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Booklet 3外面有:
Settled and usually resident
To be eligible to sponsor you, your sponsor must be able to show that they are settled and usually
resident in Australia at the time you lodge your parent visa application.
‘Settled’ means that your Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen
sponsor must have been lawfully resident in Australia for a reasonable period. Under policy, 2 years
is generally considered to be a reasonable period. Periods of lawful temporary residence are counted
towards the ‘settled’ requirement. There may be exceptions, however, and the facts of each case are
considered on an individual basis by the officer of the department who is making the decision.
A shorter period of lawful residence may be considered for Australian citizens for settled purposes if there
are compassionate and compelling circumstances. As a matter of policy, the eligibility period for Australian
citizen sponsors in such circumstances is at least 3 months’ residence. |
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