Form 47CH · Join or bring family
Application for migration to Australia by a child
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 47ch - Complete this form if you are applying for a child to migrate to Australia.
Purpose
This is the departmental application form used to apply for a permanent Child visa so that a child can migrate to, or remain permanently in, Australia. It covers the Child (Migrant) and Child (Residence) visa classes, with the applicant indicating the relevant class on the form.
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Who lodges it
The child applicant lodges the application; where the child is under 16, a parent, relative or guardian may complete and sign it on the child's behalf. It is designed to be lodged together with a separate sponsorship form completed by the child's sponsor.
When it is used
Used when a child is being sponsored to migrate to Australia as a permanent resident, whether applying from outside Australia (as migration) or from within Australia (as permanent residence), and lodged as a paper application with the accompanying sponsorship form.
Official form
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