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Parent visa queue update
On Wednesday 29 September, the Department of Home Affairs updated their information on the current parent visa scheme framework. Home Affairs confirmed that the following numbers of visas are available under contributory and non-contributory parent visa scheme:
In the 2018–19 Migration Programme year:
- 1 500 places have been allocated to Parent (non-contributory) visas (subclasses 103 and 804)
- 7 175 places have been allocated to Contributory Parent visas (subclasses 173/143 and subclasses 884/864).
In the current Migration Programme year, 1 500 Parent (non-contributory) visa places are available for applicants applying from in and outside Australia. These types of visas are assessed in order of lodgement, assigned a queue date and then placed in the queue for the relevant visa subclass. The queue date is the date that the application was assessed as meeting the initial criteria for a Parent (non-contributory) visa. When a queue date has been assigned it is a fixed date and the application cannot be given priority ahead of other applications. Applications are finalised in order of their queue date as places become available. Based on current planning levels, applicants for a Parent (non-contributory) visa can expect an approximate 30 year wait before visa grant.
The department's online queue calculator enables applicants to determine how many people are ahead of an application in the queue.
To use the queue calculator, the applicant can enter the queue date and select the parent visa subclass applied for. The parent visa queue calculator will give an approximate number of persons ahead in the queue. This process is also helpful in estimating the approximate time it will take to be considered for visa grant based on the number of visa grants available for the visa subclass in any one Migration Programme year. If an applicant is a new Contributory Parent visa applicant, they will not be provided with a queue date. Therefore the queue calculator is not applicable to these applications at this time.
The number of people ahead of you in the queue includes applicants being considered for visa grant for this Migration Programme year.
Numbers in the queue are subject to:
- changes in the number of visa places available each year
- fluctuations due to visa grants, refusals and withdrawals
- fluctuations due to successful review cases which are given priority.
To access queue calculator, visit - https://www.ecom.immi.gov.au/qcalc/QDateAnswer.do
Contributory Parent Visas
In the 2018-19 Migration Programme year, 7 175 Contributory Parent visa places are available for applicants applying from in and outside Australia.
Home Affairs process applications for this visa in date of lodgement order and according to the planning levels set in the Migration Programme each year. Unlike standard parent visa, the Contributory Parent visa is currently not subject to queuing arrangements, therefore an applicant will not be provided with a queue date.
If an applicant is applying for Contributory Parent visa, you should note that processing times can vary. It is important that you ensure you have funds available for the second visa application charge at all times during the application process, as payment might be required at an earlier date than was anticipated at the time of visa application lodgement.
Temporary Parent Visa
The new visa will allow Australians to sponsor their parents to stay in Australia for up to five years at a time.
This new visa arrangement does not replace the existing Parent category visas and there will be approximately 15,000 places available per year. The visa was due to be introduced in May 2017, however the legislation is yet to pass the Senate.
The Bill will extend relevant aspects of this sponsorship framework to apply to family sponsored visas with a view to:
- separate sponsorship assessment from the visa application process for family sponsored visas;
- require the approval of persons as family sponsors before any relevant visa applications are made;
- impose statutory obligations on persons who are or were approved as family sponsors;
- provide for sanctions if such obligations are not satisfied;
- facilitate the sharing of personal information between a range of parties associated with the program; and
- improve the management of family violence in the delivery of the program by allowing the refusal of a sponsorship application; and cancellation and / or barring of a family sponsor where inappropriate use of the program or serious offences are detected – especially those involving family violence.
The progress of this bill can be tracked here:
Comments
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Thursday, 09 July 2020Hi - Is there a way to know where you are in the queue on a contributory parent visa (143)? We applied in March 2018 and the fee was deducted from my account after a paper lodgement. No communication since. Is there a way to know what the current status is and whether the application was OK and now in a queue?
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Friday, 17 July 2020
My Queue Date is 15 October 2010 under Parent Visa Subclass 103. It appears that the parent visa calculator has not been working for sometime, ie under system maintenance. The last time I checked was around 2300 in March 2020. May I know how much longer is the wait?
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Wednesday, 09 September 2020
I applied to non contributory parent visa on 05.10.2010.
How can I find my present position in the queue -
Sunday, 25 October 2020
I had applied Parents visa under Subclass 103 on 6 June 2013(Queue Date). How long should I wait. Plz intimate. Tarsem Chand Vinayak /Swarnjit Kaur. Thanks and obliged
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Monday, 30 November 2020
Visa 143 - queue date v.s. date of lodgement
Dear all,
Long time for me not processing parent visa and seek some advice.
1) I have recently received a queue letter from the Parent visa center where I lodged the application in June 2018. The queue date of this case is Oct 2020. I checked the DHA website that the official queue release date is May 2016. Does it mean that it only counts the queue date now and not the date of application, so my client still needs to wait 4 years or more?
2) I have another visa 143 cases that I lodged in Oct 2017, but up to now, I do not receive any queue letter. Can I send an email to the parent visa center to inquire?
3) Is it now all cases have to wait for the queue letter.
Your advice would be highly appreciated. -
Thursday, 17 December 2020
My queue date is 10october,2011
I am a single parent
When will I get my PR -
Thursday, 15 April 2021
My queue date under visa subclass 103 is 10/10/2011
How much time will it take my PR to come -
Thursday, 15 April 2021
My queue date is 10/10/2011 under subclass103
When will I get my PR -
Tuesday, 04 May 2021
My non contributory aged 804 parent visa wie date is 06/08/2013. How many persons is in front of me?
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Thursday, 10 June 2021
Hi our queue date is December 2014 any news on how many applications are in front of us. The calculator has not worked for over a year now so cannot check for myself.
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Sunday, 23 January 2022
We have put in our application under parent visa class 103 on 12-11-2011. The waiting list on 19-11-2019 was 4890. we are unable check the status/ update for our parent visa application. Please advise.
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Sunday, 23 January 2022
An early reply will be helpful
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If there is any other way to check status of parents visa 103 as old link is not working