Applying for this Visa

These pages provide information to help you understand and apply for this visa. Before you apply for this visa you should read the Parent Migration information booklet.
See: Booklet 3 Parent Migration

Application charge

You must pay a visa application charge when you lodge your visa application. This application charge covers you and all family members included in your application and will usually not be refunded if your application is unsuccessful, or if you decide to withdraw your application after you have lodged it. A second visa application charge for each person included in the application is also required before the visa is granted.
See: Fees & Charges

Other costs

In addition to the application charge you will need to pay for any required health examinations. You may be required to pay a charge for obtaining police checks. This charge varies from country to country. When you are required to obtain your own police checks, you are personally responsible for all arrangements. There may be other costs associated with the application, such as translating documents into English.

Application checklist

The application checklist details the information and supporting documents that you must provide with your application. Complete applications are likely to be processed more quickly. Incomplete applications may be delayed or, in some cases, refused.
See: Application Checklist Contributory Parent (Migrant) Visa (Subclass 143) Application Document Checklist ( 39KB PDF file)

Information to help prepare your application

More information is available on certifying and translating documents, communicating with the department, using a migration agent, authorising another person to receive information from the department, and receiving assistance with your application.
See: Information to Help Prepare Your Application

Application forms

The table below provides details of the forms required for this visa application.

Responsibility	Form
Sponsor	Form 40 Sponsorship for migration to Australia (251KB PDF file) Note: The sponsor must give this form to the applicant to submit with their application.
Applicant	Form 47PA Application for migration to Australia by a parent (530KB PDF file) Note: Perth Offshore Parents Centre (POPC) has been re-named the Parent Visa Centre (PVC). Form 47A Details of child or other dependent family member aged 18 years or over (238KB PDF file) Note: This form is completed by the applicant for each dependent relative aged 18 years or over, whether migrating or not.

Adding family members to your application

In some circumstances you may add dependent children or a partner to your application after the application is lodged, but before a decision has been made.

Parent visa processing priorities

Parent visa applications have a lower processing priority than other family members such as partners and children.
See: Parent Visa Processing Priorities

How and where to lodge your application

For this visa, you may lodge your application while you are in or outside of Australia, however you must be outside Australia when the visa is granted.

You must lodge your application by post or courier at the following addresses:

By post:

Parent Visa Centre
Locked Bag 7
Northbridge WA 6865
Australia

By courier:

Parent Visa Centre
Wellington Central
Level 3
836 Wellington Street
West Perth WA 6005
Australia

After you lodge your application

Information about what happens after you lodge your application.
See: After You Lodge Your application

More information

If you have read all of the available information for this visa and you still require assistance, you can contact the department.
See: More Information