Refugee & Humanitarian Visa
Refugee (Subclass 200) Visa
The Refugee (subclass 200) visa is for people who are living outside their home country and are subject to prosecution in their home country and who can show a need of resettlement in Australia.
To be eligible for Refugee (subclass 200) visa you must:
be living outside your home country
be subject to prosecution in your home country for reason of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion;
be a member of the immediate family of a person who holds a Refugee (subclass 200) visa and the relationship must have been declared to the Department before the grant of that person’s visa.
This visa allows the visa holder to:
- stay in indefinitely Australia
- work and study in Australia
- enrol in Medicare
Refugee (Subclass 201) Visa
The Refugee (subclass 201) visa is for people who are living in their home country and are subject to prosecution in their home country and who can show a need of resettlement in Australia.
To be eligible for Refugee (subclass 201) visa you must:
be living in your home country
be subject to prosecution in your home country for reason of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion;
be a member of the immediate family of a person who holds a Refugee (subclass 200) visa and the relationship must have been declared to the Department before the grant of that person’s visa.
This visa allows the visa holder to:
- stay in indefinitely Australia
- work and study in Australia
- enrol in Medicare
Global Special Humanitarian (subclass 202) visa
The Global Special Humanitarian (subclass 202) visa is for people who are residing outside their home country at the time of visa application and subject to substantial discrimination amounting to gross violation of human rights in their home country.
To be eligible for Global Special Humanitarian (subclass 202) visa you must:
be living outside your home country
subject to substantial discrimination amounting to gross violation of human rights in your home country; or
be proposed by an immediate family member who is a Global Special Humanitarian (subclass 202) visa or Protection (subclass 866) visa holder or Resolution of Status (Class CD) visa; or be proposed by an Approved Proposing Organisation
This visa allows the visa holder to:
- stay in indefinitely Australia
- work and study in Australia
- enrol in Medicare