Carer visa Offshore (subclass 116)

Purpose of this visa: – This Authorized visa by the Australian Government permits an individual to migrate to the nation to provide care to their relatives or a member of the family who requires support due to long-term or permanent medical conditions and has nobody to take care of of them in Australia.

Benefits of this Visa: – An Individual can 

• Stay in Australia as a Permanent Resident.
• Sponsor family members (eligible) to move towards Australia.
• Refer for Australian citizenship if eligibility criteria are having been met.
• Do Job-Study in Australia.
• Stay, travel to Australia for a period of 5years.

Applicant can travel from and to Australia as many times as he/she wants for 5 years from the grant of this visa. In case you want to travel after the initial 5-year travel facility.

• You will have to apply for and be granted a Resident-Return (RRV) to re-enter Australia as a permanent resident.
• If you become an Australian citizen then you don’t require a visa to enter Australia and can use it to travel and from Australia.
• Entitled to receive healthcare through Medicare (Scheme of Australia for health regarding maintenance and expenditure) and PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme).
• Avail of certain Social Security Payments (Subject to waiting durations).
• Stay: – Permanent

Responsibility of a Relative with the medical condition: –

• Plan with formerly HSA (Health Services Australia) now known as Medibank health solutions to assess their medical condition.
• They need to give a Medical Assessment certificate or Appointment confirmation letter to the applicant so as to attach it to the applicant’s application.

Benefits from Government: –

1. The applicant might receive ‘carer payments’ when he/she start caring for a relative.
2. The waiting period varies from 2 to 10 years for social security payments and age and disability pension payments, respectively.

My Eligibility Criteria: –

1. Applicant must be offshore while applying for Carer visa 116.
2. Sponsor: – You need to have an eligible Sponsor.
3. Role of the Sponsor: – On top of all, the sponsor has to be above 18 years, along with that to be a legal holder of permanent citizenship in Australia.
4. Being a Sponsor, you must help your family members to help stay or settle in Australia. You need to provide them with financial and moral support along with sufficient space to live (for the first two years).
5. Assurance of Support: –
   1. You need to own an AoS. An Assurance of Support assures the Australian government that you will not have to depend on the help of the Australian government after entering Australia on this visa.
6. This assurance is for other migrating family members, too. Have paid Outstanding debt (if any) to the Australian Government.
7. Australian Values Statement: – You must sign the Australian values statement, which assures that you will abide by all Australian laws and will respect their way of living.
8. Obligations: – It is necessary that you and your family abide by all laws of the Australian Government.
9. Mode of Application: – Visa should be applied in Paper mode.
10. Applicant must meet the Health and Character needs. Family members, applying for the visa must qualify health and character requirements of the Australian Government.
11. Family members, even if not migrating to Australia, might also have to qualify character requirements.
12. Family: – Members who can be enclosed in your application:-
13. Partner
14. Dependent child
15. Other dependent family acquaintances
16. Partner: – Partner can be
17. Spouse
18. De facto partner
19. Dependent child: –
20. Below 18 years
21. 18 years or above and have been fully or considerably dependent on you for a sufficient period for basic needs.
22. Of any age and is unable to do work because of a partial or total loss of bodily or mental functions (whether or not accompanying with the applicant)
23. Dependent Relatives: – including the one’s who
24. Have been dependent for a sufficient period.
25. Is usually stayer in the household of the main applicant.
26. have been fully or considerably dependent on you for a sufficient period for basic needs.
27. Is more reliant on the applicant than any other person
28. Is unmarried, engaged to be married, or in a de facto relationship.

Medical Condition of a Relative to whom the applicant is a Carer: –

It must meet the following: –

• Leading to physical, intellectual, or sensory damage to their ability to commit to the realistic aspect of daily existence.
• Of a type which cannot be given by any other relative or from welfare or community services in Australia.

Processing Time: –

•  No Processing time is provided for this visa. Certain situations influence the testing time, such as time taken by external authorities, for instance, by police and health services and the government to conduct checks and provide information.
• Application, however, also might take a longer time to process if not filled correctly.
•  All documents are not provided.
•  It takes time for us for verification of your information

Cost: – From AUD$1,795

1. Additional charges are there for other family applicants applying.
2. The fee is given in 2 installments.

Evaluation: –

Evaluation of application is done in 2 steps.

• The first step is to check the eligibility to add the application and line or to refuse it.
• The second step involves the continued testing of the application when the place becomes available and making a decision on it.

Steps Involved (in Applying): –

Step 1. Before Applying: – check.

• Your Passport.

Step 2.Gather all Evidence: –

• You need to provide all necessary documents, including those of dependents or partners who might be applied with you, for further proceedings. Arrange documents of your sponsor, too.
• Documents: – Identity Documents (Passport and Birth Certificate)
• Character documents
• Certified Registration proof of marriage or relationship
• Proof of name change (if applicable).
• Documents of dependents under 18 years of age.
• Identity proof
• Proof of their relationship with you(Birth or marriage certificate)
• Character documents(if applicable)
• Bupa Medical certificate including a statement that your relative or their family member has a medical condition that requires care.
• Provide: –
• Marriage certificate(Current)
• Proof of de facto relationship with a partner for a minimum of 12 months before applying date.

• Photographs: – You need to provide 4 photographs which
• must be of passport size(45mm* 35mm)
• must be less than 6 months old and of good quality(not laser copies)
• With a full-face view of the head and shoulders.
• The background should be plain and light.
• Prepare your documents: –
• You will need to translate all non-English documents into English.
  • Scan your documents or get them photographed in color.
• The scan must be a valid one.
• Keep a replica of your completed application.

Step3. Visa Application: – 

• This visa needs to be applied by paper.
• You should be offshore during the submission of your application and also at the time of decision.

Step 4. After Applying: –

• We will inform you after receiving your application and documents.
• Might be you need to send more information.
• Give Bupa medical certificate within 3 months of applying if not given at the time of submission of application.
• Visa will not be granted if Bupa medical certificate is not provided at the time of decision.

Step5. The outcome of Visa: – While deciding on the application, you must be offshore.

• During granting of your visa, we will inform you about your visa grant number, the date of start of your visa, and its conditions. 
• In case of refusal of our visa, we will let you know the reason for the refusal and if you have a right to a review of the decision.
• The application fee is non-refundable.

Obtaining the visa (In Australia): – You must

1. Abide by all Australian laws.
2.  Check your visa expiry and its conditions.
3. This being a permanent visa lets you stay in Australia indefinitely from a grant of visa.

Traveling: – Applicant can travel from and to Australia as many times as he/she wants for 5 years from the grant of this visa. In case you want to travel after the initial 5 year travel facility.

• You will have to apply for and be granted a Resident-Return (RRV) to re-enter Australia as a permanent resident.
• If you become an Australian citizen then you don’t require a visa to enter Australia and can use it to travel and from Australia.

Before Leaving Australia: –

• Ensure you have a valid passport or other travel documents to leave Australia.
• Check your visa validity.

Conditions for Carer (Subclass 116) Visa

• 8502- Applicant must not enter Australia before the person specified in the visa (Main visa holder or applicant’s sponsor in the case of partner visa) has entered Australia.
• 8515- Applicant must not marry or enter in a de facto relationship before entering Australia, otherwise, visa might get canceled.

Book an Appointment:-

• We at e2vs Immigration consultants offer the much-needed help so as to convince the Australian Immigration authorities about your actual intention to stay and work in Australia.
• We do everything possible to present you as a true candidate and that you will adhere to all rules and commitments during your stay in Australia.
•  Also, we assure you that your interview round goes well, which is yet another growing step to get this visa in Australia.

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