This visa is for skilled workers who are sponsored by an Australian company for a permanent stay

in Australia. There are three streams within this visa subclass. The applicant can be inside or

outside Australia at the time of application and at the time of grant.

This visa is for skilled workers who are sponsored by an Australian company that is located in a

regional area of Australia, for a permanent stay in Australia. There are three streams within this

visa subclass. The applicant can be inside or outside Australia at the time of application and at

the time of grant.

This visa is for people who spent the greater part of their life before the age of 18 in Australia as a

permanent resident and they have maintained close ties to Australia. They must be under 45 at

the time of application. People who have spent at least 3 months in the Australian Defence Force

are also eligible and there is no age restriction for these applicants. They can be inside or outside

Australia at the time of application and grant, but they must be in the same place when both

events occur (that is outside at time of grant if they were outside at the time of application).

This visa is for current or former Australian permanent residents or former Australian citizens who

wish to travel to Australia as a resident. There are residential requirements to be met to be

eligible for this visa and the person can be inside or outside Australia at the time of application

and grant but if they were outside at the time of application they must also be outside at the time

of grant.

This visa is for holders of a subclass 159 visa, a border visa or a subclass 301 or 302 Emergency

visa, who now have provided evidence that they are a resident of Australia.

This visa is for spouses or de facto partners of Australian citizens, Permanent Residents or

Eligible New Zealand Citizens (‘ENZC’) who want to apply for a visa while they are outside

Australia. It must be applied for at the same time with a subclass 309 visa.

Unless the relationship is a long term relationship (as defined in the Migration Regulations) the

decision cannot be made on this visa application until two years have passed since lodgement.

The applicant can be in or outside Australia at the time the visa is granted.

This visa is for dependent children of Australian citizens, permanent residents or Eligible New

Zealand Citizens (ENZC).

The child must be under 25 years old (unless there is a physical or mental impairment that makes

them dependent) and be a natural or step- child of the sponsor (or an adopted child if the

adoption took place before the sponsor was an Australian citizen, permanent resident or ENZC).

The applicant must be outside Australia at the time the visa is granted.

This visa is for children who are under the age of 18, overseas and are adopted by an Australian

citizen, permanent resident or ENZC. The applicant must be outside Australia at the time the visa

is granted.

This visa is for parents of ‘settled’ Australian citizens, permanent residents or ENZC. The applicant

must meet the Balance of Family test and be outside Australia at the time the visa is granted.

This visa is for aged dependent relatives (which can include parents, siblings, grandparents,

uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews and first cousins) of Australian citizens, permanent residents or

ENZC. They must be old enough to be of pension age in Australia and have been dependent on

the sponsor for a reasonable period (usually taken to be 1-2 years).

The applicant must be outside Australia at the time the visa is granted.

This visa is for the remaining relative of Australian citizens, permanent residents or ENZC. The

applicant must have no other close family member outside Australia and be outside Australia at

the time the visa is granted.

This visa allows for relatives of Australian citizens, permanent residents or ENZC to migrate to

Australia to take care of their relative. The Australian relative must have a certain impairment

rating (as assessed by the Medical Officer of the Commonwealth) and the applicant must have

the skills and ability to take care of them. There should also be no other support available in

Australia for the person needing the care. The applicant must be outside Australia at the time the

visa is granted.

This visa is for the orphan relative of Australian citizens, permanent residents or ENZC. The

applicant must be outside Australia at the time the visa is granted.

This visa is for parents of Australian citizens, permanent residents or ENZC. The applicant must

meet the Balance of Family test (defined in the Migration Regulations) and pay a size-able

second visa application charge. They must be outside Australia at the time the visa is granted.

Similar to the subclass 100 visa but the applicant is inside Australia at the time of application and

grant, and it must be applied for at the same time as a subclass 820 visa.

Similar to the Subclass 101 visa but the applicant is inside Australia at the time of application and

grant. This subclass also includes adopted children so there is no onshore equivalent of the

subclass 102 visa.

Similar to the subclass 103 visa but the applicant is inside Australia at the time of application and

grant.

Similar to the subclass 115 visa but the applicant is inside Australia at the time of application and

grant.

Similar to the subclass 116 visa but the applicant is inside Australia at the time of application and

grant.

Similar to the subclass 114 visa but the applicant is inside Australia at the time of application and

grant.

Similar to the subclass 114 visa but the applicant is inside Australia at the time of application and

grant.

Similar to the subclass 143 visa but the applicant is inside Australia at the time of application and

grant. The applicant must also be aged as defined in the regulations.