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Australia · Humanitarian protection
Australia Global Special Humanitarian visa (Subclass 202)
With this visa you can move to Australia if you face human rights abuses and have a connection to Australia, or to join a member of your immediate family.
- Route type
- Humanitarian protection
- Can bring
- — Not stated in the official source
- Requirements
- 5 each quoted below
Who qualifies
Who this route is for
Every item below is the government’s own wording, quoted from the official source. Whether you personally qualify depends on your full profile.
5 requirements quoted from the official source.
The conditions that decide it
- Character and security screening
You and any family members who apply for the visa with you must meet our character requirement . Family members who do not apply with you might also have to meet our character requirement .
- Eligibility summary
You face substantial discrimination or human rights abuses in your home country and you have a proposer or You are a member of the immediate family of a person who has been granted this visa and this person is your proposer. You must: Be living outside Australia and outside your country of origin Be subject to substantial discrimination in your home country The discrimination would amount to a gro
- Ground for protection
You face substantial discrimination or human rights abuses in your home country and you have a proposer or You are a member of the immediate family of a person who has been granted this visa and this person is your proposer. You must: Be living outside Australia and outside your country of origin Be subject to substantial discrimination in your home country The discrimination would amount to a gro
- Medical screening
You and any family members who apply for the visa with you must meet our health requirement . Family members who do not apply with you might also have to meet our health requirement . If you have compassionate and compelling circumstances, we might waive your health requirement
- Sponsorship or referral
You must be proposed for this visa by a person or organisation in Australia. Your proposer must be one of the following: an Australian citizen an Australian permanent resident an eligible New Zealand citizen or an organisation in Australia. If you are applying for this visa as an immediate family member of a person who was granted this visa, your proposer must be that person. The cost of the trave
Also stated by the source
- Official Rights Text
stay in Australia permanently work and study in Australia propose certain family members for permanent residence.
- Official source basis
You face substantial discrimination or human rights abuses in your home country and you have a proposer or You are a member of the immediate family of a person who has been granted this visa and this person is your proposer. You must: Be living outside Australia and outside your country of origin Be subject to substantial discrimination in your home country The discrimination would amount to a gro
- Report summary
You face substantial discrimination or human rights abuses in your home country and you have a proposer or You are a member of the immediate family of a person who has been granted this visa and this person is your proposer. You must: Be living outside Australia and outside your country of origin Be subject to substantial discrimination in your home country The discrimination would amount to a gro
Family
Who you can bring
— Not stated in the official source. The official page for this route does not address dependent-family rights, so we do not publish a claim either way.
Costs & timelines
What the source prices
Fees
1 proven from the official source.
- Official Cost Text
There is no visa application charge for this visa unless an Approved Proposing Organisation proposes you under the Community Support Program .
checked 2026-07-26
Validity
1 proven from the official source.
- Official Stay Text
Permanently
Processing time
1 proven from the official source.
- Processing time
Each year we receive more applications for resettlement than the number of available visas. This means the decision process may take many years and most applications will be unsuccessful.
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FAQ
Straight answers
01Who qualifies for the Subclass 202 to Australia?
The official source states:
With this visa you can move to Australia if you face human rights abuses and have a connection to Australia, or to join a member of your immediate family.
Every answer is quoted from the official immi.homeaffairs.gov.au page for this route, last read 2026-07-26.
We checked 11 points against the official source; 11 are quoted on this page. The other 0 are either not addressed by the source or not yet backed by a quote — we would rather show you the edge of the record than fill it with a plausible guess.
See the 0 open points
Not stated in the official source — the official source names no exclusion for this route.
The source
Where every quote comes from
Official government source immi.homeaffairs.gov.auLast read 2026-07-26 Every quote on this page is from this Australia government page.Same category, same country
Other humanitarian protection routes to Australia
5 other humanitarian protection routes to Australia.
Protection visa (Subclass 866)Refugee category visas (Subclass 200, 201, 203 and 204)Resolution of Status (Subclass 851)Safe Haven Enterprise visa (Subclass 790)Temporary Protection visa (Subclass 785)
Same category, elsewhere
Humanitarian protection routes in other countries
182 other countries publish at least one humanitarian protection route. Nearest first.
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