Hello everyone!!!
This is the explanation for
Tourist visa stream vs. sponsored family stream
(AUSTRALIA VISA)
Visitor visa has a Tourist (Family) stream and majority of applications by family are lodged in this category.
There is also a Sponsored family stream. Which people often confuse with Tourist (family) stream.
Read the post below for clarification :
How to differentiate between the two?
1. Tourist Family Stream can be lodged with a normal sponsorship letter from the Australian sponsor. The sponsor can be a PR, a Citizen or on any other visa. The sponsored family stream is only available for Australian Citizen and PR to sponsor their eligible close family members.
2. The sponsored family stream has a mandatory "No further stay condition". Tourist Family Stream doesn't have such a condition mandatory . It can be imposed on a case to case basis though.
3. The sponsored family stream is granted for 3 months. While most of the Tourist (Family) stream visas are granted for 1 year or plus.
4. In sponsored family stream, Case officer can ask for a security bond to be lodged with the department which can range between $5,000-$15,000. Tourist stream doesn't have such a condition. The bond is forefeited if applicant breaches a visa condition.
5. If visa is granted and the applicant breaches visa condition. Sponsor can be banned from sponsoring someone else in the same category for 5 years.
6. Sponsor must sign form 1149 for sponsored family stream. Ordinary sponsorship letter will not suffice.
7. MIGRATION REGULATIONS 1994 - REG 1.20l imposes some limitation on approval of sponsorship for sponsored family stream. It includes exclusion period if conditions are breached and limitation on number of applicants one can sponsor at a time. Tourist Family Stream doesn't have those conditions.
Who should use the special Sponsored family stream:
1. Previously refused with close family members in Australia.
2. Applicants from high risk countries.
3. Applicants with previous adverse visa history of Australia or other countries.
4. Applicants with weak profile where sponsor can vouch for them and guarantee their return.
5. All of the above must have eligible close family member in Australia, on PR or Citizen.
Thanks, I hope this will clear some doubts and hopefully people will not confuse these two streams of visa.
Disclaimer: This is not immigration advice, only an information post. ⚠️ WARNING ⚠️
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This only base on my own experience 😊 @FilipinainAustraliavlog
15 сен 2024
