# Application for protection visa by member of same family unit

> act-s91WB — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

91WB Application for protection visa by member of same family
        unit
          (1) This section applies to a non-citizen in Australia (the family
              applicant):
               (a) who applies for a protection visa; and
                 (b) who is a member of the same family unit as a person
                     (the family visa holder) who has been granted a
                     protection visa.
          (2) Despite anything else in this Act, the Minister must not grant the
              protection visa to the family applicant on the basis of a criterion
              mentioned in paragraph 36(2)(b) or (c) unless the family applicant
              applies for the protection visa before the family visa holder is
              granted a protection visa.