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Australian Global Special Humanitarian Visa

🏛 Department of Home Affairs, Australia 📍 Worldwide 📅 2026

About this opportunity

The Australian Global Special Humanitarian Visa (Subclass 202) provides a pathway to permanent residency in Australia for individuals who face substantial discrimination and gross violations of human rights in their home country. It includes settlement support, health screening, and travel assistance, with the visa allowing permanent residency and access to work and study in Australia.

Benefits & funding

Permanent residency in Australia; right to work and study; immediate enrollment in Medicare; language support through AMEP; potential citizenship path; ability to sponsor family members for permanent residency in the future.

Eligibility

You must be living outside Australia and outside your country of origin, be proposed for the visa by an Australian proposer (Australian citizen or permanent resident, eligible New Zealand citizen, or an organization in Australia), and meet health and character requirements.

How to apply

Secure a proposer in Australia to submit a proposal via ImmiAccount; gather and translate required documents including identity, humanitarian, and character documents.

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