Poorer migrant families will now need to earn significantly more if they want to financially support their relatives' visa applications.
The Assurance of Support scheme, which allows Australian citizens to support newly-arrived migrants, has been changed to lift the earning threshold.
The Department of Social Services confirmed that if a couple in Australia wanted to financially support their parents to migrate, they would need to earn a combined $115,475 a year. The previous figure was $45,185.
