Cpv Its Been Posted

[maff]

Hi All, Posted Application Forms Last Thursday, Had To Wait Until Son Moved To New House. Why Do They Need To Know All Brothers Sisters, Step Brothers And Sisters Names And Dates Of Birth For. Had To Buy Copies Of Birth Certificates To Find Out Oh Step Brother And Sisters Dates Of Birth, As They Are Deceased. Son Has Sent Sponsorship Forms Of From Oz. So I Guess Its Now The Long Wait, Two Years Seems An Awful Long Time. We Wont Be Able To See Our Family Again Until If And When We Get Visa. Will Have To Take Each Day As It Comes. Does Anyone Know If They Are Going To Allocate More Parent Visas Yet. Take Care All, Elaine.

[cazbeckham]

Hi Maff

No one knows yet if any more visas have been allocated for 2008-9 but i suspect that if you have just put your application in you will be in the 2009-10 lot anyway.

We too had to have all the dates of both our parents (who are deceased) and sisters (of whom mine is desased) as well.

Caz

[Gollywobbler]

Hello Elaine

Thank you very much indeed for this update. It is super to hear that things are moving and at last you will be making progress towards the time when your CPVs will be granted. That is better than hanging around till December before anything even begins.

We Wont Be Able To See Our Family Again Until If And When We Get Visa.

What on earth makes you believe this idea, honey? As long as you are reasonably confident of meeting the medical criteria for the visa, LOADS of Parents simply sell up in the UK and move out to Oz once their CPV applications are in the pipeline. Please see hese threads by SAVTA:

http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/arriva...ry-minute.html

http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/migrat...melbourne.html

Tony Kidd, a specialist Immigration Law solicitor in Melbourne, acted for SAVTA and her husband on their CPVs. I know and like Tony Kidd. He has a very rational view of risk. Sure there is a risk that calamity might strike if you sell up in the UK and move to Oz before your CPVs are granted. But the risk of a calamity is a small one which should not be exaggerated if you are reasonably healthy at present, in my view. I would not dream of telling a family to spend a further two years apart from each other.

Our member June Coates applied for her CPV sometime during 2007. Her visa won't be granted until after 1st July 2008. She moved to Oz (Perth) just before Christmas 2007. This is what June said recently on Poms in Oz:

hi everyone.
sorry i havnt been around for a few weeks as i have been busy moving into my new home.my daughter and son in law are buying it and i am renting from them.its so good to have your own little place.i have my fingers crossed that i will be one of the first of many to have visa granted in july.no further news from my case officer yet.for all of you who are waiting patiently as i am,take my advice,bite the bullet and come out on a 12mths visitor visa.i have no regrets and have my family around me and am not sitting in the uk waitng which must seem like an eternity for you all.
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june

I put the "bold" in to highlight the relevant sentence. The whole thread is here:

http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/migrat...nt-visa-5.html

Since June is in Perth, and one has to be outside Oz when a CP visa is granted, June will simply go to Bali or Singapore for about 5 days when her CO is ready to grant her CPV, exactly as happened with SAVTA. Parents based in the Eastern half of Oz just go to Auckland for 5 days instead.

Even if you do not want to sell up in this very sluggsh market, there is nothing to stop you from spending as long as you want to in Australia during the wait.

Please don't hesitate to sing out if you want to know more about either possibility.

Best wishes

Gill

[maff]

Hi Caz And Gill, Thanks For Your Replies. The Reason We Cant Move To Oz Yet Is Because My Husband Cant Retire Till 2009/2010. So Unless We Go For A Holiday Which I Doubt, It Will Be Two Years Or So Before We See Them Again. They Are Getting Internet Sorted This Weekend So Hopefully Will Be Able To Get Webcam Up And Running. Dont Know If Im Right But Caz Will You Be Getting Your Visa In July If So When Are You Thinking Of Going To Oz. Take Care Best Wishes Elaine

[suegooderson]

Hi there Maff
Good luck with your CPV. We sent all our forms off in June 07 and was assigned a case officer today 12 May 08 (11mths), we have sent off our paperwork for police check to UK (we are in Oz for a year on visitor visa) and are having medicals next week, have also been asked to inform our Assurer of Support to contact Centrelink for their paperwork to be processed, I think by Sept 08 we should get the Visa granted if all is in order!! I know it's a long long 11 mths, but once you get over that things happen fairly quickly, more form filling and just keeping fingers crossed the postal service works!!
All the best .... Sue

[maff]

hello sue,thanks very much for your reply,i thought we would have to wait about that amount of time before we would get a co,i think it takes two years to get a visa seems a long while dosent it. where in oz are you my son and family are in adelaide, they have just moved into house in aldinga beach. take care elaine