Visas, Immigration and Refugees

Family Members

Contributory Parent (Migrant) Visa (from Subclass 173 to Subclass 143)

How this Visa Works

This visa is for you if you hold a Contributory Parent (Temporary) visa (subclass 173) and want to make an application to migrate to Australia permanently.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities for this visa are summarised in the table below.

Person	Responsibility
Sponsor	Must give a written undertaking to provide support, accommodation and financial assistance for the applicant, and the applicant's accompanying partner and dependent family members, for their first two (2) years of residency in Australia.
Applicant	Complete and lodge the application including the application charge and all supporting documentation.
Assurer of Support	Be prepared to: provide financial assistance to the applicant and their accompanying partner and dependent family members so they do not need to rely on any government forms of support in their first ten (10) years of residency in Australia; repay any recoverable social security payments made to the applicant or their accompanying partner and dependant family members in the first ten (10) years of residency in Australia. Note: You must not lodge an Assurance of Support until it is asked for. This will happen after the visa application has been received by the department. See: Fact Sheet 34 - Assurance of Support

Person

Responsibility

Sponsor

Must give a written undertaking to provide support, accommodation and financial assistance for the applicant, and the applicant's accompanying partner and dependent family members, for their first two (2) years of residency in Australia.

Applicant

Complete and lodge the application including the application charge and all supporting documentation.

Assurer of Support

Be prepared to:

provide financial assistance to the applicant and their accompanying partner and dependent family members so they do not need to rely on any government forms of support in their first ten (10) years of residency in Australia;
repay any recoverable social security payments made to the applicant or their accompanying partner and dependant family members in the first ten (10) years of residency in Australia. Note: You must not lodge an Assurance of Support until it is asked for. This will happen after the visa application has been received by the department.
See: Fact Sheet 34 - Assurance of Support

Government benefits

If you are granted this visa you will have a waiting period before you are eligible to receive most social security payments.

Waiting periods are generally two (2) years for most social security payments and ten (10) years for age and disability pension payments (exemptions may apply).
See: What support is there if I do not find work?

Contributory Parent (Migrant) visa definitions

The following terms are used for this visa.
See: Definitions