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Carer Visa Subclass 836/116

The Australian Carer Visa Subclass 836/116 allows an individual to live in Australia to take care of their relatives who are going through the severe medical condition. The Australia Carer Visa for both the subclass 836 and subclass 116 requires an applicant to get sponsorship from the Relative who lives in Australia or their relative’s partner.

Benefits

  1. The Australia Carer Visa Subclass 836/116 allows you to live in Australia on permanent basis.
  2. You are free to leave and re-enter Australia as many times till the time visa is valid.
  3. You can apply for Australian citizenship after spending the initial years in Australia, if you meet the eligibility criteria.

How to be a sponsor on Carer Visa Subclass 836/116?

To sponsor someone on Carer Visa Subclass 836/116, you have to fulfill the certain requirements

  1. The Sponsor should be more than 18 years of age and be an Australian citizen or permanent citizen.
  2. You have to support your relatives financially  for the first two years of their residency in Australia.
  3.  To be a sponsor, you should be the relative of the person who is applying for this visa and even relative’s partner.
  4. You can sponsor someone for this visa program if you or your family are going through severe medical condition medical and unable to take care of them.

Related: How to apply for Australian Family Visa? 

1) Australia Carer Visa Subclass 836

The Carer Visa Subclass 836 allows an individual to live in Australia to look after the Australian relative who is suffering from the medical conditions and can’t look after themselves or to assist the relative who is taking care of the member of family unit. The applicant should be in Australia at the time of filing the visa application and when the visa is grant. This condition goes to the other family members who are present in the visa application.

Requirements 

The applicant should follow the requirements of Carer Visa Subclass 836 in order to be eligible:

  1. The applicant should be in Australia at the time of submitting the visa application.
  2. You have to meet the health requirements which involve a medical exam. The result of medical exam should be positive and the validity of this exam is up to 12 months.
  3. The applicant has to submit their past records from the nation where they have resided in from last 6 months. Your past records should show that you were not involved in any kind of criminal offense.
  4. Your relative should be an Australian citizen, permanent resident or an eligible New Zealand citizen.
  5. You should be sponsored by your relative or relative’s partner.
  6. Your Australian relative needs help as they are suffering from the medical problems from long time and unable to take care of them on their own.
  7. Your Australian relative shouldn’t have any helping hand in Australia i.e. they don’t have any person, nurse or any other services in Australia to take care of them.
  8. You are genuinely interested in assisting or helping your Australian relative.
  9. The applicant has to repay the outstanding debts to the Australian Government before filing for the visa application, if they have any.
  10. The applicant(more than 18 years of age) has to sign Australian Value Statement clause which states that the applicant has to follow the Australian Laws and respect their Lifestyle.

Cost of the visa

The cost of Carer Visa Subclass 836 is AUD 1,665. The applicant may have to look after the other expenses on their own that includes cost of the medical exam, police clearance certificate or documentation. The applicant has to pay for this visa in two installments. The first installment is of AUD 1,665 and the second installment is AUD 2065.

2) Australia Carer Visa Subclass 116

The Carer Visa Subclass 1166 allows you to live in Australia to look after the relative who is in Australia and is suffering from the medical conditions and unable to look after themselves or to assist the relative who is taking care of the member of family unit. The applicant should be outside Australia at the time of filing the visa application and when the visa is grant. This condition goes to the other family members who are present in the visa application.

Requirements 

  1. The applicant should be outside Australia at the time of submitting the visa application.
  2. You have to meet the health requirements which involve a medical exam. The result of medical exam should be positive and the validity of this exam is up to 12 months.
  3. The applicant has to submit their past records from the nation where they have resided in from last 6 months. Your past records should show that you were not involved in any kind of criminal offense.
  4. Your relative should be an Australian citizen, permanent resident or an eligible New Zealand citizen.
  5. You should be sponsored by your relative or relative’s partner.
  6. Your Australian relative needs help as they are suffering from the medical problems from long time and unable to take care of them on their own.
  7. Your Australian relative shouldn’t have any helping hand in Australia i.e. they don’t have any person, nurse or any other services in Australia to take care of them.
  8. You are genuinely interested in assisting or helping your Australian relative.
  9. If the applicant is more than 18 years of age, they have to obey the Australian Value statement which demonstrates that you will obey the Australian laws.
  10. The applicant should be free from outstanding debts to the Australian Government.

Cost of the visa

The cost of Carer Visa Subclass 116 is AUD 1,665. The applicant have to pay for other expenses on their own that includes cost of the medical exam, police clearance certificate or documentation. The applicant can pay for this visa in two installments. The first installment is of AUD 1,665 and the second installment is AUD 2065.

For availing more information about Australian visa categories and its process, you can reach the MakeVisas experts by calling on the official helpline +919625212959 or you may write your queries on info@makevisas.com.  You can visit the nearest office for more details.

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