Extending Visitor Visa to 1 year

[cheryh79]

Hi,

I wish to apply 1 year visitor visa for my parents. Can anyone advise how can I do that? thanks.

[Guest Claire-n-tel]

Are they applying from uk or are they here wanting to extend a visa?

[cheryh79]

they will be applying from overseas.

[Guest Watkinsfamily]

If you are in Australia already then you can do this online - I called the parent visa department in Perth and they sent through the form for me to extend my mothers visa from 3 months to 1 year was all done in about 2 days. Hope that helps

[cheryh79]

don quite understand. is there a parent visa department in every state? what is the visa number?

[Guest Watkinsfamily]

No, there is one parent visa centre and that is in Perth they deal with all parent visas.

[Diane]

If it's a normal e-visitor visa, isn't there something about going offshore after six months or so - to New Zealand for instance? I'm pretty sure my parents get an e-visitor visa which is valid for one year, but not for stays of more than six months (or it might be three!) - they are not on a "parent visa" just a visitor one, and in the past when they have actually come to visit us twice within the year, they don't have to get a new one for the second visit.

[Guest Watkinsfamily]

This is a different visit visa for parents of residents in Australia allowing them to stay up to 12 months in Australia, my mum came on the visit visa which is valid for 1 year for multiple entries of up to 3 months at a time we then extended her visa to the e600 allowing her to remain for up to 12 months in Australia.

[Guest Claire-n-tel]

This is a different visit visa for parents of residents in Australia allowing them to stay up to 12 months in Australia, my mum came on the visit visa which is valid for 1 year for multiple entries of up to 3 months at a time we then extended her visa to the e600 allowing her to remain for up to 12 months in Australia.

 

The e600 is not just for parents of people with PR, it is for any visitor from an eligible country.