An eligible sponsor [parents] in Australia who is AU, NZ citizen or permanent residents may qualify to bring their dependent(s) over 18 to Australia, under the dependent child, step-child visa. Contact Visa Online Assistance by sending an email at info@visaonlineassistance.com or visit http://www.visaonlineassistance.com for more information.

1. Dependent Child Visa Application
Over 18+ for Australia

2. The requirements for the child, step-child application for dependent visa for
Australia is similar as that to those dependent child’s below 18- year-old, however,
because the child’s age is over 18, and considered as an ‘adult’, Australian
Immigration has an additional requirements to meet for them to qualify to apply
as [child, step-child] dependent (s) of the sponsor in Australia.
Requirements:
• under 25 years of age (not yet turned 25);
• financially dependent on the sponsoring parent ;
• a full-time student ; and
• unmarried, not engaged to be married and not in a de facto partnership relationship
It is recommendable as per policy of the DIAC to have a dependent child, must be
currently enrolled, participating or studying in a full-time post secondary course
which will lead to a professional trade or vocational qualification at that time they
submitted their application for visa and that the child should not be working as a
full-time – to be considered as full-time student under the requirements above

3. • The burden of proof is to demonstrate clear evidence of ‘dependency’ of
sponsored child, step-child to his/her parents in Australia, as such for the whole
reliant of the dependent(s) for food, shelter and clothing; because no other
person(s) could provide for him/her except, his/her parents, initially DIAC would
like to see this evidence of dependency for a period of 12 months as part of
determining the dependency of the dependent child’s to his sponsor hence, for
providing the basic needs, necessities or financial support to sustain the well being
of the dependent(s) child.
• In some circumstances, wherein the sponsored child is not working by that time
they have applied for a dependent visa for Australia, it may have been hard to get
the chances for the approval of dependent child visa application [ depending on
the individual circumstances on a case to case basis] for this category; age over 18
or has turned 23 , unless, the child, step- child has sort of ‘disability’, which
prevents, restricts or limits him to work and as a result, s (he) is relying for the
financial support provided by his sponsoring parent, under paragraph 1.05A(1)(b)
of the regulations, “incapacitated for work due to the total or partial loss of the
first person’s bodily or mental functions”

4. • In the Child Migration Booklet, the definition of disability means that the child has
total or partial loss of his or her bodily or mental functions. Acceptable medical
evidence must be provided to show that the child has such a disability and they
are unable to financially support them self because of it. While, disability has a
broader definition under the Australian law, but remember, whatever may have a
child a conditions for disability, they still have to meet Australian Health
Requirements, given that they do have this disability when applying for a
dependent child visa for Australia – as we may know, disability comes with
different types and categories, depending on the individual cases of the child,
step-child conditions, when supplying medical papers in support of theirs
application, for the dependent child visa over 18-years old.
(Source: Child Migration Booklet)
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