According to Australia's immigration policy, the relative sponsorship in Australia can add 15 points to the general skilled immigrant applicant, but this "relative" must be the applicant's own immediate family. Australian-Shenzhen immigrants especially remind, but if relatives have lived in remote areas of Australia for more than one year and still live in the area when the applicant submits the application, then cousins can also provide guarantees.
Remote areas of Australia include:
Victoria province; South Australia; Northern Territory; Central region; Tasmania;
The whole of New South Wales except Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong;
Queensland except Brisben, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast;
All of Western Australia except Perth.
Melbourne is also divided into such remote areas.
The guaranteed relative qualifications in specific remote areas are as follows:
Parents; Children; Brothers and sisters; Daughter of nephew; Children of nephews; Cousins; Grandparents.