My son is 19, can I include him into my application?

Yesterday, I got a called from one lady. She recently just re-marriage to an Australian man. She has a son from her previous marriage, he is now 19 years old. She would apply for her Australian permanent residency and would like to know if she would be able to include her son into her application.

The answer is "no". She can't include her son in the same application as he is now over 18. Only the children under 18 could include in the same application as an independent child.

However, she could still sponsor him once she got her residency status. She could do that before he turn 25, as long as he still single and very much depends for her financial support. This is important that both mom and son need to show evident of dependency. If she still transfer money to her son, she would need to keep those receipt and bank statement...and so on.

As spouse visa has 2 stages:
- Stage 1, the application has been approved and the applicant will get a Temporary Residency (TR) status.
- Stage 2, 2 years after the application date, if the couple still in relationship, then the lady will be granted for her Permanent Residency status.

In order to sponsor for her son, the mother doesn't need to wait for her stage 2 visa status. She could just sponsor him after she got her TR status in stage 1.

Anyone need more information on this, please do not hesitate to contact me. Either via email (preferred) or phone.

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