47PT (Design date 01/19) - Page 2 © COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, 2019
If you are not the holder of a temporary Contributory Parent visa
If you are not the holder of a temporary Contributory Parent visa
when you apply for the corresponding permanent visa, there are
circumstances under which you can be regarded as having the
status of the holder of a temporary Contributory Parent visa.
These circumstances are, if you have held a temporary
Contributory Parent visa:
• at any time in the 28 days immediately before applying for the
corresponding permanent visa; or
• you can demonstrate that compassionate and compelling
circumstances exist as to why you did not apply while your
temporary Contributory Parent visa was still valid.
If you fall within one of the above 2 circumstances, you can use
this visa application form. However, please note that your visa
status in Australia will be affected while your permanent
Contributory Parent visa application is being processed. For more
information about these circumstances, please contact the
nearest office of the Department.
If you do not have the status of a temporary Contributory Parent
visa holder, none of the above concessions will apply to your
permanent Contributory Parent visa application and you will be
allowed to lodge an application for only a very limited number of
visas. However, once you leave Australia, you will be able to apply
for any visa.
The visas for which you can apply if you remain in Australia
include the corresponding permanent Contributory Parent visa.
However, you must not use this application form (use form 47PA
Application for a parent to migrate to Australia). In addition,
you will be required to undergo the full assessment process as if
you had never held a temporary Contributory Parent visa and pay
full charges. If you had previously held an offshore temporary
Contributory Parent visa, you can only apply for an offshore
permanent Contributory Parent visa at the Parent Visa Centre
(PVC) and must depart Australia to be granted the visa.
Sponsors
Your sponsor must complete form 40 Sponsorship for migration
to Australia.
You should lodge the completed form 40 at the same time you
lodge this application, along with all documentation, and
evidence of payment of the first instalment of the Visa
Application Charge.
If your sponsor for your temporary Contributory Parent visa
application cannot sponsor you for this permanent Contributory
Parent application, there are certain sponsorship concessions to
which you have access – for details, see Concessions on page 1.
If you access one of these concessions, you must provide
documentary evidence of your situation to the Department with
this application form.
Assurance of Support
A financial consideration is the Assurance of Support (AoS) and
AoS bond that is provided by an assurer. This is a mandatory
requirement for all permanent parent visas and can not be
waived. Although requested by the Department, an AoS is
managed by the Australian Government Department of Human
Services (Human Services) and the assurance must be lodged
with and approved by, and the AoS bond paid to Human Services.
The AoS is a legal commitment undertaken by the assurer to
repay the Australian Government certain welfare payments,
including unemployment benefits and family payments made by
Human Services to persons granted a parent visa.
Depending on the AoS period for the parent visa and regardless
of circumstances, certain welfare payments paid to a parent
migrant during the relevant period must be repaid to the
Department of Human Services by the person who provides an
AoS. For Contributory Parent category visa holders, this period is
10 years, even if the person becomes an Australian citizen.
Refer to Human Services for details of repayable welfare
payments at www.humanservices.gov.au.
An assurer need not be your sponsor. An assurer can be any
person aged 18 years or older who is an Australian citizen or
Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen.
Furthermore, an assurance may be provided jointly by up to
3 persons.
The AoS start date commences on the date a person first enters
Australia on their parent migrant visa or on the date the person
in Australia was granted their permanent residence parent visa.
Who the form covers
This application from covers those persons who were included in
your application for a temporary Contributory Parent visa, who
were subsequently granted the temporary visa, and are now
applying for the corresponding permanent Contributory Parent
visa (within the two-year period that their temporary visa is valid).
In addition, a temporary Contributory Parent visa holder applying
for the corresponding permanent Contributory Parent visa on
this form is able to include members of the family unit who are
not temporary Contributory Parent visa holders in their
application. If the family unit member is not the holder of a
temporary Contributory Parent visa, they must complete a
separate form 47PA. Both application forms 47PT and 47PA
should be lodged together at the same time and place.
Existing applicants
If you are a temporary Contributory Parent visa holder and have
already lodged your visa application for the corresponding
permanent Contributory Parent visa either in or outside of
Australia, you are eligible to add members of your family unit to
your existing application before it is finalised. If the members of
your family unit are not the holders of a temporary Contributory
Parent visa, they will need to complete a separate form 47PA which
must be lodged with the Parent Visa Centre in Perth. For details,
see Lodging your visa application on page 3.
Charges apply for additional applicants. Please refer to
www.homeaffairs.gov.au/trav/visa/fees for a complete and
current list of applicable fees and charges.
If you are a temporary Contributory Parent visa holder and have
already lodged your application for a permanent Contributory
Parent visa while you were physically in Australia, you may also be
able to add other members of your family unit to the application
before it is decided. These family unit members must be in
Australia, able to demonstrate that they are
members of your
family unit
and are able to lodge a valid visa application in
Australia. If your family unit members are the holders of a
temporary Contributory Parent visa, they will need to complete a
separate form 47PT. If they are not the holder of a temporary
Contributory Parent visa, they will need to complete a separate
form 47PA. The completed form should be lodged with the
Parent Visa Centre in Perth.
Your family unit members will need to pay the first instalment of
the Visa Application Charge when they lodge their application.
Each person included in their application will also need to pay
the relevant second instalment of the Visa Application Charge.
‘Partner’ means your spouse or de facto partner (including
same-sex partners).