COVID-19 Visa Concession Coming into Effect on 27 February
Temporary Concession for Certain Family Visa Applicants
Following the latest announcement by the Department of Home Affairs, certain Family visa applicants who have applied for a visa outside Australia will be eligible to be granted the visa while onshore. This will effectively override the requirement for certain Family visa streams that require offshore visa applicants to also be granted a visa offshore.
The temporary COVID-19 concession is only applicable to certain applicants who are in Australia and are unable to arrange to travel overseas to be granted the visa because of COVID-19 border restrictions. Eligible applicants include those who have applied for:
Child (Subclass 101) visa
Adoption (Subclass 102) visa
Dependent Child (Subclass 445) visa
Parent Visa Concession
Another COVID-19 concession intended to come into effect on 24 March 2021 is for eligible Parent visa applicants who have made an application offshore. These applicants will be able to have their visa granted while in Australia. This concession applies to the following visa subclasses:
Parent (Subclass 103) visa
Contributory Parent (Subclass 173) visa
Please note that the current processing timeframes for Parent visas are not affected by the above concession.
For certain applicants who have been advised by the Department to travel outside Australia to be granted a parent visa but are unable to do so because of travel restrictions, the Department will endeavor to work with them to provide additional time until the applicants can travel safely, or until the visa can be granted onshore.
How Can Agape Henry Crux Help You
If you’d like to find out whether you will be eligible for this concession, please do not hesitate to contact us. At Agape Henry Crux, our Accredited Specialist Immigration Lawyers and our team of immigration lawyers and migration agents are well trained to handle highly complex matters. You can book one of our lawyers or agents to seek professional advice by calling 02-72002700 or email us to book in a time at info@ahclawyers.com.
We speak fluent English, Korean, Burmese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Indonesian, and Malay. If these aren’t your language, we can also help you arrange an interpreter.
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