Remaining Relative Visa
Remaining Relative Visa
The Remaining Relative Visa is a permanent residency visa that can be lodged in Australia or overseas. If you lodge the visa in Australia, you must be in Australia for the visa to be granted. Conversely, if you lodge the application outside of Australia, you must be outside of Australia for the visa to be granted.
If you lodge the visa application in Australia, you will be granted a Bridging Visa that will allow you to remain in Australia lawfully until the visa is processed. Whilst in Australia on a Bridging Visa, you will not have access to Centrelink benefits though you can access Medicare.
This visa is subject to a “capping and queueing system”, whereby there is a set limit on the amount of visas granted by the government each year, currently being a very low amount.
Remaining Relative Visa (Subclass 115)
This permanent visa lets people stay in Australia to be with their only close family members.
With this visa you can
stay in Australia as a Permanent resident;
work and study in Australia;
enrol in Medicare
How long you can stay
This is a permanent visa. It lets you stay indefinitely in Australia.
