Adoption visa subclass 102 enables the child from overseas to rightfully live in Australia if they are adopted by the Australian parents who are either permanent resident, citizen of Australia or an eligible New Zealand citizen.
The adoptive parents are responsible for the sponsorship as well as lodge an application on behalf of the child.
How to apply for this visa Subclass 102?
This information will explain what you must do to apply for a visa subclass 102.
- Prepare documents
You will be required to submit the documents in order to prove the claims you make in your adoption visa application. These will be:
Current passport of the child showing their personal details, photo, issue & expiry dates.
- National ID card, if any
- Evidence of change of name (documents that demonstrate other name of the child they used to be known by and “name change” documents of births, marriages & deaths from registry of Australia or relevant foreign authority)
- Travel documents that the child used to get into Australia
- Four recent photographs of the child and any dependent child added in the visa application
- Suitable adoption documents approved by the territory or state authority
- Character certificate in case the child is above 16 years of age
Translate all the non-English documents into English with the help of National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters in Australia.
It might take some time to obtain a few documents. You must have them all ready before you lodge the application to avoid any processing delays.
- Lodge visa application
The sponsoring parents must fill up the following two forms and submit them together for 102 visa Australia:
- Form 47CHA (Migration application by a child); and
- Form 40CH (Sponsorship to move to Australia)
These forms are required to be written in English. You will be required to submit all the relevant documents and pay the application fees when you submit the application to Department of Home Affairs.
Eligibility Criteria to get this 102 Visa Australia grant
In order to get the subclass visa 102 grants the child must be overseas while lodging the visa application and even when decision is made. Other requisites for child are as follows:
- The child must be less than 18 years of age
- Already adopted or is going to be to adopted soon by the sponsor
- Fulfil character and health requirements
- Has a proof of guaranteed support
For Parents
- The adoptive parents must be more than 18 years of age
- Must be permanent resident or citizen of Australia or an eligible citizen of New Zealand
- Must adopt a child by following the laws of your own country as well as with the involvement of Australian territory and state adoption authority
What are the benefits of this Adoption visa subclass 102?
Adoption visa subclass 102 comes with a lot of benefits such as:
- Live, work and study in Australia on permanent basis
- Get health coverage from Australia’s health related scheme known as Medicare
- Post satisfying the criteria, apply for citizenship in Australia
- Sponsor eligible family members for PR
- Leave & revisit Australia for any number of times for a period of five years
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