Long-Stay Parent visa explained: All you need for the Sponsored Parent visa

What are the conditions of the new Long-Stay Parent visa? Allow us to explain the detail of the Sponsored Parent (Temporary) visa (subclass 870), including what to expect in duration, cost, healthcare and processing times.

Immigration Minister David Coleman says there are more than 97,000 people seeking various kinds of permanent parent visas to come to Australia. Source: Pixabay

A Long-Stay Parent visa (technically known as the Sponsored Parent (Temporary) visa (subclass 870)) allows the parent of an Australian citizen or permanent resident to visit Australia and stay for up to 10 total years, the Department of Immigration says. 

Applications to become an approved sponsor for this visa opened on April 17, 2019, while applications for the sponsored parent will open from July 1, 2019.

How long can they stay? Can they work?

With this visa, a foreign parent of an Australian permanent resident or citizen: 

• can visit Australia for up to three or five years consecutively
• can visit up to a maximum period in Australia of 10 cumulative years
• cannot work in Australia

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