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Government changes parent visa rules amid COVID-19 restrictions, allowing applicants to stay in Australia
People who have applied for a parent visa will now be allowed to stay in Australia while their applications are processed, under a temporary change announced by the Federal Government.
Key points:
- The changes will come into effect in the first quarter of this year
- Travel restrictions have made it hard for people to leave the country to have visas approved
- Families have been lobbying the Federal Government to change the rules
Under the previous rules, applicants who started the process overseas but were now in Australia needed to travel offshore to be granted the visa.
But some families argued that was too difficult because of coronavirus travel restrictions on leaving the country, and passenger caps to re-enter.
It led one family to consider…
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