• Be sponsored by a child who is an Australian citizen or Australian Permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen
• The child has been living in Australia for more than 2 years
• Meet the balance of family test: At least half of your children are Australian citizen or Australian Permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen. Please click here for full test details.

• Stay in Australia for up to 2 years
• Work and Study in Australia (However, no access to Centrelink payment)
• Access to Medicare
• Travel and Exit Australia freely
• This visa is used as a pathway to apply for subclass 143 permanent Contributory Parent visa. You can spread the cost of permanent parent visa over years by applying in 2 steps:
  
  ▪ Firstly, apply for 173 visa
  ▪ Secondly When hold 173 visa, apply for 143 visa.

Total cost from: $31,930. Please see cost breakdown below.

Visa Application fees (payable to Department of Home Affairs):

○ Base charge: $2,800

○ Additional Applicant (18+): $1400

○ Additional Applicant (18-): $705

○ Payment Surcharge:

Visa and Master card fees: 1.4%

PayPal fees: 1.00%

BPAY: Nil

Contributory Charge: $29,130 each applicant. Payable before visa grant. The contributory charge is payable for every adult applicant, which means you must pay $58,260 both parents.

Health Examination Fees: Depends on various countries

Australian National Police Clearance Certificate (NPC) application fees: $42 (These fees apply to both applicant and sponsor)

Overseas Police National Clearance Certificate application fees: Depends on various countries

Professional Service fees of EZOZ Migration:

○ Single Parent Application: $2,200 (inc. GST)

○ Dual Parent Application: $2,500 (Inc. GST)

• 173 visa is a paper application. Unlike online application, this visa requires lot of forms and documents need to be prepared, which can be quite difficult to submit a complete visa application. An incomplete application will significantly delay the process time. But with help of EZOZ Migration, we guarantee every application is a complete application, you will never need to post additional documents to case officer again. We are confident to minimize your application process time.
• Can be in or outside Australia when apply for this visa
• Must be outside Australia when grant the visa
• No bridging visa is granted for 173 visa application, you must seek valid visa to stay in Australia while waiting for the 173 visa. Contact EZOZ Migration to find out the most cost-effective plan to stay in Australia while waiting for 173 visa.

The department of Home Affairs does not estimate processing times for all parent visas. Applications for these visas are subject to capping and queueing. However, the DHA estimate it will take at least 58 months for the contributory parent visa (173, 143, 864) to be assessed by case officer.