Hi everyone
this has probably been asked before, if so perhaps someone could point me to the right thread.
Our son is hoping to emigrate in the new year, all being well. My hubby and I hope to follow asap. Am I right in thinking we will need to apply for the 143 visa (parent contribution)?
Do we have to wait until he has been in work for 2 years or is it from when he first entres the country?
Am I right in thinking that he is expected to sponsor us for 10 years? Do they look at his bank accounts, if so he won't have the funds. We are able to fend for ourselves but would we need to put money into his bank account?
We hope to get part-time work, anything really. What is the prospect of 2 x 50s getting work. Are we too old?
Hope this is not too long a question.
Thanks.
Hi everyone
this has probably been asked before, if so perhaps someone could point me to the right thread.
Our son is hoping to emigrate in the new year, all being well. My hubby and I hope to follow asap. Am I right in thinking we will need to apply for the 143 visa (parent contribution)?
Do we have to wait until he has been in work for 2 years or is it from when he first entres the country?
Am I right in thinking that he is expected to sponsor us for 10 years? Do they look at his bank accounts, if so he won't have the funds. We are able to fend for ourselves but would we need to put money into his bank account?
We hope to get part-time work, anything really. What is the prospect of 2 x 50s getting work. Are we too old?
Hope this is not too long a question.
Thanks.
Hello,
Looks like everyone is making use of the nice weather today and not many people around!! I know nothing about parent visas but found this thread for you dont know if it is any help.
Hi everyone
this has probably been asked before, if so perhaps someone could point me to the right thread.
Our son is hoping to emigrate in the new year, all being well. My hubby and I hope to follow asap. Am I right in thinking we will need to apply for the 143 visa (parent contribution)?
Do we have to wait until he has been in work for 2 years or is it from when he first entres the country?
Am I right in thinking that he is expected to sponsor us for 10 years? Do they look at his bank accounts, if so he won't have the funds. We are able to fend for ourselves but would we need to put money into his bank account?
We hope to get part-time work, anything really. What is the prospect of 2 x 50s getting work. Are we too old?
Hope this is not too long a question.
Thanks.
Hi Woodview,
My daughter and family went to Australia and I had to wait until they had been there 2 years before I could apply. I have applied on a contributary parents visa (temporary subclass 176)
This means that I have paid my 1st installment, I am awaiting a case worker and then I will submit my police checks and medicals. I will then have to wait for my visa but it will be temporary for 2 years.
I get full work rights and medicare but it gives me 2 years to save up for the 2nd installment and only then will my daughter have to pay the 10,000 dollar bond. I will then get my permanent visa and after 10 years my daughter will get her 10,000 bond back, less anything the goverment have had to pay to me! They will have to have an interview with the authorities and produce 2 years payslips to prove they can keep me in the event of my not being able to support myself. My son has his own business so I can either work with him or work with my daughter. Im an ex pub landlady so Im hoping to pull pints to give myself some saving money and a social life and Im hoping the age thing doesnt come into it
So your son will not have to have a massive bank balance just be able to prove he has enough resources to support you if you havnt found a way to support yourselves. Im not an expert on this but I am going through it myself so its the way I understand it feel free to correct me if im wrong all you members who have been going through it longer.
My daughter and family went to Australia and I had to wait until they had been there 2 years before I could apply. I have applied on a contributary parents visa (temporary subclass 176)
This means that I have paid my 1st installment, I am awaiting a case worker and then I will submit my police checks and medicals. I will then have to wait for my visa but it will be temporary for 2 years.
I get full work rights and medicare but it gives me 2 years to save up for the 2nd installment and only then will my daughter have to pay the 10,000 dollar bond. I will then get my permanent visa and after 10 years my daughter will get her 10,000 bond back, less anything the goverment have had to pay to me! They will have to have an interview with the authorities and produce 2 years payslips to prove they can keep me in the event of my not being able to support myself. My son has his own business so I can either work with him or work with my daughter. Im an ex pub landlady so Im hoping to pull pints to give myself some saving money and a social life and Im hoping the age thing doesnt come into it
So your son will not have to have a massive bank balance just be able to prove he has enough resources to support you if you havnt found a way to support yourselves. Im not an expert on this but I am going through it myself so its the way I understand it feel free to correct me if im wrong all you members who have been going through it longer.
regards Barbara
I have just got my parent contributory visa (went for the permanent one straight away), and all I would add is that the sponsor and the "assurer" don't have to be the same person. So if, for example, your children can't provide payslips for the last 2 years with sufficient income to meet the requirement, which mine couldn't, someone else can be the assurer.
I'm not sure about the work situation, but I've just turned 60 and people have been quite encouraging about the chances of some part-time work even at this age if I decide to look for something. There are quite a few of us in this category, by the way, so do ask any questions you want to, as between us we might have the answers. It's a big decision, but it definitely can be done! Good luck
Nico
Hi Nico
Many thanks for the information. Sounds like it can be done. I am always amazed that there are people out there who are willing to help and know so much stuff. Do you know if we put money into his bank account and can we pay for the bond ourselves? As he is not out there yet (posted his TRA today so fingers crossed) we don't know what he will earn in 2 years. Is there a minimum amount he has to have? We expect to buy a house outright so don't intend to live with him.
Regards,
Gill.
Hi everyone
this has probably been asked before, if so perhaps someone could point me to the right thread.
Our son is hoping to emigrate in the new year, all being well. My hubby and I hope to follow asap. Am I right in thinking we will need to apply for the 143 visa (parent contribution)?
Do we have to wait until he has been in work for 2 years or is it from when he first entres the country?
Am I right in thinking that he is expected to sponsor us for 10 years? Do they look at his bank accounts, if so he won't have the funds. We are able to fend for ourselves but would we need to put money into his bank account?
We hope to get part-time work, anything really. What is the prospect of 2 x 50s getting work. Are we too old?
Hope this is not too long a question.
Thanks.
Hi Gill & welcome to Poms in Oz
Have you read Booklet 3 and the relevant parts of the DIAC website? If not, you need to start here:
Does this help at all? If not, please shout and I'll try to help more. Like Nico, my mother has a Contributory Parent 143 visa and since we did not use an Agent, I have sussed a bit about them.
Gill, yes you can of course put the money in your son's bank account for the bond. Oz immigration don't care where the money comes from, and they wouldn't know.
Caz, my visa took just under a year, but would have been quicker if I hadn't had problems with the assurance. I front-loaded everything as arranged by my agent, then didn't hear anything at all until asked to get my assurer to go for an interview with Centrelink. There were no queries at any point, and although my medical and police check had expired, they still granted me the visa. I reckon it could have been done within 10 months. However, it's just me, not a couple, and I luckily don't yet have any health issues, which can hold things up. Hope this helps you get an idea of the timescale.
We have applied for a CPV on 9th Feb 07 and have yet to be allocated a case officer which our agent said will prob not be till latter part of this year.
We will not frontload anything and wait until our Agent asks us.
Our Daughter and Son in Law will be our AOS and they meet the salary requirements with no problem.
I believe ours is straightforward with no issues so providing the meds go OK and see no reason why not maybe we will get ours by next Feb (seems such a long way off)
Then we will have a house to sell etc. Not going to tempt fate by selling house until we have visa in our hand as we wouldnt move if we ever got refused so no point in putting yourself under unnecessary stress by selling house before a visa appeared.
I believe that all will work out in the end its just a matter of waiting and waiting!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good Luck in your new life down under - whereabouts are you heading?
I don't know whether you have noticed a new thread on here, started by Alan Collett today. He has had an e-mail from the POPC (I presume) telling him that they have granted the total permitted number of Contributory Parent visas for 2006/7 and that they will not be able to grant any more CP visas now until after 1st July 2007.
