This is a permanent residence visa.
As a permanent resident you are permitted to remain in Australia indefinitely.
This visa also allows you to travel to and enter Australia for five (5) years from the date the visa is granted.
The expiry of this visa does not affect your permanent resident status if you are in Australia.
However, if you wish to continue to travel to and from Australia as a permanent resident after the initial visa has expired, you must obtain a Resident Return Visa (RRV).
Your eligibility for an RRV will depend on the period that you have resided in Australia.
This visa allows you and any secondary applicants included in your visa application to live as permanent residents in Australia.
Australian permanent residents can:
_live and work in Australia on a permanent basis
_study in Australia at school or university
_receive subsidised healthcare through Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
_access certain social security payments (subject to waiting periods)
_be eligible for Australian citizenship (subject to the residency eligibility criteria)
_sponsor people for permanent residence.