MIGRATION REGULATIONS 1994 - REG 1.14 Orphan relative

MIGRATION REGULATIONS 1994 - REG 1.14

    An applicant for a visa is an orphan relative of another person who is an Australian citizen, an Australian permanent resident or an eligible New Zealand citizen if:

  (a)   the applicant:

  (i)   has not turned 18; and

  (ii)   does not have a spouse or   de   facto   partner; and

  (iii)   is a relative of that other person; and

  (b)   the applicant cannot be cared for by either parent because each of them is either dead, permanently incapacitated or of unknown whereabouts; and

  (c)   there is no compelling reason to believe that the grant of a visa would not be in the best interests of the applicant.