To sponsor an applicant for this visa, you must be:

• an Australian citizen or Australian Permanent resident or Eligible New Zealand citizen
• settled in Australia
• 18 years of age or older

Usually, you would sponsor your parent for this visa. You can sponsor more than one parent. 

Alternative sponsorship arrangements

You can sponsor a visa applicant on behalf of a child under 18 if you are:

• an Australian citizen or Australian Permanent resident or an eligible New Zealand citizen, and
• settled in Australia, and
• 18 years of age or older

You must be:

• the child’s co-habiting spouse, or 
• the child’s relative or guardian, or 
• a relative or guardian of the child’s co-habiting spouse

Or your community organisation can sponsor an applicant where:

• there is a relationship between the organisation and the applicant’s child
• a senior representative of the organisation agrees to sponsor the applicant
• the organisation is lawfully established in Australia
• the organisation has been actively operating in Australia for at least one year
• the organisation can meet its financial commitments