Australia has visas in place to offer protection for asylum seekers. Protection visas are for people (or their family members) who face a real risk of significant harm if they return to their home country or face a real chance of persecution on the grounds of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion.

Onshore Protection visas:

• Protection visa (Subclass 866)
• Temporary Protection visa (Subclass 785)
• Safe Haven Enterprise visa (Subclass 790)
• Resolution of Status visa (Subclass 851)

Offshore Humanitarian visas:

• Refugee visa (Subclass 200)
• In Country Special Humanitarian visa (Subclass 201)
• Global Special Humanitarian visa (Subclass 202)
• Woman at Risk visa (Subclass 204)