Australian PR stands for a permanent resident visa in Australia. Permanent residence visa for Australia is a prized possession as it provides number of facilities to the PR holder. There are multiple ways in which one can get permanent residence visa to Australia. Some of the ways are as follows-

• General Skilled Migration Program

• Humanitarian Program

• Sponsored by Family members

• Graduate Overseas Student Subclass, etc.

PR in Australia is like green card in United States of America. There are many benefits of getting a permanent residence visa in Australia. Key benefits are mentioned below-

• It opens wide opportunities for employment in Australia.

• After certain duration PR holder gets the right to for Australian citizenship. He/ she have to fulfil some criteria.

• PR holder also gets the right to apply for a Commonwealth supported place at approved higher education institution.

• If you avail permanent residents under the humanitarian program then you may enrol in a Commonwealth supported place. This will give you the right to defer payment of your student contribution under the HECS-HELP scheme.

• PRs can sponsor relatives for permanent residence, after fulfilling residence criteria and other requirements.

• If PR has children born inside Australia then they will be Australian citizens by birth.

• Permanent residents are entitled to access medical and social security benefits. For some benefits they will have to wait for two years.

It also comes with the freedom to travel to New Zealand without applying for a New Zealand visa and facility to live, work and study in New Zealand without any restriction. Once we get the PR for Australia with in how many days we have to land in Australia. Normally, one should land within a year of date of undergoing medical formalities. The date of visa validity is also mentioned on the date of grant letter. Thus – typically – if grant letter is issued within 2 months of medicals, the time frame available for landing on PR status would be 10 months. There are many other usual doubts that rise in the minds of applicants/ PR holder. As mentioned above one can get a PR via several ways, different ways have different policies. You don’t have to know about all of them. However, you should be well aware of the policy under which you receive a PR.

As the immigration rules and regulations vary with time and economy of Australia, it becomes difficult for a common person to know and understand it all. In such cases a good immigration consultant can be helpful. Abhinav outsourcing ltd. is a well-known and reputed consultancy. It is present almost in every major of India. They have experienced and certified immigration experts and they also provide online consultancy services as per clients’ requirement.