Skills in Demand family visa — subsequent entrant (subclass 482)

Home Affairs says family members cannot be added to a primary 482 application once it has been submitted. If you were not included and qualify to join, use a separate subsequent entrant application. The primary application may still be pending, or a 457/482 visa may already have been granted.

Yes. Home Affairs requires written agreement from the sponsor with the most recent approved nomination, extending sponsorship obligations to include you as a family member. A marriage or birth certificate alone does not replace this letter. This is not a requirement for you to obtain your own skilled job nomination.

The applicant must meet the actual member-of-the-family-unit rules of the primary 457/482 applicant or holder. Partners and children may qualify subject to the relationship, age, dependency and other applicable rules; every relative is not automatically eligible. Use the current subsequent entrant and stream instructions for the actual family circumstances.

Home Affairs lists living, working and studying in Australia among the permitted activities of this visa, with no government assistance for study. Check your own grant letter and VEVO conditions. A pending application or your partner’s visa does not itself establish those rights.

Home Affairs publishes a standard base charge of AUD 4,015, additional adult charge of AUD 4,015 and additional-child charge of AUD 1,005, with limited concessions. A sole subsequent entrant applicant under 18 pays the base application charge, rather than the additional-child amount. Check the current assessed charge and any health, police or biometrics costs.

From 1 July 2026, Home Affairs lists a lower application charge for eligible Pacific Island and Timor-Leste citizens with a valid passport from a specified country. Family eligibility for this concession is based on the primary applicant’s passport. Confirm the assessed charge in ImmiAccount; the standard amount is not universal. The specified primary-passport list includes Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Confirm your family application’s actual assessed charge.

The published guidance permits an application in or outside Australia, but not in immigration clearance. An applicant in Australia must hold a substantive visa or Bridging visa A, B or C and satisfy the other applicable requirements. Do not infer an automatic bridging visa, travel entitlement or protection from an expiring existing visa.

Follow the actual Home Affairs document checklist and any case request. The published subsequent entrant instructions require English translations of non-English documents, identify translator requirements, and say documents do not need certification. This guide does not impose a universal apostille or nationality-specific attestation chain.

Check your own grant and the primary holder’s visa: both must remain valid for the linked stay described by Home Affairs. Travel outside Australia does not add time. If the primary worker continues with the existing employer after expiry, the published process requires a new employer nomination and a new visa application; neither person’s stay is automatically extended.

This is temporary family permission linked to a primary 457/482 case, not the Australian partner-visa route based on an Australian citizen or permanent-resident partner. Permanent residence requires a separately eligible application and is not granted by this family relationship or elapsed time alone.