The FAQ provides for an eligible spouse and unmarried children under 21 to be included initially, subject to the actual relationship and individual eligibility. A possible parent-led application needs its own assessment. Map the household onto the published categories before assuming any configuration works. Hypothetical example: two adult siblings, one running a craft brewery and one an accountant, want both parents to relocate; they discover the published family description reaches a spouse and unmarried children under 21, so neither sibling’s application can carry a parent. They stop budgeting for a fourth and fifth place and instead have each parent’s own position assessed on its own facts.
Do not substitute a family label for the required relationship
Each joining eligible relative adds US$15,000 and a US$1 million gift. This is not automatic approval of either parent, and it does not make them dependents on their adult child’s case. Where a parent does pursue something in their own name, that case has its own applicant, its own eligibility question and its own timetable, and it does not become derivative of a child’s case because the two are filed together.
Include in the first application only those relatives the published terms identify, and confirm each relationship with the document that proves it. A child approaching 21 or marrying is worth checking against the same description now rather than later, since both events remove a person from the joining-family group.