Family Member Eligibility

Eligible family members

Your family members must meet the following requirements to be eligible for this visa. Evidence of each of the requirements with your application.

You can include the following people in the application for this visa.

• your partner
• your or your partner's dependent children
• other dependent relatives living with you.

Adding family to your application

If your child is born after you lodge your application (but before a decision has been made) the child can be added to your application, once you notify the department of the details of the newborn child.

A partner can not be added to a visa application after it has been lodged but may submit a separate application.

A child born in Australia is deemed to have the same visa as their parents.

Members of the family unit, including a baby born overseas, may submit subsequent applications to join a visa holder in Australia.

Health requirement

All family members must meet health requirements to enter Australia.
See: Health Requirements

Character requirement

All family members must be of good character to enter Australia.
See: Character and Penal Clearance Requirements

Australian Values Statement

All visa applicants aged 18 years or over, are required to sign an Australian values statement. The statement is included in the visa application form and all applicants aged 18 years and over will need to sign it. Before signing the statement, applicants for this visa are required to have read, or had explained to them, material made available by the government on life in Australia which is contained in the Life in Australia book.

The Life in Australia book provides more information on the values that Australians share and their way of life.
See:
Australian Values - Overview
Life in Australia Book

 

Before lodging an application, please read all related eligibility requirements.
See: Other eligibility