Resolution of Status visa, Australia

The government introduced the Resolution of Status visa to provide people the same benefits as a Protection Visa including the entitlement to live in Australia permanently, to seek asylum and to have access to government services such as Medicare and Centrelink.

In February 2023, the Law Society of New South Wales published an article about thousands of refugees in Australia receiving permanent visas after years of uncertainty. A recent policy change now allows refugees who came to Australia before the commencement of Operation Sovereign Borders to transition to a permanent Resolution of Status (subclass 851) visa in Australia.

This helps many refugees who have otherwise been stuck in limbo with no certainty regarding their future and their family's future. According to the article, nearly 19,000 refugees can now transition to the Resolution of Status (RoS) visa from Temporary Protection Visas (TPV) or Safe Haven Enterprise Visas (SHEV).