Subclass 870 Sponsored Parent (Temporary)

Overview of the Subclass 870 Sponsored Parent Temporary Visa

This subclass 870 visa is for parents of Australian citizens, New Zealand Citizens and eligible New Zealand citizens who can reunite with their children and stay from a period of 3 to 5 years.

Visa Fees

Visa Subclass	Base Application Charge	Second Instalment
Sponsored Parent (Temporary) visa (subclass 870) – up to 3 years	AUD 1050	AUD 4190
Sponsored Parent (Temporary) visa (subclass 870) – up to 5 years	AUD 1050	AUD 9430

*There is an AUD 420 sponsorship application fee for the sponsoring the parent for the subclass 870 visa.

Other criteria for subclass 870 application.

1. The applicant must be at least 18 years of age.
2. The applicant does not hold subclass 870 sponsored parent temporary visa.
3. The applicant must specify at the time of the application who would be the parent sponsor.
4. Either the applicant should be outside Australia, or the minister must have permitted the applicant to lodge an application for Sponsored parent Temporary visa while being in Australia. But the applicant must not be in immigration clearance.
5. The total cumulative of visa subclass 870 the applicant has held must be less than 10 years including previous 870 subclass visas.
6. The total cumulative of visa subclass 870 the applicant has held must be less than 10 years including previous 870 subclass visas.

The applicant must fulfill the following criteria before they are granted the visa Sponsored Parent Temporary Visa.

• The applicant must be sponsored by parent sponsor.
• The applicant must have access to sufficient funds to cover their expenses and costs during their stay in Australia.
• Applicant must be outside Australia for at least 90 days before being eligible to be granted another Sponsored Parent (Temporary) visa unless they have Permission to Apply in Australia from the minister.
• The applicant needs have adequate insurance during their stay in Australia.
• The applicant must have complied with all previous visa conditions including any bridging visa held.
• The applicant must have a genuine intention to stay temporarily in Australia.
• The applicant should not have any outstanding commonwealth debts or should have made appropriate arrangements to pay those debts.
• The applicants must satisfy the character criteria. If you have any prior convictions or legal troubles, please contact us at Oracle Immigration Consultants to see if you are eligible for the subclass 485 visa.
• No bogus documents should have been provided in the current application and in the last 3 years before the application, applicant’s visa should not have been cancelled due to bogus documents, misleading or false information.
• In the last 10 years, applicant should not have their visa refused for failing to satisfy the minister of their identity.
• Applicant must hold a valid passport.
• Applicant should not have been deported due to character concerns.
• If the applicant is removed from Australia as an unlawful non-citizen, 12 months must have passed unless their compelling and compassionate circumstances affecting Australia’s or their citizens/permanent citizens interests. This includes New Zealand citizens.
• If you hold a Foreign Affairs Student Visa, there could be further restrictions.
• Applicants must take medical assessment and satisfy the health criteria.

 Location at the time of visa subclass 870 grant.

Applicant can be in or outside Australia at the time of the grant of the visa subclass 870.

The second instalment for the visa subclass 870 must have been paid before the grant of the visa.

After the visa is granted

Visa is not granted for more than 5 years.

Circumstances when the visa is cancelled

End of period of effect
Item	Column 1	Column 2
1	The approval of the parent sponsor of the holder is cancelled	35 days after the cancellation
2	Both: (a) the parent sponsor of the holder withdraws the parent sponsor’s sponsorship of the holder; and (b) within 35 days after Immigration receives notification, in writing, of the withdrawal, no other person makes a relevant sponsorship application in relation to the holder	35 days after Immigration receives notification, in writing, of the withdrawal
3	All of the following: (a) the parent sponsor of the holder withdraws the parent sponsor’s sponsorship of the holder; (b) within 35 days after Immigration receives notification, in writing, of the withdrawal, another person makes a relevant sponsorship application in relation to the holder; (c) the Minister decides to refuse the application	35 days after: (a) if the applicant applies for review of the Minister’s decision—the application for review is finally determined and the Minister’s decision is affirmed; or (b) otherwise—the Minister’s decision is made
4	Both: (a) the parent sponsor of the holder dies; and (b) within 90 days after the death, no other person makes a relevant sponsorship application in relation to the holder	90 days after the death
5	All of the following: (a) the parent sponsor of the holder dies; (b) within 90 days after the death, another person makes a relevant sponsorship application in relation to the holder; (c) the Minister decides to refuse the application	35 days after: (a) if the applicant applies for review of the Minister’s decision—the application for review is finally determined and the Minister’s decision is affirmed; or (b) otherwise—the Minister’s decision is made

Mandatory Visa Conditions

Condition 8103: The holder must not work in Australia without minister’s permission.

Condition 8303: Holder must not engage in violence and not being disruptive.

Condition 8501: Holder must maintain adequate health insurance during her stay in Australia.

Condition 8531: The holder must not remain in Australia after their visa ceases.

Condition 8564: The holder must not engage in criminal conduct.

Condition 8609: The holder must notify Immigration of a change to any of the following within 14 days after the change occurs:

(a) the holder’s name.

(b) the holder’s residential address.

(c) an email address of the holder.

(d) a phone number of the holder.

(e) the holder’s passport details.

Criteria for approval as a Parent Sponsor

• Minister should have approved the person as a family sponsor in the parent sponsor class.
• The person who is making an application for family sponsor in parent sponsor class should not be an ineligible sponsor:

An ineligible sponsor is a person who has previously sponsored 3 or more parents for visa subclass 870 and at least 3 of those parents have not left Australia before their visa subclass 870 expire and they do not hold any permanent visas.

• If the family sponsor has already nominated 2 parents for a subclass 870 and those parents have not left Australia before their subclass 870 expires and they do not hold any permanent visa, the sponsor can only sponsor 1 more parent.
• If the family sponsor has already nominated 1 parent for a subclass 870 and that parent have not left Australia before their subclass 870 expires and they do not hold any permanent visa, the sponsor can only sponsor 2 more parents.
• The person must fulfill the general sponsor requirements:
  Applicant for a family sponsor application in parent sponsor class must be 18 years of age.
  • The applicant must satisfy the minister of their identity.
  • They must be an Australian citizen OR The applicant is an Australian permanent resident or an eligible New Zealand Citizen who has been usually an Australian resident for 4 years before the application and during this period have not been an unlawful citizen or a holder of a Bridging Visa except BVA, BVB and BVC.
  • The sponsor applicant should give consent to the department to share their information which the parents they are sponsoring.

• The person should pass the income test.
  The applicant should in the last completed financial year before the sponsorship application should have earned at least AUD83454.80. For this purpose, the applicant can combine their income with their spouse or de facto partner and can also use income of their child who needs to be an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident, or an eligible New Zealand citizen. When combine the income with spouse and child to reach the combined income of AUD 83454.80, the sponsor applicant income should at least be 50 % of AUD 83454.80 i.e AUD 41727.40. LIN 19/046.
  • The applicant meets the conduct requirements. To satisfy the conduct requirements the applicant needs to provide police clearance:If the applicant has stayed in a foreign country for cumulative period of more than 12 months since turning 16 years in last 10 years before the date of application, they need to provide police clearance of that country.
    AND
    f the applicant has stayed in an Australia for cumulative period of more than 12 months since turning 16 years in last 10 years before the date of application, they need to provide AFP clearance of that country.
    OR
    It is reasonable to disregard if the applicant fails to provide the above police clearances. In which case they must not have adverse information unless reasonable to disregard and have complied previously with their sponsorship obligations.

Adverse information includes the following.

1. Any non-compliance of any Commonwealth, state, or a territory law.
2. It includes any current investigations, legal proceedings, administrative action, or disciplinary action for non-compliance of any Commonwealth, state, or a territory law.
3. If the applicant has become insolvent.
4. Any misleading, false information or bogus document provided to minster, assessing authority or tribunal.

• The sponsorship applicant meets the outstanding debt requirements:

The sponsor applicant, their spouse/ de facto partner, sponsored person and previously sponsored parent should not have any outstanding public health debts, or outstanding debts to commonwealth or should have made appropriate arrangements to pay them off.

• If the family sponsor applicant has a spouse or a de facto partner, they need to satisfy the following requirements:

If the partner is not a parent sponsor but has been a parent sponsor in the past, they must have fulfilled their sponsor obligations.

• The application to become a family sponsor for parent sponsor class must be accompanied by a $420 fee.

Parent Sponsorship comes to end if one of the following occurs:

• The permanent visa of parent sponsor is cancelled.
• The parent sponsor dies.
• If the parent sponsor withdraws the nomination in writing to the immigration.
• The visa application should be lodged within 6 months from the date sponsorship is approved.

For More Information Visit: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/sponsored-parent-temporary-870

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