Form 47pa · Join or bring family
Application for a Parent to Migrate to Australia
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 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.
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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An unmodified copy of the Department’s file as captured on 2026-09-17 (directory listing dated 2026-04-23, 31 pages, 2361 KB). The Department may have published a newer version since; check the official link above before relying on it.
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