Eligible visas for secondary applicants

All secondary applicants must hold an eligible visa. You meet this requirement if any one of the following applies to you:

• you hold a Skilled – Independent Regional (Provisional) visa (Subclass 495)
• you hold a Skilled – Designated Area – Sponsored (Provisional) visa (Subclass 496)
• you hold a Skilled – Regional Sponsored (Provisional) visa (Subclass 487 or 475)
• you hold a Bridging visa A or Bridging visa B because you have made a valid application for a Subclass 495 or Subclass 487 visa
• you hold an eligible Student visa
  Note: An eligible Student visa is any student visa other than a visa in the following student categories. These visas are non-eligible Student visas:
• ELICOS
• non-award course
• AusAid/Defence sector
• Australian government (including State/Territory)–assisted
• foreign government–assisted
• multilateral agency–assisted.

• you hold a Bridging visa A or Bridging visa B after applying for any visa other than a non-eligible Student visa and have also held an eligible Student visa in the last six (6) months
• you hold a substantive visa other than a non–eligible Student visa and have also held an eligible Student visa in the last six (6) months
• you held an eligible Student visa which was cancelled and in the last 28 days the Migration Review Tribunal notified you of a decision to set aside and substitute the cancellation or the Minister's decision not to revoke the cancellation
• you hold a Skilled – Recognised Graduate visa (Subclass 476)
• you hold a Skilled – Graduate visa (Subclass 485)
• you hold a Trade Skills Training visa (Subclass 471).

Before lodging an application, please read all related requirements.

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