Information about types of Australian immigration visas

1. Australian investment visa

Australian investment immigration policy is for foreign businessmen with economic potential to settle and develop business in Australian states and territories.

Investment visa applicants must demonstrate the amount of capital they will invest in Australia as well as business experience. In return, the applicant and his family can settle, live and work long term in this country. Once you have temporarily resided in Australia for 4 years and meet the business and investment requirements, you can apply for permanent residency. And enjoy many benefits and social security policies of Australia.

– Visa 188: Investment and creative business (temporary residence)

– Visa 888: Investment and creative business (permanent residence)

– Visa 890: Independent businessman

– Visa 891: Independent investment

– Visa 892: Businessman with guarantee

– Visa 893: Guaranteed investment

2. Australian immigration visa under sponsorship

Sponsored Australian immigration visa is for people who have a relative who is a permanent resident in Australia sponsoring them to come for family reunion or a sponsoring company to work. Accordingly, Australian immigration under family reunification sponsorship has the following 4 groups:

Visa 309 : Spouse sponsorship visa. The applicant must have a legal marriage certificate with the sponsor coming to Australia.

Visa 300: Fiancé/fiancee sponsorship visa. Both parties must prove that the relationship has lasted more than 12 months.

2.2. Australian immigration visa group for parents

Visa 103: Visa sponsoring a non-paying parent.

Visa 143: Visa sponsored by a parent with full payment.

Visa 173: Visa sponsored by a parent with partial payment.

With this Visa group, applicants only need to prove their family relationship by providing legal and financial documents.

2.3. Australian immigration visa group for children

Visa 101: Visa sponsoring biological children/stepchildren.

Visa 102: Adoption visa.

Visa 445: Dependent child sponsorship visa.

Legal documents to prove the relationship in this settlement are household registration books and birth certificates. In case the sponsored person is an adopted child, a recognized legal child adoption certificate will be required.

2.4. Australian immigration visa group represents other relatives

Visa 114: Visa to sponsor dependent elderly relatives.

Visa 115: Single relative sponsorship visa.

Visa 116: Sponsored visa to Australia to take care of relatives.

Visa 117: Orphan sponsorship visa.

3. Australian immigration visa conditions

To be able to come to Australia with the above categories, you need to meet the following Australian immigration visa requirements:

• Meet health requirements.
• Have never violated the law or been subject to any penalty.
• Score a minimum of 65 points on the Australian Immigration points scale.
• Have a job offer letter or sponsorship letter from a state or territory in Australia.
• Good foreign language proficiency to live, study and work in Australia.

When you own an Australian immigration visa, you and your relatives will enjoy the following basic benefits:

• Freely enter and exit Australia, travel to more than 140 countries around the world without needing a visa.
• Be able to sponsor relatives to Australia if they meet the prescribed time conditions.
• Enjoy free health care policy for the whole family.
• Free tuition if your children are under 18 years old or reduced tuition if your children are over 18 years old and are studying at university level.
• Have the opportunity to gain Australian citizenship when living in Australia for enough time. At the same time, you are allowed to keep your original nationality.

4. Documents to apply for an Australian immigration visa

Depending on each immigration category, visa application requirements will be different. However, a basic Australian visa application set includes the following documents.

• Visa applicant documents: Passport, passport photo, application for visa to settle in Australia, curriculum vitae certified by local authorities, criminal record card, documents related to status Marriage certificate (marriage certificate, divorce certificate,…), health certificate and some other related documents with a maximum validity of 6 months before submitting the visa.
• Documents of the visa applicant’s sponsor: Confirmation of sponsor information, financial documents, curriculum vitae certified by the Australian State/Territory government, passport, photo passport and other related documents.
• Documents for children of visa applicants: Parental commitment, birth certificate, passport photo (if any), certificate of singleness if children are over 18 years old, proof of custody if children under 18 years old with confirmation from the local government of the place of residence.
• Evidence proving the relationship between the sponsor and the visa applicant: Email, letters, photos or other do