By Grant Williams *
Back in June I reported in my article ‘Budget Cancels Family Visas’ that Non-contributory parent and Other Family visas were to cease being available. The Federal Government actually ceased these visas on 2 June 2014.
Green’s Senator Hanson-Young successfully moved a disallowance motion in Federal parliament against the Migration Amendment (Repeal of Certain Visa Classes) Regulation 2014, as contained in Select Legislative Instrument 2014 No. 65 [F2014L00622], made under the Migration Act 1958. This motion was successful.
This means that non-contributory parent and other family visas can now be lodged again. So all these visas are now again available –
Parent (subclass 103) – the basic offshore parent visa
Aged Parent (subclass 804) – the only remaining onshore parent visa without a huge upfront cost to the applicant
Aged Dependent Relative (114) – offshore
Remaining Relative (115) – offshore
Carer (116) – offshore
Remaining Relative (835) – onshore
Carer (836) – onshore
Aged Dependent Relative (838) – onshore
DIBP advice is as follows…
“From 25 September 2014, the following visa subclasses in the Family Stream of the Migration Programme are open to new applications
- Parent visa (subclass 103)
- Aged Parent visa (subclass 804)
- Aged Dependent Relative visa (subclasses 114 and 838)
- Remaining Relative visa (subclasses 115 and 835)
- Carer visa (subclasses 116 and 836).
Only new applications will be accepted for these visa subclasses.
If you lodged an application for one of these visas after 2 June 2014 and before 25 September 2014 this application is still invalid and cannot be accepted by the department. You will need to re-lodge your application.”
Full information about these visas can be found at this DIBP website link…
http://www.immi.gov.au/Live/Pages/non-contributory-parent-family-visas.aspx
Warning!
The Department’s website is reporting extensive queues for these visas and you should be aware of these before considering lodging any of these applications:
- Non-Contributory Parent visa – approximately 30 years
- Carer visa – approximately 4.5 years
- Remaining Relative and Aged Dependent Relative – approximately 56 years
- *Grant Williams is a Registered Migration Agent – MARN 0854799 and Managing Director of Immigration Pty Ltd. Grant has been a Registered Migration Agent since 1997. You can read more of his immigration related musings on his Blog at http:/immigrationptyltd.wordpress.com/ or you can call him on 0430 351 877 to air your thoughts and reactions.