Family Member Eligibility
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Your family members must meet the following requirements to be eligible for this visa. Evidence of each of the requirements must be provided with your application.
Eligible family members
Eligible family members are:
- your spouse
- your or your spouse's dependent children
- other dependent relatives living with you.
If you are less than 18 years old, eligible family members can include:
- your parents
- your parent's spouse
- your or your spouse's dependent children
- any of your or your spouse's dependent relatives.
Spouse
Your spouse is the person you are married to or in a de facto relationship with.
Dependent child
A dependent child is the natural or adopted child, or step-child, of you or your spouse who:
- is not married, engaged to be married or in a de facto relationship
- has not turned 18
or - if they have turned 18, is incapacitated for work.
Other dependent relatives
Other relatives may be included in the application if they rely on you for financial support for their basic needs of food, shelter and clothing, and they have relied on you for that support for a substantial period. They must also be more reliant on you for support than any other person.
A relative may also be considered dependent on you if they rely on you for financial support because they have a mental or physical disability which stops them from earning a living to support themselves.
Other relatives dependent on you or your spouse may include an aged, unmarried relative.
All dependent family members, who are 18 years of age or over, should complete Form 47A and attach it to the visa application, whether migrating or not.
See: Form 47A Details of child or other dependant family member aged 18 years or over (248KB PDF file)
Health
All your dependent family members must meet certain health requirements and may need to undergo a health examination.
See: Health Requirements
Character
All your dependent family members must be of good character to enter Australia.
See: Character Requirement
English language ability
Adult family members are expected to have functional English. Functional English is sufficient English to cope with everyday situations and even some work situations.
Members of your family who have been assessed as not having functional English will be required to pay a second instalment visa application charge. This charge entitles them to English language tuition in Australia so that they can achieve functional English language ability. You should not pay this charge until requested to do so by the department.
See: Information Form 966i Migrating to Australia - English language assessment (58KB PDF file)
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