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Protection visa (subclass 866)
About the Visa
This visa is for people who arrived in Australia on a valid visa and want to seek asylum. It lets you stay in Australia permanently, if you engage Australia’s protection obligations and meet all other requirements for the grant of the visa.
Cost
AUD45.00
DURATION
This is a permanent visa.
It lets you stay in Australia indefinitely.
You become a permanent resident on the day we grant the visa.
Eligibility Requirements
- You must have arrived in Australia legally
- Be a refugee or engage Australia’s complementary protection criteria
- Meet the identity documents
- Not be barred from lodging a permanent protection visa application
- Not have held any of the following visas:
- Temporary Protection visa (subclass 785)
- Temporary Safe Haven visa (subclass 449)
- Temporary (Humanitarian Concern) visa (subclass 786), or
- Safe Haven Enterprise visa (subclass 790)
- Meet the security requirements
- Meet the health requirements
- Meet the character requirements
- Sign the Australian values statement
What can you do with this visa?
- Live, work and study in Australia permanently
- Access government services such as Medicare and Centrelink services
- Sponsor eligible family members for permanent residence through the offshore Humanitarian Program
- Travel to and from Australia for 5 years
- If eligible become an Australian citizen
- Attend English language classes for free if you are eligible