A complete family usually comprises spouses, parents, children, and siblings. Family members are important because they can offer support and a sense of security with unconditional love. Looking at the importance of family members in one’s life, Australia offers parent visas to parents of settled Australian citizens, permanent residents, and eligible New Zealand citizens. They can invite their parents to Australia to live with them permanently or temporarily. In this article, we discuss Contributory Parent (Permanent) Visa (subclass 143) and Contributory Parent (Temporary) Visa (subclass 173) to analyse how they differ from each other.
Primary Differences
Visa Duration
The Subclass 143 is a permanent parent visa to let a parent of a settled Australian citizen, Australian Permanent resident or an Eligible New Zealand citizen stay in Australia indefinitely. With this visa, parents can sponsor their family members to come to Australia and if eligible, can apply for Australian citizenship.
The Subclass 173 is a temporary parent visa to let a parent of an Australian citizen, Australian Permanent resident and Eligible New Zealand citizen live in Australia for up to 2 years. This visa is only valid for a period of two years and cannot be extended or renewed. Eligible parents can work and study in the country but will not receive financial support from the Australian government. This visa is a gateway to apply for the Permanent Parent Visa 143. In other words, both permanent and temporary parent visas are related to each other.
Visa Cost
Another noticeable difference between these two is their cost. The Contributory Parent (Temporary) Visa is relatively cheaper than the Contributory Parent (Permanent) Visa. At present the cost of Contributory Parent (Permanent) Visa (subclass 143) starts from AUD47,955 whereas the cost of applying for a Contributory Parent (Temporary) Visa (subclass 173) starts from AUD32, 065.. Also, you can divide the cost of the Contributory Parent (subclass 143) visa over a few years by following two steps which involves applying for the temporary Contributory Parent (Temporary Subclass 173) visa first and then applying for the permanent Contributory Parent (Subclass 143) visa. The net costs of the two-stage process are broadly similar to the option of applying directly for a permanent Contributory Parent category Visa except that the costs are staggered across two applications.
The Application Process
There are two ways of applying for Contributory Parent (Subclass 143) visa. You can apply for a subclass 143 visa as a retiree or can be sponsored by their eligible children, a relative, or a community organization. As retiree, you are not required to meet the balance-of-family test, have an assurance of support and an eligible sponsor.
On the contrary, if you want to apply for a Contributory Parent Visa (subclass 173, you have only one option that is to be sponsored by an eligible child, an eligible relative or a community organization..
Assurance of Support
If you are applying for contributory parent visa (subclass 143) you must have an Assurance of Support (unless you are applying for the Retirement Pathway) but in case of Contributory Parent visa (subclass 173) assurance of support is not required.
An Assurance of Support is a legal agreement between an Australian resident or organisation (the assurer) and the Australian Government. The assurer agrees to support the migrant (the assuree) in Australia so that the assuree does not need to rely on government payments. Each Assurance of Support can cover up to 2 adults and an unlimited number of their dependent children.
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