Parents to be allowed to stay in Australia while awaiting new visas

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Parents of Australian citizens will no longer be forced to make a return trip out of the country during the pandemic to receive their visas thanks to a new temporary concession.

The government will now extend the concession to the Parent visa, Contributory Parent visa and Contributory Parent visa.Mr Hawke said the government was pursuing the changes to allow certain parent visa applicants who have applied for their visa outside Australia to be granted the visa while in Australia during the COVID-19 period.

Contributory parent visas cost $46,300 and require applicants to be overseas at the time their visa is granted. “Hundreds of families have already been forced by the Morrison government to waste their savings and make that risky, expensive trip overseas,” he said.

 

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