You can include the following family members in your application;

• Your partner
• Your or your partner’s child or step-child.

• stay in Australia indefinitely
• work and study in Australia
• enroll in Medicare, Australia’s scheme for health-related care and expenses
• sponsor eligible relatives for permanent residence
• travel to and from Australia for five years

Applicant and family members

As a permanent resident of Australia, you, your spouse, and any family members who depend on you must follow all of the country’s laws.

Sponsor

Your sponsor must continue to help you, your spouse, and any other family members who depend on you get settled in Australia.

• Support
• Accommodation
• Financial assistance

During the first two years of living in Australia, the sponsor must keep the promise.

If you get this visa, you will have to wait a while before you can get the most money from social security.

Most social security payments have waiting periods of two years, while age pension payments have waiting periods of ten years.