VisAustraliaVisAustraliaA child does not automatically become an Australian permanent resident or Australian citizen just because it is born in Australia.
If you hold a temporary or provisional visa and have a baby while in Australia, the baby will receive the same visa as you. You do not need to apply for a separate visa but will need to advise the Australian Government of the birth of your child. Your child will then be granted the same visa as you with the same expiry date.
If you are a permanent resident and have a child in Australia, that child is an Australian citizen by birth.
If you are an Australian citizen and have a baby while overseas, you will need to apply to register the baby as an Australian citizen.
But if you are a permanent resident and have a child outside Australia, that child will not hold a visa of any kind. If this situation applies to you or you are thinking of traveling back to your country to give birth, or you are applying to adopt a child from overseas, the child needs to apply for a Child visa to travel back to Australia with you.
There are 3 types of permanent child visas: Child visa (Onshore and Onshore versions), an Adoption visa, and an Orphan Relative visa for children who are outside Australia and who have a relative in Australia and whose parents are deceased. In addition, the Dependent Child is a temporary visa for children of a parent migrating as the spouse of an Australian citizen.
This is a permanent visa that allows a child of an Australian permanent resident who is outside Australia move to Australia to live with its parents.
The child can travel to and from Australia as many times as they want for 5 years from the date of the visa grant. This is as long as the travel facility on this visa remains valid.
If the child wants to travel after the initial 5-year travel facility:
To apply for this visa, the child must be:
The child’s sponsoring parent must be an Australian citizen, the holder of an Australian permanent resident visa or an eligible New Zealand citizen.
To discover whether your child is eligible for Child visa (subclass 101), we invite you to book a consultation with one of our expert migration lawyers.
Processing times are indicative only and may vary depending on individual circumstances or government policy. If these processing times are not suitable for your plans, we advise you to contact VisAustralia to discuss alternative processes.
The latest processing times published by the Department of Home Affairs are as follows:
The visa costs AUD$2,665 for the main applicant.
There might be other costs.
To work out what your visa will cost use the Visa Pricing Estimator. The estimator does not include other costs you might also have to pay such as those for police certificates, health checks, biometrics and professional fees to get assistance with the visa application process from an immigration lawyer/agent.
This is a permanent visa that allows children adopted outside Australia live in Australia with their adoptive parent. To apply for this visa, the child must be adopted or be in the process of being adopted through one of the following arrangements:
1. An intercountry adoption or arrangement with the involvement of an Australian state or territory central authority; or
2. An intercountry adoption between 2 countries (other than Australia) that are parties to the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (the Hague Adoption Convention); or
3. An expatriate adoption (with no involvement from an Australian state or territory central authority).
If the child is adopted through an expatriate adoption there are additional rules that must be met:
To apply for this visa, the child must be:
The child’s sponsoring parent must be an Australian citizen, the holder of an Australian permanent resident visa or an eligible New Zealand citizen.
To discover whether your child is eligible for Adoption visa (subclass 102), we invite you to book a consultation with one of our expert migration lawyers.
Processing times are indicative only and may vary depending on individual circumstances or government policy.
The latest processing times published by the Department of Home Affairs are as follows:
The visa costs AUD$2,665 for the main applicant.
There might be other costs.
To work out what your visa will cost use the Visa Pricing Estimator. The estimator does not include other costs you might also have to pay such as those for police certificates, health checks, biometrics and professional fees to get assistance with the visa application process from an immigration lawyer/agent.
This is a permanent visa that allows a child of an Australian permanent resident in Australia with another kind of visa to Australia apply for permanent residence. On applying for this visa you will be granted a bridging visa that allows you to stay in Australia during the processing period until the visa is decided.
The child can travel to and from Australia as many times as they want for 5 years from the date of the visa grant. This is as long as the travel facility on this visa remains valid.
If the child wants to travel after the initial 5-year travel facility:
To apply for this visa, the child must be:
To discover whether your child is eligible for Child visa (subclass 802), we invite you to book a consultation with one of our expert migration lawyers.
Processing times are indicative only and may vary depending on individual circumstances or government policy. On applying for this visa you will be granted a bridging visa that will allow you to continue living in Australia during the process time.
The latest processing times published by the Department of Home Affairs are as follows:
The visa costs AUD$2,665 for the main applicant.
There might be other costs.
To work out what your visa will cost use the Visa Pricing Estimator. The estimator does not include other costs you might also have to pay such as those for police certificates, health checks, biometrics and professional fees to get assistance with the visa application process from an immigration lawyer/agent.
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