Parent Visa Outcomes 2020-21 Migration Program

2020-21 Migration Program Outcomes: Parent Visas.

4,500 Parent visa places were finalised in the 2020-21 Migration Program year.

  • 3,600 Contributory Parent places.
  • 900 Non-Contributory Parent places.

However, there were also 14,827 new applications lodged in the year.

The number of applications still on hand, in the pipeline, had increased to … Read the rest

Medicare Eligibility Subclass 864 visa

Medicare Eligibility for Subclass 864 visa holders and Applicants.

You can enrol for Medicare if you hold a permanent contributory parent visa subclass 864.

A Subclass 864 visa is a Contributory Aged Parent visa.

This visa allows the holder to:

  • stay in Australia as a permanent resident
  • work and study
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Parent Visa Grants to March 2021

Numbers of Parent Visa Grants in the nine months ended 31 March 2021.

The following numbers show how many Parent Visas were granted in the 2020/2021 year by the end of the third quarter.

  • 3,794 subclass 143 Contributory Parent.
  • 81 subclass 864 Contributory Aged Parent Residence.
  • 155 subclass 173 Contributory
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Subclass 804 Parent Visa Applications, Grants and Refusals 2017-18 to 2019-20

Subclass 804 Applications, Grants and Refusals.

In the three years 2017-18 to 2019-20, there have been:

  • 4,061 applications lodged for Parent visa subclass 804.
  • 250 subclass 804 visas were granted in those 3 years.
  • 275 subclass 804 visas were refused in those 3 years.

Subclass 804 Visa Applications, Grants and

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Parent Visa Applications onhand Sept 2020

Parent Visa Applications in Pipeline at 30 September 2020.

These are the numbers of applicants waiting for visa processing for the specified Parent visa subclass, as at 30th September 2020.

  • 39,601 subclass 103 Parent
  • 41 subclass 113 Aged Parent
  • 53,444 subclass 143 Contributory Parent (Migrant)
  • 2,884 subclass 173 Contributory Parent
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Reduction in Offshore Family Stream Visa Grants

Family Stream Visa Grants from Offshore Applications.

In 2019-20 the number of offshore applications granted in the Family Stream totals continued to become an even smaller percentage of total Family Stream visa grants, with just 18,446 of the total of 41,961 Family Stream visa grants going to Offshore Applications.

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Parent Visa Grants and Refusals 2014-15 to 2019

Parent Visa Grants and Refusals 2014-15 to 2019.

A Freedom of Information request, released in January 2020, has shown that the numbers of Partner Visa grants has been reducing over the years between 2014 and 2019.

The grant numbers have dropped from an average of about 800 per month, down … Read the rest

Parent Visa Queues 2019

Queues for Parent Visas reach 50,000.

In April 2019, immigration officials revealed that there were nearly 50,000 people on the waitlist for some Parent visas.

Waiting times for some Parent visas had also reached 56 years.

As at July 2019, immigration released information showing that final processing had begun for … Read the rest