# Remaining relative

> reg-1.15 — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

1.15 Remaining relative
          (1) An applicant for a visa is a remaining relative of another person who is an
              Australian citizen, an Australian permanent resident or an eligible New Zealand
              citizen if the applicant satisfies the Minister that:
                (a) the other person is a parent, brother, sister, step-brother or step-sister of the
                    applicant; and
                (b) the other person is usually resident in Australia; and
                (c) the applicant, and the applicant’s spouse or de facto partner (if any), have
                    no near relatives other than near relatives who are:
                      (i) usually resident in Australia; and
                     (ii) Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents or eligible New
                           Zealand citizens; and
                (d) if the applicant is a child who:
                      (i) has not turned 18; and
                     (ii) has been adopted by an Australian citizen, an Australian permanent
                           resident or an eligible New Zealand citizen (the adoptive parent)
                           while overseas:







                      at the time of making the application, the adoptive parent has been residing
                      overseas for a period of at least 12 months.
          (2) In this regulation:
               near relative, in relation to an applicant, means a person who is:
                (a) a parent, brother, sister, step-brother or step-sister of the applicant or of the
                    applicant’s spouse or de facto partner (if any); or
                (b) a child (including a step-child) of the applicant or of the applicant’s spouse
                    or de facto partner (if any), being a child who:
                      (i) has turned 18 and is not a dependent child of the applicant or the
                          applicant’s spouse or de facto partner (if any); or
                     (ii) has not turned 18 and is not wholly or substantially in the daily care
                          and control of the applicant or the applicant’s spouse
                          or de facto partner (if any).