1. Aged parent

2. Aged dependent relative

3. Remaining relative

4. Dependent child

5. Carer

1. Aged Parent

An Aged Parent visa is for parents who are old enough to be granted an Australian aged pension. The current qualifying age is 65 for men and 62 for women. The applicant must be the aged parent of a child who is Australian citizen, permanent resident or New Zealand citizen living permanently in Australia. The child must be settled in Australia and must be the sponsor or nominator of the applicant.

An Assurance of Support is required for an Aged Parent visa. An Assurance of Support is a commitment to provide financial support, where necessary, to the person applying to migrate so that the migrant will not have to rely on any government form of support for two years after the person arrives in Australia. It is also a legal commitment by a person to repay to the Commonwealth of Australia any recoverable social security payments made by Centrelink to those covered by the assurance.

Further, the applicant must pass the “ balance of family” test, which means that at least half of the applicant’s children must live in Australia or the applicant must have more children in Australia than in any other single country.

2. Aged Dependent Relative

An Aged Dependent Relative visa is for someone who is old enough to be granted an aged pension and is single, either never married, widowed, divorced or formally separated from his or her spouse. Further, the applicant must have been dependent, and remains dependent on the Australian relative for a reasonable period which is usually at least three years.

The applicant must be nominated/sponsored by the Australian relative. The Australian relative must be aged over 18 and be an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen.

An Assurance of Support is also required for an Aged Dependent Relative.

Read on about Family Sponsored Migration.