Hi

My daughter is shortly going to apply for her PR.She has been working in OZ on a 457. Leaving the issues of that aside, it is my understanding that as a PR she can sponsor a close relative.

Thinking a long way ahead is this possible?

My daughter is 26 unmarried
I am her father retired. 53 years old
Married to my daughters Step mum for 11 years. She is 39

Can my daughter sponsor her step mum (my wife) for PR. If my wife becomes a PR do i automatically become a PR as well?

Many thanks

It depends. What visa will your daughter be sponsoring her step-mother for? Does your wife qualify for a visa?

If your wife qualifies for a visa and your daughter sponsors her (maybe not necessary) your wife adds you as her spouse on her application, so yes, you would get a visa as well.

She could check www.immi.gov.au to see if she qualifies for a visa without sponsorship. What does your wife do for a living?

If you are referring to a skilled migrant vis, then yes, if your daughter is settled and has PR, she can sponsor a step parent and your wife would add you to the application. Your wife would have to meet all the criteria of a skilled migrant though.

Alternatively assuming that you and your wife have no more than one other child outside Australia, a parent visa might be an option.

Thanks for the replies.

Basically my wife and I are retired. We do not want to work at all.

Maybe we have misunderstood the possibility of sponsoring a family member. I didnt realise it is intended as a working visa. I thought it might be a way to enter on the retirement visa but cheaper.

We have skill sets (former Bankers so i guess you might say our skill set is low!!) but do not intend to work.

I have one other child who is actually in Oz studying for his degree and wants to stay.

There are different visas. In my last post I have mentioned the two options that I can think of that might apply to your situation.

Children can sponsor their parents for a parent visa if they pass the balance of family test, i.e. there need to be the same number or more children / step-children living permanently in Australia than outside. This is a very expensive option, it would cost about $35k (maybe even each?).

Or alternatively, if your wife was in an occupation on the skills list, your daughter could sponsor her skilled visa application once she has PR. Nobody would force you to work when you get there.

Excellent, fully understood. Really appreciate the info.

Thanks

this is all irrelavant as the new government is going to dramatically change family visa situation anyway.

And your information is based on what? Please don't start rumours like this unless you can back them up with facts. You can cause great worry and distress to people.

Its been noted that the main change to the immigration programs relate to family visas.

Noted by whom? And where is it noted? Could you please post the links so we can see for ourselves?

FFS can't you just take my word for it and get a life.

No because we don't like speculation and scaremongering in the immi forum, it is stressful enough for applicants as it is. We should deal with facts and changes as, when and if they arise.

Cut out the insults, they aren't necessary.
In addition, unless you are a major policy maker at DIAC (which I somehow doubt) then we cannot take your word for it because you have no way of knowing what changes may take place.

Making a statement like

does cause people to panic and search fruitlessly for the details of those changes. as you say-

however no-one yet knows what those changes will be, so to tell someone that all the info they have been given is irrelevant is misleading and incorrect.

Sure. As soon as you stop posting unverified information as fact.

Exactly.

And even then right now I doubt whether even the policy makers know for sure.

Australia's Ministers are very much hands on and the whole policy area of migration is dependent on the Minister.

No-one, least of all DIAC, knows who the Minister will be. All we do know is that Evans has let it be known that he doesn't want the job.

Policy may change or it may well remain the same. The same perceived problems are still there no matter who is Minister.

No-one knows at the moment.