Form 47CH · Join or bring family
Application for Migration to Australia by a Child
What this official form is for and who lodges it. The form itself is only ever the Department's own document; nothing is completed or submitted here.
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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.
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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