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Originally Posted by Sunsh1ne
This is defnitely very reassuring. We are due to go to Oz in May and my parents are awaiting the outcome of their CP visa - I'm hoping based on 13 months they will know in August and perhaps be in a position to emigrate by November - 6 months without them will be very difficult for all of us.
Congratulations to you - enjoy your new life - it best be so exciting for your family to know you are on your way.
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Hi Sunsh1ne
Which of rhe CP visas have your Parents applied for and wht is the official lodgement date of their application?
I kow that randpm decided to do the two-stage visa and to get a CP 173 visa to start with, meaning that they have not had to get an AoS into place yet. Not having to do the AoS up front can save quite a bit of time.
Have you considered the option of your Parents travelling to Oz when you do? DIAC in lLondon have become familiar with the idea that a lot of CP applicants choose to do some or all of the interminable waiting in Oz and are normally quite happy to let them have stays of 12 months in Oz on subclass 676 long-stay tourist visas. Please see here:
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Tourist Visa (Subclass 676)
As long as you and they are confident that there will be no problems with their Meds, those can be done in Australia (and I have heard that it is quite a bit cheaper to get them done there.)
If the Parents are in Oz when the POPC would otherwise be ready to grant the visa, the CO sends what is called a pre-grant letter. This advises the applicants that the visa will be granted once the Parent is outside Australia. The CO asks the Parents to make travel arrangements and to let the CO know where they are going and when.
If the Parents are in WA then Bali or Singapore will do for this purpose. If they are on the Eastern side of Oz, most Parents go to Auckland, though Fiji would do instead. 5 days in any of these places is ample, and the DIAC offices in all of them offer counter service so that the Parents can take their passports in in person and wait 15 minutes whilst the visa labels are put into them. Then straight back to Oz.
Just this last weekend, I had a PM from a lady who is doing just this (Molly Flanders, Caz.) Molly says that their visa is ready but that it is very expensive to fly to Auckland & back from Brisbane at this time of year, so they have booked their flights for 24 January.
We did a similar thing with my mother's CP application last year, though Mum chose to return to the UK for a couple of months so her visa was evidenced (ie the visa label put into her passport) in London.
Worth a thought, maybe?
Cheers
Gill
Encouragement for Contributory Parents Visa
