Parents are waiting more than 30 years for an Australian visa. The new home affairs minister needs to act
- Written by Peter Mares, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
If overseas-born Australians want to sponsor a parent to join them permanently in Australia, they can go down one of two routes.
The expensive path is a contributory parent or aged parent visa with a price tag of close to $50,000 per person. The cheaper option is a standard parent or aged parent visa, which costs “only” $5,125, but...
