Child Visa (Subclass 101)

Requirements

Children eligible for this visa must be:

• sponsored by their parent or their parent’s partner
• single
• younger than 18 years of age; or
• a full-time student between 18 and 25 years of age, or
• 18 or older and unable to work due to a disability and dependent on the sponsoring parent

The child (applicant) must be:

• the biological child or adopted child of the sporing parents
• a step child who has not turned 18 of a step-parent who is no longer the partner of the child’s parent but has a legal responsibility to care for the child

An adopted child must have been adopted before his/her parent became an Australian citizen or the holder of an Australian permanent resident visa or an eligible New Zealand citizen.  The child can include his/her own dependent children in this application.  This is a permanent residence visa.

It allows the child to:

• travel to and stay in Australia indefinitely
• work and study in Australia
• enroll in Australia’s scheme for health-related care and expenses
• apply for Australian citizenship (if they are eighteen)
• sponsor eligible relatives for permanent residence
• travel to and from Australia for five years from the date visa is granted