To be approved for sponsorship, your sponsor must: 

• an Australian citizen or Australian Permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen
• agree to provide support, housing and financial help for the first 2 years the applicant lives in Australia

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

Community Organisations

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

To be approved as a Subclass 884 visa, you must:

• be sponsored by an eligible child who is a settled Australian citizen, Australian Permanent resident or Eligible New Zealand citizen;
• Be over 67 years or over;
• meet the balance-of-family test;
• meet all visa conditions and follow Australian law;
• not have already applied for or hold a Sponsored Parent (Temporary) (Subclass 870) visa when applying for this visa;
• Meet health and character requirement; and
• Must not have a no further stay condition in their current visa.