parent visas - visa requirements - working aged parent

This visa type is suitable for any person outside Australia who is NOT old enough to be granted an Australian aged pension and who has children in Australia who are Australian citizens or Permanent Residents. There are several requirements that applicants must meet in order to be considered for an Aged Parent Visa:

The applicant must be of ‘working age’.

• In Australia, this requires males to be under the age of 65, and females to be under the age of 63.

The applicant must meet the Balance of Family Test.

• At least half of the applicant’s children settled in Australia.

OR

• The applicant has more children settled in Australia that any single overseas country.

The applicant must be outside Australia at the time the visa is granted.

The applicant can be sponsored by a settled child, child’s spouse or guardian.

There is a mandatory assurance of support bond and health charge to be paid.