All Australian Permanent residency visa and almost all Temporary visas allow for the applicant to include their immediate family members as secondary applicants in their application.

These include:

• Applicant’s partner (spouse or de facto)

• Applicant’s dependent children (including partner’s dependent children)

• Other dependent relatives.

An applicant can include any of the above family members into their application at a later date before the application is finalized.

Once an application for a Permanent residency is finalized, an applicant may have to apply for an appropriate family visa to bring their family members to Australia.

However, most temporary visas allow for a family member to apply for another visa subsequently, even if they were not included in the original application.

Please contact eMA by purchasing a MAP for other specific advice for applying for a family visa.