Up to 3 or 5 years
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Sponsored Parent (Temporary) visa (subclass 870)
This temporary visa lets a parent of an Australian citizen, Australian permanent-resident or eligible New Zealand citizen visit Australia for up to 3 or 5 years.
At a Glance
AUD420.00
for an indication of processing times for this visa, use the visa processing time guide tool. This will show the processing times for recently decided applications. It is a guide only and not specific to your application. The increase for Sponsored Parent (Temporary) sponsorship processing times can be attributed to targeted efforts to finalise older on hand cases.
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Things to note
- You need to lodge an application online to become an approved Parent Sponsor.
- You need to be an approved Parent Sponsor before a Sponsored Parent (Temporary) visa (subclass 870) application can be lodged.
- After you are approved as a Parent Sponsor, the Sponsored Parent (Temporary) visa (subclass 870) application(s) must be lodged within 6 months of the sponsorship approval or 60 days if you have been given Permission to lodge an application in Australia.
- Permission to lodge an application in Australia is only approved in limited circumstances.
With this visa the applicant
- can visit Australia for up to 3 or 5 years
- can visit up to a maximum period in Australia of 10 years
- is not able to work in Australia