Australia Sponsorship Parent (Temporary) visa (Subclass 870)

With this visa, you can

• Reunite with your children and grandchildren
• Visit Australia for up to 3 or 5 years per visa
• Re-apply for further visas to visit up to a maximum period in Australia of 10 years

How long you can stay

This is a temporary visa. You can stay in Australia for up to three or five years at a time.

Your visa will end:

• If it is canceled by the authorities
• If your sponsorship is withdrawn and you do not find a new Parent Sponsor
• The day your visa ceases

If you want to stay longer You can stay for a cumulative maximum of 10 year period.

You can stay a cumulative maximum of 10 years period.

Unless you have any type of permission to apply to Australia, you must be completely out of Australia for at least 90 days before you are eligible to obtain another sponsored temporary visa.

If you have a sponsored parent (temporary) visa for a maximum period of 10 years, after that you must either leave Australia completely or you or you will need to apply for another visa. Which may allow you to stay in Australia again. You may not be eligible for the grant of another parent (temporary) visa at all.