agree to provide accommodation and financial help to sponsored applicants for their first 2 years in Australia. You need to make your commitment in writing.

If you try to withdraw your sponsorship after we grant the visa, we may not release you from your sponsorship undertaking obligations.

However, if we do release you from your sponsorship undertaking obligations under the visa, we are likely to cancel the visa. We will then send you a letter releasing you from your sponsorship.

Things you need to let us know about include:

• changes to your phone number, email, address or passport
• changes to your relationship status

See how to tell us if your situation has changed.