There are many ways of getting your family to Australia with you, so it is important to understand your particular family situation to best plan out the most cost-effective and fastest way. For some families, it might help to include them as dependents as part of a main visa applicant’s visa application, whilst for others applying for specific family-oriented visas such as parent visas, carer visas and remaining relative visas may help. In this respect, often a fast way to get one’s relative over to Australia is to apply for a family sponsored visitor visa, but it is important to consider what sort of options are available in your particular situation. This is even more so when the Department has increasingly made it difficult for people to sponsor their relatives. Consequently, you should seek legal advice to see if you are eligible to apply under a particular visa subclass or whether other options are available to you. Chua Tan Associates is able to provide practical advice to help you select the right visa for your particular situation.