Sponsoring family members on Student Visa
How to sponsor your family members if you are on Student Visa Australia
As of 1 July 2016, there have been changes to the student visa programme (find out the changes under our blog then hit news), and because of such changes, you must put your current family members on your application with you, to do a family sponsorship in Australia, at least declare them in your application, or there will be no way for them to join you in Australia.
Who is eligible to add on your student visa application as a dependent family member(for family sponsorship)?
Eligibility criteria :
So how do you apply for your dependent family members to join you for this family sponsorship in Australia?
Your eligible family members can:
- Go with you to Australia, as long as you have included them in your application
- Join you in Australia after you have been granted your visa as a future arrival. You must have declared these family members in your initial student visa application.
Please make sure you declare ALL family members on your student visa application, even if they aren’t currently planning on traveling with you to Australia. If you do not put them on your application, they will not be eligible to join you in Australia on a student visa. There is one exception to this, if they became your family member after your student visa was granted and before a subsequent application is done.
Required documentation for family sponsorship to Australia on a student visa
If your family members are applying as a future entrant and are planning to join you in Australia, they will need to provide the following with their online application:
ONE derland Consulting has extensive experience dealing with different type of visas and complex cases, to find further information on your options and eligibility for family sponsorship to Australia for a student visa please contact our office on (+61) 089477-5831 or email: [email protected]
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