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Refugee & Humanitarian Visas
The Australian government provides humanitarian resettlement under the Refugee and Special Humanitarian Program:
• The Refugee Program is for persons who are outside their home country and have a well founded fear of persecution should they return to their home country (usually referred by UNHCR)
• The Special Humanitarian Program is for persons with family or other links to Australia who have been subject to substantial discrimination, amounting to gross violation of human rights, in their home country.
There are no application fees for humanitarian applications.
Applications under the Refugee Program may be lodged in Amman.
See: Frequently Asked Questions
Applications under the Global Special Humanitarian Program where you have a proposer in Australia must be lodged at DIAC's Melbourne office.
See: Onshore lodgement
Important information for split family applicants in Iraq
See: Split family in Iraq
Visa Application Form: 842
See: Forms and Booklets
Proposer Form: 681
See: Forms and Booklets
Required Documents
See: Refugee and Humanitarian Required Documents
For further information on Australia’s humanitarian program and visa processing requirements
See: Refugee & Humanitarian
Service standard: You can expect us to process 75% of humanitarian visa appplications within 12 months.
However, actual processing times may vary from this standard as the following notes explain:
-The service standard is indicative only. Individual cases may be decided in longer or shorter periods than the service standard depending on a range of factors, individual circumstances and the complexity of each case.
-The service standard applies to visa applications lodged with complete documentation. You can expect your application to take longer than the service standard if it was lodged without all the required documentation or information.
-Processing times vary by location, reflecting the differing circumstances of national and regional caseloads.