
What Are Non-Residents?
Non residents are legal residents of Australia, but are not citizens of the country. Under Australian national housing policy fall under several categories. Non residents under these housing policies include people with working visas, temporary visas, a spouse visa, a student visa, and New Zealand citizens. Australians living and working overseas are also eligible for mortgages from Australian banks under these type of non resident mortgages. Banks in Australia use the non resident status of a person to provide for them an appropriate home mortgage or commercial investment. There are government regulations concerning how a bank can provide a mortgage to non residents, however.










