Adoption Visa (subclass 102)

Adoption visa (subclass 102)

• migrate to Australia as a permanent resident to live with their adoptive parent
• study and access Medicare
• apply for Australian citizenship if eligible

• have been under 18 years of age when adopted, when they apply and when Australia make a decision
• be outside Australia when the application is submitted
• be adopted or in the process of being adopted by their sponsor parent

Be adopted or in the process of being adopted

• have been or be in the process of being adopted through an intercountry adoption or arrangement with the involvement of an Australian state or territory central authority, or
• have been or be in the process of being adopted through an intercountry adoption betAustraliaen 2 countries (other than Australia) that are parties to the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (the Hague Adoption Convention), or
• have been adopted through an expatriate adoption (with no Australian state or territory central authority being involved). The adoption must be by an Australian citizen, an eligible New Zealand citizen or the holder of an Australian permanent visa. They must have been residing outside Australia for more than 12 months immediately before lodging the visa application.

Children adopted under the Hague Adoption Convention

• finalized outside Australia under the Hague Convention, or
• a recognised bilateral arrangement.

Expatriate adoptions

• at least one adoptive parent must have resided outside Australia for more than 12 months immediately before lodging a visa application
• the adoptive parent must not have resided overseas to avoid Australia’s intercountry adoption laws
• the adoptive parent must have full and permanent parental rights (no remaining legal ties bet Australia the child and the birth parents can exist)
• the adoption must adhere to adoption laws of the home country.

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