Faraz

Hi !

If 175 visa is granted and initially only main applicant enter Australia ( within 6 months of birth of baby) can he claim baby bonus for his family ? ( the family would join later on ).

Pls explian

chris and farideh

Is the baby not going to be born on Australian soil you mean?

EinsteinJ

should be okay within 12 months after the baby born .......but please check to medicare website for sure Congrat with the Visa and Baby

Still Game

http://www.familyassist.gov.au/payme...ts/baby-bonus/

and

http://www.familyassist.gov.au/payme...ts-general.php

Faraz

Baby is born before entry. I wanna go alone ist and then my family would join me.

elice_in_oz

I would say that the baby has to be in Australia and be living with the person claiming the baby bonus to be eligible. You can't just show up with no baby and ask the government to pay you for a child that is not even in the country. So if your family move here before the baby is 24 weeks and you satisfy the residency requirements as per OneSmallVoice's links above (again, before the baby is 24 weeks), you might be able to claim.

Pollyana

Does the baby have a visa to enable him/her to live in Australia?

elice_in_oz

Oh yeah! Good point! Forgot about that one...

chris and farideh

There might be problem if the baby born outside as you need to apply for visa for your child to be added to your pr visa.
so the answer is no if that child is born outside Australia.

Pollyana

If the baby is born after the 176 is granted then he/she can't be added to it. They'd have to apply for a Child Visa 101 for the baby.

chris and farideh

That's what I was trying to say, he won't able to claim. If the baby doesn't even have a visa, I know it can be added on a later date before the mum comes in.

lynetteh

The baby has to be born in Australia, and have an Australian birth certificate to prove it, in order for you to receive the baby bonus

elice_in_oz

Theoretically that is not true. A baby born outside of Australia to parents with PR who then migrate to Australia within 6 months of the birth can be eligible for the baby bonus.

Practically, the timeline makes it almost impossible as you'd have to have the baby added to your visa application before grant and then migrate within the 6 months deadline or get a child visa and migrate before the 6 months is up. The paperwork and visa deadlines make the above almost impossible to achieve, but there is no requirement for the baby to have an Australian birth certificate or to be born here, as long as they meet the residency requirements at the time of claiming the baby bonus.

Faraz

Yes all the family members including baby have 175 visa.

moneypenny20

I sincerely hope not because that would really seriously piss me off.