Form 47pa · Join or bring family
Application for a parent to migrate to Australia
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 47pa - Complete this form if you are applying for a parent to migrate to Australia.
Purpose
This is the departmental application form used by a parent to apply for a permanent Parent category visa to migrate to Australia. The applicant selects the correct parent visa class on the form.
About this explanation
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Who lodges it
The parent applicant lodges the form; in most cases it is submitted with a sponsorship form completed by the sponsor, though a retiree parent applicant may apply without that sponsorship form.
When it is used
Used when a parent seeks permanent migration to Australia through the Parent visa program, applying from outside or within Australia, and lodged as a paper application together with the required sponsorship (where applicable), documents and fee.
Visas that commonly use this form
The official visa page lists what an application actually requires.
Official form
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