Number of Parent Visas Granted to date – Program year to 30 June 2025

870 visas,

We have received details of the number of parent visas granted up to 31 December 2024 from the Department of Home Affairs.

These are as follows (the number of visas refused is in italics):

  • Subclass 143, Contributory Parent – 4,475 – 206
  • Subclass 173, Contributory Parent (Temporary) – 103 – 17
  • Subclass 864, Contributory Aged Parent – 190 – 11
  • Subclass 884, Contributory Aged Parent (Temporary) – 5 – fewer than 5

Total Contributory Parent Visas granted to 31 Dec 2024 = 4,773

  • Subclass 103, Parent – 921 – 117
  • Subclass 804, Aged Parent – 25 – 22

Total non-Contributory Parent Visas granted to 31 Dec 2024 = 946

Total of the above = 5,719

The Department of Home Affairs planning number for these visas for the year to 30 June 2025 is 8,500.

Separately, we have been advised that the number of subclass 870 visas granted in the current program year up to 31 December 2024 is 1,554.