Form 40 · Join or bring family
Sponsorship for migration to Australia (parent, aged dependent relative, remaining relative, carer)
What the form is for and who lodges it. The form itself is the Department's own PDF; nothing is completed or submitted here.
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Form 40 - Complete this form if you are sponsoring a parent, aged dependent relative, remaining relative or carer for a visa to migrate to Australia, as specified in this form.
Purpose
Allows an eligible person in Australia to formally sponsor a relative migrating under specific family visa categories and to give the required sponsorship undertakings supporting that person's application.
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Who lodges it
The prospective sponsor (an Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen), completed in support of the relative's visa application.
When it is used
Used when sponsoring a parent, aged dependent relative, remaining relative or carer applying for one of the listed migrant, residence or contributory parent visa subclasses; a different form applies for partners or children.
Visas that commonly use this form
The official visa page lists what an application actually requires.
Official form
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