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You can include your spouse or de facto partner and dependent children under 23 years of age in your PEV ballot registration.
The claim that you can include your spouse or de facto partner and dependent children under 23 years of age in your PEV ballot registration is accurate. Multiple official sources confirm that eligible family members, including spouses and dependent children, can be included in the ballot registration and subsequent visa application if selected. The sources specify that while parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and other extended family members cannot be included, spouses and dependent children under 23 are eligible.
Pacific Engagement Visa July 3 at 5:30 PM Who can you include in your PEV ballot registration? When you register, you can include eligible members of your family unit who wish to apply for the visa with you. This may include: • Your spouse or de facto partner • Your dependent children under 23 years of age If you are randomly selected and invited to apply, you can include these family members in your visa application, provided they meet all visa requirements. Please note: • Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and other extended family members cannot be included. You may also need to provide evidence of your relationship to family members included in your application. For full details about eligible family members, visit the Department of Home Affairs website: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/.../ballot-eligibility... See less
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- Skip to navigation - Skip to main content Select language English You have entered feedback mode. Right click on translated text to report - ImmiAccount - Visa Entitlement Verification Online (VEVO) - My Tourist Refund Scheme (TRS) " /> Permanently in Australia. " /> From " /> An indication of the processing times for this visa is not yet available as it is a new visa program. We will update the estimated processing times for this visa at a later date. For general information on the variations in processing times see Visa processing times. " />
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The Pacific Engagement (subclass 192) visa is a permanent residence visa for eligible citizens of participating Pacific countries and Timor-Leste. ... The Australian Government will provide up to 3,000 Pacific Engagement Stream Visas, inclusive of partners and dependent children, each year through a ballot process. Those randomly selected from the ballot will be invited to apply for a visa. ... You must be an eligible citizen of a participating country to register for the ballot and apply for a Pacific Engagement Stream Visa. ... With this visa, you and your family can live, work and study anywhere in Australia. There are no restrictions on work location, industry, type of work or employer. Partners also have work rights. ... As permanent residents, your children can enrol in public schools and you’ll have access to Australia’s universal public health system and other benefits to help with the cost of raising a family in Australia. ... charge for a ... Engagement Stream Visa is ... live in and the size of ... Before you register for the ballot, you should make sure ... and/or dependents you include in your application will be ... conditions of the visa, including passing health and character checks. You (or your partner) will also need to meet the English language requirement for the visa and be prepared to find a job ... To be eligible to register in the Pacific Engagement Stream Visa ballot, you need to: ... - be a citizen of a participating country and have a passport for that country - be between the ages of 18 and 45 when the ballot opens - have been born in, or have a parent born in, an eligible country, Australia or New Zealand - be able to afford the AU$25 registration fee as well as the visa, moving and settlement costs involved in migrating to Australia. ... If you were not selected in the 2024-2025 program year, and continue to meet the eligibility requirements, then you may submit a new registration in the 2025-2026 ballot.You can include your partner and legally dependent children in your ballot registration. ... On arrival in Australia, there are a wide range of services and supports available that you, your partner and family can access as Pacific Engagement Stream Visa holders. These include: ... Medicare - Public schools and Commonwealth-supported university places - Family Tax Benefit Parts A and B to help with the cost of raising children - Child Care Subsidy to help with the cost of child care - Tertiary student loans such ... the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) and Vocational Education and Training Student Loans (VSL) ... - Financial supports while ... , including Youth Allowance ... is a permanent residence ... Timor-Leste.
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The Pacific Engagement Visa is a new permanent resident visa for participating countries across the Pacific and Timor-Leste. Up to 3,000 visas, inclusive of partners and dependent children, will be allocated annually to Pacific and Timor-Leste nationals through a ballot process. ... Who will be eligible for the Pacific Engagement Visa? To be eligible for the Pacific Engagement Visa, primary applicants will need to: • be aged between 18 to 45 to enter the ballot • be selected through the ballot process • secure a formal ongoing job offer in Australia (or their partner/spouse must have a job offer) • meet English language, character and health checks • hold a passport for a participating country Page | 2 DFAT.GOV.AU • have been born in or have a parent who was born in a participating country. Applicants can include a partner and legally dependent children in their application. Further program settings and details, including ballot and visa eligibility requirements will be made available closer to the commencement of the program. ... What is the Pacific Engagement Visa ballot? The ballot is an electronic random selection process, with successful entrants and their immediate family members able to apply for a Pacific Engagement Visa. ... The ballot aims to provide eligible individuals from Pacific Island countries and Timor-Leste fair and transparent access to the program by randomly selecting ballot participants. This includes providing access to the ballot for existing Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme (PALM) workers in Australia. ... The Pacific Engagement Visa will offer a permanent resident visa to eligible citizens of Pacific island countries and Timor-Leste.
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- Open from 28 July to 25 August 2025. - Family members (partner and legally dependent children) can be included in the application. ... - Primary applicants must be aged 18 to 45, be a citizen of one of the participating PEV countries (Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, PNG, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga and Vanuatu) and have been born in or had a parent born in one of these countries or Australia or New Zealand. ... - The primary applicant needs a passport; other family members don’t. ... - Ballot fee A$25 (whether or not family are included) to be paid online (for example, by credit card). ... - Passport information for all the family members included in your ballot registration. ... - Evidence that ... are able to support yourself financially for the first ... — this requirement is ... as meeting this requirement ... - Payment of the visa fee (A$335 per primary applicant, and A$80 per family member).
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### Can I include my family in the Pacific Engagement Visa (Subclass 192)? ... Eligible family members, including spouses and children over 18 years old, may register separately for the ballot. When submitting your registration, you can include yourself and any eligible family members who wish to apply for the PEV (SC 192) with you. ... If you are selected in the ballot, you will be the main applicant for the visa application. As the primary applicant, you can include other family unit members in your visa application. However, if you are including a non-biological child due to adoption, you must provide additional supporting evidence.
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