• Allows the child to stay in Australia indefinitely.
• Permits the child to work and study in Australia in accordance with Australian law.
• Provides access to Australia’s public healthcare scheme, Medicare.
• Allows the child to sponsor relatives to come to Australia.
• Enables the child to apply for Australian citizenship if eligible.
• Provides a travel facility for 5 years from the date of visa grant.

How long the child can stay:

• The Orphan Relative Visa is a permanent visa, allowing the child to stay in Australia indefinitely. The child becomes a permanent resident on the day they enter Australia on the visa.

Include other children:

• Each sibling of the child who wants to apply must make a separate application. The child’s dependent children can be included on their application when they apply or at any time before the application is decided.

The visa fee for the main applicant is AUD 1,870. There is also a charge for each dependent child who applies for the visa.

The Orphan Relative Visa may include conditions such as not arriving before the person specified in the visa and not marrying or entering into a de facto relationship before entry. Please refer to the official website for detailed information on visa conditions.

The processing time for the Orphan Relative Visa can range from 31 months to 114 months.

For Applicant:

• The child must be sponsored by an eligible sibling or step-sibling, grandparent or step-grandparent, aunt, uncle, step-aunt, or step-uncle.
• The child must be under 18 years old when applying for the visa.
• The child must have no parent who can care for them. This could be due to the parents being deceased, permanently incapable of caring for the child, or unable to be found. The visa will not be granted if the child’s parents are capable of caring for them but do not want to.
• Written consent is required for the migration of a child younger than 18 years, or the laws of the child’s home country must allow them to leave, or it must be consistent with any Australian child order about the child.
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For Sponsor:

• The sponsor must be a settled Australian citizen, eligible New Zealand citizen, or hold an Australian permanent visa.
• The sponsor must be 18 years or older.
• The sponsor must be a relative of the child, including sibling or step-sibling, grandparent or step-grandparent, aunt, uncle, step-aunt, or step-uncle.
• The sponsorship must be approved, and approval may not be granted if the sponsor or their partner has been charged or convicted of offenses involving children.