Looking to have your child join you in Australia permanently?

There are two subclasses for this visa option depending on the location of the child at the time of application.

• Child (Migrant) visa (AH101)
• Child (Residence) visa (BT802)

Sponsor

To be able to sponsor your child, you must be an Australian citizen, the holder of an Australian permanent resident visa or is an eligible New Zealand citizen. If do not meet these requirements, but you have a spouse or de facto partner who does meet this criterion, then they can sponsor your child.

You can also sponsor a child if you are:

• A step-parent who is no longer the partner of the child’s parent but has a legal responsibility to care for the child and the child is younger than 18 years of age
• An adoptive parent who adopted the child before you became an Australian citizen, the holder of an Australian permanent resident visa, or eligible New Zealand citizen

Child is:

• Sponsored by their parent or their parent’s partner
• Single
• Younger than 18 years of age, or
• A full-time student between 18 and 25 years of age, or
  18 or older and unable to work due to a disability and dependent on the sponsoring parent
• The child can include their own dependent children in this application.