Carer Visa in Australia

Carer Visa 116 Processing Time

Carer Visa 116 Processing Time – Subclass 116: No standard time available

Eligibility for Carer Visa Australia

• You must be residing outside Australia to apply for subclass 116.
• our relative or partner must sponsor you for the first two years in Australia.
• If your relative, or a member of their family who lives with them, has no reasonable access to care in Australia, you must provide them medical care.
• It is necessary to meet all health and character requirements.
• You must have paid back all your debts to the Australian Government if there’re any.

Eligibility for Carer Visa 836

• Be present in Australia while lodging your visa application and when the Department of Home Affairs grants you the visa.
• Provide care to a relative or a member of their family who cannot access care in Australia.
• Be sponsored by a close relative, spouse, or de facto partner for your first 2 years in Australia.
• Hold any substantive visa except a Transit visa (subclass 771).
• Meet health and character requirements.
• Have paid back all debts to the Australian Government.

Requirements for Relatives

• You must be residing in Australia as a permanent resident, an Australian citizen or an eligible citizen of New Zealand.
• Visa applicants must either be their spouse, child, brother, sister, parent, grandparent, granddaughter, aunt, uncle, niece or nephew.

Cost

Carer Visa Australia costs around AUD 3,890. However, you’re required to pay for health checks, biometrics and police certificates separately.

Stay Period

Visa 116 is a permanent visa. It allows people to stay in Australia permanently.

Benefits

• Live in Australia permanently.
• Enroll in a study course.
• Work in the Australian firms.
• Sponsor your relatives to visit Australia.
• Travel from and to Australia as many times as they want for 5 years.
• Apply for citizenship in Australia if eligible.
• Enroll in Medicare for public healthcare and medical services in Australia.