The Remaining Relative visa (subclass 115) is a permanent visa for people who want to live in Australia to be with their only near relatives. Your application must be made outside Australia and you must be outside Australia when the visa is granted.

In essence, each of these visas are the same – they both enable a person whose only near relatives are living in Australia to live in Australia indefinitely. The only difference is the location of the applicant when the application was lodged and decided on – 115 visa is for offshore applicants and 835 is for onshore.