Applicant Eligibility
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This page provides information on the eligibility requirements for this visa.
Relationship and custody
The child must be the natural, adopted or step child of a parent who holds one of the following visas:
- a temporary Spouse visa (subclasses 309 or 820)
- a temporary Interdependency visa (subclasses 310 or 826)
- an Extended Eligibility visa (subclass 445).
The child's parent must also satisfy one of the following:
- they have the sole legal right to determine where the child shall live, or to remove the child from their home country
- if another person can legally determine where the child can live, they must obtain a statutory declaration from this person or people, granting permission for the child to migrate
- they possess a valid court order allowing them to permanently remove the child from the child's home country
- they have a residence order, contact order or care order issued by the Family Court of Australia, and the grant of the visa is consistent with that order.
Sponsorship
The child must be sponsored by the same person sponsoring the child's parent.
Age
Children under the age of 18 are generally considered dependent. If the child has turned 18 years of age, they must be financially dependent on their visa holding parent, except where the child has a disability that stops them from working.
Marital status
The child must be single. They must not be married, or in a de-facto relationship or engaged to be married.
Health requirements
The applicant must meet health requirements.
See: Health requirements
Character requirements
Applicants who are 16 years of age or over must be of good character to enter or remain in Australia.
See: Character and penal clearance requirements
Australian Values Statement
All visa applicants aged 18 years or over, must declare that they will respect Australian values and obey the laws of Australia. For applicants of this visa, the values statement is included in the general declaration section of the application form. By signing the form applicants will also be signing the values statement. Applicants for this visa will not be required to have read the Life in Australia book, but may do so if they wish.
Visa applicants are also encouraged to gain an understanding of Australia, its people and their way of life, before applying for this visa.
See: Australian Values - Overview
Before lodging an application, please read all related eligibility requirements.
See: Other eligibility