Dependent Visa

Dependent Student Visa

If you are coming to Australia to study, you may bring your dependent family members with you. You can include them on your original student visa application, or you can apply for them to join you after starting your course in Australia. Spouses, partners, and unmarried children under the age of 18 are eligible for dependent visas.

Suppose you are including your dependent family members in your original student visa application. In that case, you must include all members of your family on your initial Form 157A application for a student visa.

If you are applying for family members to join you after you have started your course, then you must submit the following documents:

• Form 919, Nomination of student dependants;
• Form 157A, application for a student visa;
• A letter from one of your teachers stating:
  • The course you are studying,
  • The length of the system and your expected completion date, and
  • If you satisfy all the course requirements;
• Evidence that you can financially support your dependent family members;
• Proof of family ties such as marriage certificate or birth certificate;
• Proof of school enrolment of school-aged children; and
• Proof of health insurance for dependents.

Dependent Work Visa

If you come to Australia on a worker visa, your dependent family members can join you on dependent visas.

If you come to Australia on a temporary worker visa, only your spouse or partner and any unmarried children under 18 are eligible for dependent family visas.

If you are coming to Australia on a migrant worker or business visa, any dependent family members are eligible to join you, including:

• Spouse or Partner;
• Any children under the age of 25;
• Aged dependent relatives such as parents or grandparents.

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