The families being kept apart by new visa rules

Visa delays and new rules leave families struggling to reunite with ageing parents as backlogs continue to grow.

New visitor visa restrictions are adding pressure to families already facing lengthy parent visa backlogs. This episode explores the difficult choices confronting migrants with ageing parents overseas as long waits, high costs and changing rules raise fresh questions about family reunification.



In this episode

• How new visitor visa conditions could limit options for families waiting on parent visas
• One family's tragic experience after years of waiting for a visa decision
• Advocates say the changes could leave ageing parents separated from their children for decades.
• The growing parent visa backlog, processing times and costs facing applicants
• Concerns that migration policies may force some families to choose between life in Australia and caring for ageing parents overseas

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