The Family Visa are categorised in the following three
Spouse Visa, Partner Visa, De Facto Visa, all together called as Partner Visa by the Department of Immigration. A partner visa is a type of an immigrant visa that allows a person to enter or remain in a foreign country along with their spouse or partner. The Partner or Spouse Visa can be applied along with the primary applicant who has applied for the PR visa. There are various privileged categories called as classes and sub classes for different countries to apply for this type of partner visa. The spouse who has this visa is eligible for all the privileges that of a PR Visa.
This visa allows a child to stay in a foreign country permanently and live with their parents. A child below 18 years can be applied for a child visa. The visa can be applied onshore or offshore.
A child visa is a permanent visa that is available to children or step-children of parent who are citizens, permanent residents of a foreign country.
Whereas a dependent child visa is a temporary visa that is available to children or step-children of temporary partner visa holders. A dependent child visa holder then transitions onto a permanent partner visa at the same time as their parent.
The parent visa lets a parent of a permanent resident or citizenship holder move to the country where their child resides. The parent visa holder can work, study, access Medicare, travel and eventually consider application for citizenship. The Parent visa is differentiated in two main categories, temporary and permanent.
The Sponsored parent visa is a temporary visa which allows a parent of a country’s citizen or permanent resident for up to three or five years. The years of stay varies from country to country. This visa allows parents to remain in the country for a longer period of time, up to five years (differs from country to country) at a time without departing. It provides an alternative option to Visitor visas which only allow shorter periods of stay.
The Sponsored parent visa is a temporary visa which allows a parent of a country’s citizen or permanent resident to be sponsored for permanent residence of that country.