PROTECTION VISA
For people who came to Australia on a valid visa and wish to apply to stay as an asylum seeker.
Permanent
Protection Visa – Subclass 866
This visa allows people who come to Australia on a valid visa to apply to stay in Australia as an asylum seeker.
Requirements
- You must arrive in Australia legally on a valid visa
- Be a refugee or meet the complementary protection criteria
- Meet our identity requirements
- Not be barred from lodging a permanent protection visa application
- Meet our security requirements
- Not have held any of these visas
- Meet our health requirements
- Meet our character requirements
- Sign the Australian values statement