AoS Queries - Help needed please??

[Gollywobbler]

Hi all

If you have just been allocated a CO, and are waiting to be asked to arrange for the AoS and the Bond to be lodged maybe in late July or more likely August, my questions might interest you too.

My queries are as follows:

1. Exactly which documents have to be produced to Centrelink to prove the minimum income of the Assurer(s)? I need the official name and/or number of the document, please

2. Which tax-years do they need this thing for if the visa application was submitted in 2005 and the AoS will be given in August 2006?

3. If two people (husband & wife) are going to give a joint Assurance, and they have two children both well under 18, plus they are going to Assure one adult only, by my calculations the minimum income they need to prove is $43,750.00 for whichever two tax-years it is. Am I right or have I stuffed this up completely? (The latter would not be remotely surprising, I can assure you! :oops: )

4. Does it make any difference if the joint Assurers are both self-employed? If it does, what difference does it make, please?

I am becoming totally confused about all this, since I live in the UK and I have no idea how the Australian tax-system works.

Any help would be very welcome indeed!

Many thanks

Gill :?

[Nelson]

Hi Gill - I feel sorry that I can't help you after all the stuff you've contributed to this forum! I hope there's someone out there who can help - all the best,

Krista

[choobs]

I can't really help I'm afraid :( I received a copy of the letter that my assurers have been given and it's sketchy at best. It simply says to call Centrelink and make an appointment - presumably when the phonecall is made, they'll be told what they need to produce.

Another interesting point is that there's no communication whatsoever between Centrelink and DIMA with the exception of "Yes" or "No".

Sorry I can't be of much help though :(

Choobs

[Gollywobbler]

Hi Krista and Choobs

Alan Collett of Go Matilda is on a fast-track to sainthood in my eyes. Your probably know that in addition to being a very clued up Migration Agent, he is also a Chartered Accountant in both UK and Oz.

http://gomatildaforums.com/eve/forum...2/m/3121093891

If you click on the link above, you will be able to read his reply to me. The Centrelink website is as sketchy as the letter you describe.

I've never seen a post by Alan that has not been 100% worth reading and his advice worth taking, so I commend his reply to me to you as well.

Thanks to you both for your kind responses to me.

Cheers

Gill