Definitions
The definitions on this page are in reference to Family Stream Migration, including visa Subclasses: 100, 101, 102, 103, 110, 114, 115, 116, 117, 143, 173, 300, 309, 310, 445, 801, 802, 804, 814, 820, 826, 835, 836, 837, 838, 864 and 884.
تشير التعريفات الموجودة في هذه الصفحة إلى ترحيل تدفق العائلة ، بما في ذلك التأشيرة الفئة الفرعية: 100 ، 101 ، 102 ، 103 ، 110 ، 114 ، 115 ، 116 ، 117 ، 143 ، 173 ، 300 ، 309 ، 310 ، 445 ، 801 ، 802 و 804 و 814 و 820 و 826 و 835 و 836 و 837 و 838 و 864 و 884.
A
Adoption compliance certificate
A certificate issued by a competent authority in the country in which an adoption takes place stating that the adoption is made in accordance with the Adoption Convention or an intercountry adoption agreement with a country prescribed for that purpose in the Family Law Act 1975.
شهادة توافق الاعتماد
هي شهادة صادرة عن سلطة مختصة في البلد الذي يجري فيه اعتماد ينص على أن التبني يتم وفقا لاتفاقية التبني أو اتفاق تبني دولي مع بلد محدد لهذا الغرض في قانون قانون الأسرة لعام 1975
Aged parent
A parent who is old enough to be granted an Australian age pension.
الوالد المسن
الوالد الذي يبلغ من العمر ما يكفي ليحصل على معاش تقاعدي في العصر الأسترالي.
Applicant(s)
The person (or persons) applying for a visa.
مقدم الطلب (ق)
الشخص (أو الأشخاص) الذين يتقدمون للحصول على تأشيرة.
Assurance of Support (AoS)
A commitment to provide financial assistance to the applicant and their accompanying family members so they do not need to rely on any government forms of support for the duration of the AoS period and repay any recoverable social security payments made to the applicant or their accompanying family members during this period.
See: Fact sheet 34 – Assurance of Support
(AoS)ضمان الدعم
التزام بتقديم مساعدة مالية لمقدم الطلب وأفراد أسرهم المرافقين لذلك لا يحتاجون إلى الاعتماد على أي شكل من أشكال الدعم الحكومي طوال فترة AoS وسداد أي مدفوعات تأمين اجتماعي قابلة للاسترداد لمقدم الطلب أو أفراد أسرهم المرافقين لهم خلال هذه الفترة.
انظر: صحيفة الوقائع 34 – ضمان الدعم
Australian mission
An Australian Embassy, High Commission, Consulate or Consulate-General or Australian Trade Commission.
المهمة الأسترالية
السفارة الأسترالية أو اللجنة العليا أو القنصلية أو القنصلية العامة أو لجنة التجارة الأسترالية.
Australian permanent resident
A non-citizen who, being usually resident in Australia, is the holder of a permanent visa.
مقيم دائم استرالي
من غير المواطن الذي يكون عادة مقيم في أستراليا هو حامل التأشيرة الدائمة.
Australian relative
An Australian relative must be:
- your partner, child, parent, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece or nephew (or step-equivalent)
- an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen
- usually resident in Australia.
.
قريب أسترالي
يجب أن يكون قريب أسترالي:
شريكك ، أو طفلك ، أو والدك ، أو أختك ، أو أختك ، أو جدك ، أو حفيدك ، أو عمتك ، أو عمك ، أو ابنة أختك ، أو ابن أخيك (أو ما يعادل الخطوة)
B
Bridging visa
A Bridging visa is a temporary visa that allows you to remain lawfully in Australia for various reasons, such as while you are awaiting the outcome of your substantive visa application.
سد تأشيرة
تأشيرة الجسور هي تأشيرة مؤقتة تسمح لك بالبقاء بشكل قانوني في أستراليا لأسباب مختلفة ، مثل أنك تنتظر نتيجة طلب التأشيرة الموضوعي الخاص بك.
C
Carer
A person willing and able to give substantial, continuing and direct assistance to an Australian relative (or member of their family unit) who has a medical condition that impairs their ability to attend to the practical aspects of daily life.
الراعي
شخص مستعد وقادر على تقديم مساعدة كبيرة ومستمرة ومباشرة لأحد الأقارب الأستراليين (أو أحد أفراد أسرته) الذي يعاني من حالة طبية تعيق قدرته على الالتحاق بالجوانب العملية للحياة اليومية.
Centrelink
Centrelink is the government department responsible for delivering social security payments and related services in Australia. More information about Centrelink and its services is available at the nearest Centrelink office in Australia or online.
See: www.centrelink.gov.au
سنترلينك
سنترلينك هي الإدارة الحكومية المسؤولة عن تقديم مدفوعات الضمان الاجتماعي والخدمات ذات الصلة في أستراليا. يتوفر المزيد من المعلومات حول سنترلينك وخدماتها في أقرب مكتب في سنترلينك في أستراليا أو عبر الإنترنت.
انظر: www.centrelink.gov.au
Child
A child must be:
- a natural (biological) child of the Australian parent; or
- an adopted child or a stepchild of the Australian parent within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958; or
- a child conceived through an artificial conception procedure (ACP) as provided for in the Family Law Act 1975; or
- a child born under surrogacy arrangements, where parentage has been transferred by court order under a prescribed State or Territory law.
طفل
يجب أن يكون الطفل:طفل طبيعي (بيولوجي) من الوالد الأسترالي ؛ أو
طفل متبنى أو أحد أبناء الوالد الأسترالي بالمعنى المقصود في قانون الهجرة لعام 1958 ؛ أو
الطفل المصور من خلال إجراء التصرف المصطنع (ACP) على النحو المنصوص عليه في قانون الأسرة قانون 1975 ؛ أو
الطفل المولود في إطار ترتيبات تأجير الأرحام ، حيث يتم نقل الوالد بأمر من المحكمة بموجب قانون ولاية أو إقليم محدد..
Close relative
A close relative is your partner, child, parent, brother, sister, stepchild, step-parent, stepbrother or stepsister.
قريب
قريبك القريب هو شريكك أو طفلك أو والدتك أو أختك أو أختك أو زوجك أو زوجك أو والدتك أو أختك.
Complete application
An application that provides all information necessary for processing, including evidence of your relationship, completed health and character checks (if applicable) and other necessary documents.
التطبيق الكامل
أحد التطبيقات التي توفر جميع المعلومات اللازمة للمعالجة ، بما في ذلك دليل علاقتك ، استكملت الصحة والشيكات الشخصية (إن وجدت) وغيرها من الوثائق الضرورية
D
De facto partner
A person is the de facto partner of another person if:
- they have a mutual commitment to a shared life to the exclusion of all others
- the relationship between them is genuine and continuing
- they live together or do not live separately and apart on a permanent basis
- they are not related by family.
For an application for a permanent, Business Skills (Provisional), Student (Temporary), Partner (Provisional), Partner (Temporary), or a General Skilled Migration visa the de facto relationship must have existed for at least 12 months immediately preceding the date of application.
De jure
Legally married.
Department
The Department of Home Affairs.
Dependant
A person who is dependent on another person. (See ‘dependent’)
Dependent
A person is dependent on another person if, at the time of application lodgement, the first person has been wholly or substantially reliant on the other person for financial support to meet their basic needs (food, clothing and shelter):
- for a substantial period immediately before that time and that reliance on the other person is greater than any reliance by the first person on any other person; or
- due to the first person being incapacitated for work due to the total or partial loss of the first person’s bodily or mental functions.
Dependent child
A child or stepchild, who has not turned 18 years of age, or, if aged 18 years or over, is a dependant. A dependent child must not have a partner or be engaged to be married.
DNA
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) is the genetic material present in every cell of the body. For example, it is in blood, saliva, skin and hair. A comparison of genetic material from two or more people can show whether they are biologically related to each other.
E
Eligible New Zealand Citizen
An Eligible New Zealand Citizen (ENZC) is a person who is defined as a ‘protected Special Category visa (SCV) holder’ under the Social Security Act 1991. Protected SCV holders are those who arrived in Australia on a New Zealand passport and were:
- in Australia on 26 February 2001
- in Australia for 12 months in the 2 years immediately before this date
- assessed as protected SCV holders before 26 February 2004.
An ENZC can sponsor family members for an Australian permanent visa.
F
Family head
The family head is generally the person who is most likely to meet the primary legal criteria for the grant of the visa.
Fiancé/fiancée relationship
A relationship where a couple is engaged to be married or betrothed.
G
Guardian
In relation to a child, means a person who:
- has responsibility for the long-term welfare of the child; and
- has, in relation to the child, all the powers, rights and duties that are vested by law or custom in the guardian of a child, other than:
- the right to have the daily care and control of the child
and - the right and responsibility to make decisions concerning the daily care and control of the child.
- the right to have the daily care and control of the child
H
Hague Convention
The Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption signed at the Hague on 29 May 1993.
I
Immediate family
Your partner and dependent children.
Interdependent partner
A partner who is mutually dependent on you.
Note: This definition only applies to applications and applicants who applied for a visa prior to 1 July 2009.
Interdependent relationship
A relationship in which a couple have a mutual commitment to a shared life to the exclusion of all others. The relationship between them is genuine and continuing, and they live together, or do not live separately and apart on a permanent basis.
Note: This definition only applies to applications and applicants who applied for a visa prior to 1 July 2009.
L
Lawful non-citizen
A non-citizen who holds a valid visa.
Long-term partner relationship
A spouse or de facto relationship that has continued for three years or more; or two years or more if you have a dependent child (other than a stepchild) of the relationship.
M
Married relationship
The definition for married relationship is covered by the definition of ‘spouse’.
Member of the family unit
For information on including a member of the family unit in a visa application, see Form 1496i – Including family members in your application (110KB PDF) or Form 1497i – Including family members in your refugee, humanitarian or protection visa application (110KB PDF).
Migrate
If applying from outside Australia, the applicant will be applying to migrate. If applying in Australia, the applicant will be applying for permanent residence. In these web pages, the term ‘migrate’ will generally cover both.
N
Near relative
A person who is your or your partner’s parent, brother, sister, adult child or non-dependent minor child (or step equivalents of these relationships).
Notice of intended marriage (NOIM)
A Notice of Intended Marriage (NOIM) that is completed by a couple who intend to marry in Australia.
Non-dependent minor child
A child who has not turned 18 and is not wholly or substantially in the daily care and control of the applicant or of the applicant’s partner.
Non-migrating family member
A member of the family unit who is not migrating with the visa applicant. (see ‘member of the family unit’).
Not related by family
You must not be related by family. This means you and your sponsor must not:
- be an ancestor or descendant of one another
- have a parent in common.
Related by family includes relationships traced through an adoptive parent, and for this purpose, also includes any adoption that may have been declared void or has ceased to have effect.
O
Office of the department
A regional office of the department in Australia.
P
Parent
Parent includes:
- a natural (biological) parent
- an adoptive parent
- a step-parent
- the parent of a child conceived through an artificial conception procedure
- the parent of a child born under surrogacy arrangements, where parentage has been transferred by court order under a prescribed State or Territory law.
Note: for the purposes of migration law, formal adoption of a child has the effect of severing the legal relationship between that child and the child’s biological parent/s.
Partner
A partner is your spouse or de facto partner.
Partner category visa
A Prospective Marriage or Partner visa.
Permanent resident
A non-citizen, being usually resident in Australia, who is the holder of a permanent visa.
Permanent visa
A visa permitting a person to remain indefinitely in Australia.
Provisional visa
A temporary visa allowing a person to enter and remain in Australia until a decision is made on the permanent visa application.
Prospective adoptive parent
A person who:
- has been approved by an Australian state or territory adoption authority as a suitable person to adopt the child and who intends to bring the child to Australia under the supervision of that authority – in this case, adoption will be completed in Australia, or
- has been allocated the child for adoption under the provision of the Hague Convention or the Australia/China Adoption Agreement.
R
Recent passport-size
A 45mm x 35mm photograph taken within the past six months. This should be of the head and shoulders only, and should show the person facing the camera and against a plain background. You should print the name of the person on the back of each photograph.
Registrable offence
In relation to the sponsorship limitation for child and partner visas, means any of the following:
- an offence that is a registrable offence within the meaning of any of the following Acts:
- the Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000 (NSW)
- the Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004 (Vic.)
- the Child Sex Offenders Registration Act 2006 (SA)
- the Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Act 2005 (ACT)
- an offence that would be a registrable offence under paragraph 1 if it were committed in a jurisdiction mentioned in that paragraph
- an offence that is a reportable offence within the meaning of any of the following Acts:
- the Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Act 2004 (Qld)
- the Community Protection (Offender Reporting) Act 2004 (WA)
- the Community Protection (Offender Reporting) Act 2005 (Tas.)
- the Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Registration) Act (NT)
- an offence that would be a reportable offence under paragraph 3 if it were committed in a jurisdiction mentioned in that paragraph.
Remaining relative
Someone who is the brother, sister or child (or step-relative or adopted relative to the same degree) of an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen, and who, together with their partner (if any) have no near relatives other than those who are usually resident in Australia and are Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents or eligible New Zealand citizens.
Relative
A close relative or a grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew or step equivalent. (See ‘close relative’)
S
Second-stage processing
In the context of partner migration: usually two years after the application for a partner visa was made, persons who are holders of a temporary Partner or Spouse visa are assessed as to whether they continue to meet all the requirements for the grant of a permanent Partner or Spouse visa.
Settled
A person is considered settled if they are an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or an eligible New Zealand citizen who is lawfully resident in Australia for a reasonable period. In normal circumstances, two years is considered to be a reasonable period. Sponsors who have been absent from Australia for extended periods prior to lodging their sponsorship may be required to provide documentary evidence to determine whether the settled requirement is met.
For Australian citizens ‘reasonable period’ may be reduced to three months in compassionate and compelling circumstances.
Sponsor
The sponsor is generally the Australian relative who undertakes sponsorship obligations. For permanent visa applicants, the sponsor generally undertakes to provide support to the applicant and any accompanying family members during their first two years of residence in Australia, including accommodation and financial assistance to meet living costs, as required.
Spouse
A person is the spouse of another person if the two people are in a marriage that is legally valid in Australia, and:
- they have a mutual commitment to a shared life as spouses to the exclusion of all others
- the relationship between them is genuine and continuing
- they live together or do not live separately and apart on a permanent basis.
State/territory adoption authority
An Australian State or Territory Government agency responsible for managing the arrangements for adopting children from overseas, including assessing and approving prospective adoptive parents.
Stepchild
In relation to a parent, means either of the following:
- A person who is not the child of the parent but who is the child of the parent’s current partner, or
- A person who is not the child of the parent but:
- who is the child of the parent’s former partner, and
- who has not turned 18, and
- in relation to whom the parent has:
- a parenting order in force under the Family Law Act 1975 under which the parent is the person with whom a child is to live with, or who is to be responsible for the child’s long-term or day-to-day care, welfare and development; or
- guardianship or custody, whether jointly or otherwise, under a Commonwealth, State or Territory law or a law in force in a foreign country.
Substantive visa
Any visa other than a bridging visa or a Criminal Justice visa.
T
Temporary visa
A visa permitting a person to remain temporarily in Australia.
U
Usually resident
The place that a person is ‘usually resident’ is decided taking into account their physical residence (where the person eats, sleeps, has a home) and the person’s intention to make that place their home.
V
Visa
Permission to travel to, to enter and/or to remain in Australia for a period of time or indefinitely.