When You May Not Be Eligible
If you are applying in Australia, you may not be eligible to be granted this visa, if you or your accompanying dependent family members:
- do not hold a substantive visa (a visa that is not a Bridging visa or a Criminal Justice visa) and have had a visa refused or cancelled since your last entry to Australia
- do not hold a substantive visa and your previous visa has ceased
- hold a visa with a No Further Stay condition (conditions 8503, 8534 or 8535)
- hold a Sponsored Visitor visa
- hold a Criminal Justice Entry visa
- since your last entry to Australia, hold or last held a Skilled-Independent Regional (Provisional) visa (Subclass 495); or a Skilled-Regional Sponsored (Subclass 475) visa; or a Skilled-Regional Sponsored (Subclass 487) visa and you have not held or did not hold the visa for at least two (2) years
- have a debt to the Australian Government and have not made satisfactory arrangements to repay the debt.
If you believe that any of the above circumstances apply, you should contact your nearest departmental office or Australian mission before making an application.
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Before lodging an application, please read all related eligibility requirements.
See: Eligibility