Question 1: J. Mathew
I am an Australian citizen. My father is 68 year old. He is on a visitor visa in Australia. Due to Covid, he cannot travel. Want to renew the visa, I heard there are new visas available where stay is 3 or 5 year and no need to go back in 1 year period. etc. Just want to know the fees and duration and possible conditions.
Ans: Thank you for the email. Your father has few options to extend his stay in Australia due to Covid, which include subclass 408 visa, without application fee. However, he has to eligible to apply for this visa.
Regarding your query parent visa (subclass 870) can be an option for your parent. It can be 3 year or 5 year. To lodge this visa for parents, initially you need to be an approved parent sponsor for this visa. Thereafter, your father could apply for this category visas.
This is a temporary visa . Fee for this visa is $ 5000 for 3 year visa and $ 10000 for 5 year visa. Your parent may be eligible to apply for an extended stay in this category with a maximum 10 year period stay altogether in Australia.
Question-2: Karamjit
Dear Sir,
I have contacted you before few months regarding ANMAC assessment and enquiring about 190 and 189 visa. Currently I am working In a Medical center for past one and half years under 482 visa. They advised I need 3 years to get PR from the employer. Am I eligible to apply for PR after 2 years, or wait for three years ?
Ans: Thank you for your email. Please note your grant date of 482 visa matters in this case. If your current 482 visa was granted; or visa application for your current 482 visa was lodged on or before 17/04/2017, you are eligible to apply for employer sponsored PR nomination after two years with your sponsored employer. Otherwise, you have to wait for three years.
There are two streams for permanent employer nomination visas. Direct Entry and TRT streams. If you have three-year work experience in your nominated occupation and hold a positive skills assessment in that occupation, competent level English score, you will be eligible to apply for subclass 186 visa under Direct Entry stream.
Question-3 R.Vivek
I am in Kerala and completed Electrical & Electronics Engineering in 2017. Currently I am working as a MEP site engineer in Kerala. Please advise my PR chance to Australia ?
Ans: Thank you for the email. Please note at this stage, it is bit hard to get skill select migration for offshore candidates due to multiple reasons including Covid restrictions. The situation is expected to be normal by January 2022. At this stage you don’t have enough points to receive invitation to lodge main application. Currently the benchmark point needs to be invited for main application is 90.
You may get more work experience and should get higher level English test score, minimum proficient level (IELTS 7 each or equivalent) to go ahead with the process in future.
Question-4 Renjith C
Hello Sir,
I am currently in Australia doing Masters by Research, completing my studies soon.
I have met with an accident in 2015, while I was a student in India. My motor bike hit a pedestrian and we both got injured and where hospitalised. There was a case and I have paid a fine of Rs: 1000 in court, by my lawyer. Sir do this affect my further stay in Australia and apply for PR in Australia. I heard that I need to do a PCC from India for PR visa. I am not sure whether this will appear on my PCC as well. Could you please give some directions on case. Looking forward to hearing from you
Ans: Thank you for the email.
For Australian PR process, you have to get Indian PCC and Police clearance from other countries where you had lived for 12 months or more since you attained 16 years of age. Normally criminal charges of serious nature or convictions will have adverse impact on prospects of migration to Australia. In your case, it was a traffic accident case and may not be an issue to get PCC from India.
Question-5 R. Sony
I am currently undertaking PG in Australia. I need to bring my partner to Australia. If she comes in in tourist visa, what is her options for visa in Australia ?
Ans: Thank you for the email. At this stage, Department of Home Affairs rarely grant temporary visas to overseas citizens due to Covid 19. Currently complete travel ban imposed on all temporary visa holders from India.
Please note you are on Student Visa, hence she is eligible to apply for student dependent visa, however, it may take long time to get the visa granted. Better option would be waiting for 4-6 months, and if circumstances change in India and Australia, think about bringing your partner in Australia via Student Dependent visa application.
In case she comes on a tourist visa to Australia, and if ‘No Further Stay’ condition is not imposed on that visa, she will be eligible to apply for Student Dependent visa onshore.
Australian Immigration: Answer to your doubts and questions – Part 2
