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Originally Posted by jo n paul
Just wondering if anyone can give us some information regarding the kids...We are currently awaiting our visa after only just sending it away..Our son who is 14 wants to go out to Oz now and wait for us to get there...We already have family there as Pauls mum and brother are there but wondered if there was anyway possible for him to go before us..look forward to hearing any comments guys
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Hi there
Which main visa have you applied for? If it is one of the ones that requires you to be outside Australia at the time of the grant, then your son will have to be outside Australia as well at that time.
Also, your son will be required to undergo a medical examination in connection with the main visa application, just as you yourselves will. At a push, your son's medical could be done in Australia whilst he is out there, and the rest of the family could have your own meds done in the UK, but I would not recommend the idea. It is do-able, but it complicates the logistics, and confuses Civil Servants, I suspect!
Yous son, however keen, cannot go to Australia without a visa that is valid for whatever reason that he wants to go there for TEMPORARILY during the wait for the main visa.
Are you planning to send him to Geelong Heights or a comparable private school temporarily? If he is already a pupil at somewhere like Eton College, it might be possible to do a temporary "student exchange" arrangement via the two schools and to get both Governments to agree to it visa-wise.
However it would be expensive to organise and this sort of exchange usually takes about a year to organise, realistically. All sorts of logistics are involved besides visas. Putting a Deed of Guardianship into place is not the least of the considerations. Doctors require the signature of an adult who can show that he or she is in loco parentis on the child's behalf legally in the event of a medical emergency.
I suspect that your 14 year old might be imagining that he need not go to school? The Australian Government requires minors to attend school. It would be very deeply suspicious of any suggestions which did not have, "Excellent Educational Opportunity At The Private & Hefty Expense of the Child's Parents" being the sole and very clearly identifiable objective.
If your 14 year old is anything like my beloved (and now 31 year old) step-son was at the same age, explaining that it there is no deal that does not involve Going To School tends to result in disgusted resignation. I assured our nipper cheerfully that Going To School has never proved to have been fatal, despite his own certainty to the contrary at the time. He thought I was a prize louse back then, but he really quite likes his Step-Dragon now!
Love & good luck
The Stepmother From Hell (no doubt) aka Gill!
