Family Member Eligibility

You must declare all family members on your application, even if they do not plan to travel with you to Australia. If not they will not be eligible to come as dependants after you have arrived in Australia.

You must also provide proof of your relationship to them, in the form of officially issued birth and marriage certificates.

Your dependant family members must meet the following requirements to be eligible for this visa.

Financial requirements

It is your responsibility to ensure that you have enough money to support your family members while they are in Australia.
See: Financial Requirements

Health requirements

Your dependant family members must meet certain health requirements and may need to undergo a health examination. The requirements vary based on:

• length of stay in Australia
• other health risks in home country or countries visited for more than three (3) months within the last five (5) years.

Note: Health examinations can be completed before you lodge your visa application, but no more than six (6) months before your course starts.
See: Health requirements

Health insurance

Your family members must have health insurance while in Australia. You can include them in your Overseas Student Health Cover, which provides medical and hospital insurance.
See: Overseas Student Health Cover

Proof of insurance: When you lodge your application, you must provide a receipt or other proof of your health insurance payment covering your family members.

Character requirements

Your family members must must be of good character to enter Australia. The information provided on the Character Declaration section of your application, will be used to assess the character of your family members.
See: Character and penal clearance requirements

Australian Values Statement

All visa applicants aged 18 years or over, must declare that they will respect Australian values and obey the laws of Australia. For applicants of this visa, the values statement is included in the general declaration section of the application form. By signing the form applicants will also be signing the values statement. Applicants for this visa will not be required to have read the Life in Australia book, but may do so if they wish.

Visa applicants are also encouraged to gain an understanding of Australia, its people and their way of life, before applying for this visa.
See: Australian Values - Overview