Carer Visa 116
116 Visa Australia
Carer Visa 116 Australia
This permanent visa lets you move to Australia to care for someone with a long-term medical condition. They must have no reasonable access to care options in Australia.
Stay: Permanently
- you must be outside Australia when you apply and when we decide your application
- you must be sponsored by your relative or their partner for your first 2 years in Australia
- you must provide care for a relative, or a member of their family who lives with them, who has no reasonable access to care in Australia
With this visa you can
- stay in Australia as a permanent resident
- work and study in Australia
- travel to and from Australia for 5 years
You must
- be outside Australia when you apply and when we decide your application
- be sponsored by your relative or their partner for your first 2 years in Australia
- provide care for a relative, or a member of their family who lives with them, who has no reasonable access to care in Australia
With this visa you can
- stay in Australia indefinitely
- work and study in Australia
- enrol in Australia’s public health care scheme, Medicare
- sponsor your relatives to come to Australia
- travel to and from Australia for 5 years
- apply for Australian citizenship, if eligible
Travel to and from Australia for 5 years
You can travel to and from Australia as many times as you want for 5 years from the date we grant this visa. This is as long as the travel facility on this visa remains valid.
If you want to travel after the initial 5-year travel facility:
- you will need to apply for and be granted a Resident Return (RRV) so that you can re-enter Australia as a permanent resident
- you might also want to consider Australian citizenship. If you become an Australian citizen, you don’t require a visa to enter Australia. You will need to apply for an Australian passport and use it to leave and re-enter Australia. See more about eligibility requirements and current processing times for Australian citizenship
To see when your travel facility ends, use VEVO.
How long you can stay
This is a permanent visa. It lets you stay in Australia indefinitely.
For citizenship purposes, your permanent residence starts on the day you enter Australia on the visa.
Include family
You can include members of the family unit in your application when you apply.
Family members who apply for the visa must meet our health and character requirements.
Apply from
You must be outside Australia when you apply and if we grant your application.
Processing times
We can’t provide exact processing times for this visa. Applications for the visa are subject to capping and queueing.
Your application might take longer to process if:
- you don’t fill it in correctly
- you don’t include all the documents we need or we need more information from you
- it takes us time to verify your information
We can’t process your application if you don’t pay the correct visa application charge. We will notify you if this is the case and if necessary return your application.
Family migration visas are in high demand. It might take some years for this visa to be granted.
Assessment
We assess applications for this visa in 2 stages.
- Check eligibility and either add the application to the queue or refuse it.
- Continue assessing the application when a place becomes available and make a decision.
Don’t arrange to move to Australia until we grant the visa. We will let you know in writing if we grant you the visa.
Your obligations
You and your family members must obey all Australian laws.
Travel
You can travel to and from Australia for 5 years from the date we grant the visa. After 5 years you will need a Resident Return (RRV) visa (subclass 155 or subclass 157) to re-enter Australia as a permanent resident.
Visa label
We will digitally link your visa to your passport. You will not get a label in your passport.
Be a carer
Among other things, you must be willing and able to provide ongoing substantial care and support for your sponsoring relative or the family member who lives with them.
To show this, you should fully understand your sponsor’s medical condition and what their care needs are.
Have a sponsor
You must be sponsored by an eligible sponsor.
We must approve the sponsorship.
Meet the health requirement
You and any family members who apply for the visa with you must meet our health requirement.
Family members who are not coming to Australia might also have to meet our health requirement.
Meet the character requirement
You, and family members aged 16 years and over who apply for the visa with you, must meet our character requirement.
We might also ask that other family members meet the requirement.
Have paid back your debt to the Australian Government
If you or any family members (including those who don’t apply for the visa with you) owe the Australian Government money, you or they must have paid it back or arranged to pay it back. .
Sign the Australian values statement
If you are 18 years of age or older, you must:
- have read, or had explained to you, the Life in Australia
- sign an Australian Values Statement that confirms you will respect the Australian way of life and obey Australian laws.
Best interests of the child
We might not grant this visa if it is not in the best interests of an applicant under 18.
Read And Associates offer Professional Guidance
Here at Read and Associates our team of migration agents can provide you with the appropriate guidance and advice which will help you put forth the best visa application possible. Specialising in applications for medical professionals, we would welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can work with you. Book a consultation to find out more.
