Australia is a very diverse country that only aims to increase opportunities for immigrants to have a chance at settling in their country. Apart from giving people a chance to live, work, study, operate a business, or enter the country as an investor, it also provides a method for parents to be able to call their children to Australia and live permanently. The Adoption Visa Subclass 102 enables foster parents to call their children to live with them in Australia permanently. The main conditions to be met are, that the child must be under 18 years of age, adopted or in the process of being adopted, and must be residing offshore.

Key Benefits of Visa 102

The main benefits offered by this subclass are as follows:

• Indefinite stay in Australia

• Have a chance to live with your adoptive parents

• The child can work and study in Australia on this visa

• They are also eligible to have free/subsidized medical care

• Apply for Australian Citizenship

• Sponsor relatives to come to Australia

• The child can travel for 5 years to and from Australia from the date the visa is granted

Requirements to be met for Adoption Visa Australia

The 102 visas will only be granted to people who meet all the requirements stated by the Australian government.

For children

• The candidate must be residing offshore while the application is being submitted

• They must be under 18 years of age

• They should already be adopted or in the process of being adopted

• They should have an eligible sponsor (the sponsor being adoptive parents)

• They must meet the health and character requirements of Australia 

For Parents

• The parents must be Australian citizens, Permanent Residents, or New Zealand, citizens

• They should either have adopted the child or initiated the process of adoption

• They must have resided outside Australia for at least 12 months immediately before applying for an adoption visa

Other Requirements

• The child must be adopted or in the process of being adopted by intercountry adoption with compulsory involvement of the Australian State/Territory Central Authority

• The child must be adopted or in the process of being adopted by intercountry adoption between any two countries (excluding Australia) that are involved in the list of Hague Adoption Convention

• The child must be adopted through expatriate adoption (no involvement of the Australian State/Territory Central Authority

The application is to be filed by the adoptive parent of the child. The cost of application is AUD 2,710 for the main applicant. Any dependents that are to be included will endure separate application costs. Note that the applicants are subject to endure other miscellaneous costs as well like, biometrics fees, health exams, police certificates, etc. To know more details, make sure to contact the experts at Visa Walk.