Guest cliffy Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 hey, hi everybody i'm getting a lot of conflicting evidence about emigrating to aus to be with my four year old son who is already out there. does anyone have any advise that doesn't entail ringing an agent? why is it that some authorities tell me i can use a parenting visa while others say no such thing exists. i can apply for a business visa but is there any other consideration i could be thinking of? where do i find the facts? has anyone been through the same ordeal?? many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cantwait Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Hi I don't know why you wouldn't want to get an agents advice, but failing that have you looked on the Department of Immigration and Citizenship website for details? Good luck Karen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollywobbler Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Hello Cliffy Welcome to Poms in Oz. If your son in Oz is your only child then a Contributory Parent visa might be one possibility, but it could well be that it is merely one of several possibilities and that it is not the best, quickest and most cost-effective option for you: http://www.immi.gov.au/migrants/family/parent-outside.htm http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/booklets/books3.htm For the CPV option, your son needs to be a Citizen or Permanent Resident of Australia. Since he is under 18 he also cannot provide the sponsorship which is mandatory for this visa, but if you are on good terms with the child’s mother then she might be willing to sponsor you on your child’s behalf. (See Page 16 of Booklet 3.) Until 30th June 2008, which is DIAC’s Year End, the fees for this visa are here: http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/990i/parent.htm#c There is no need for an Assurance of Support and the Bond that goes with it until the permanent CP 143 visa is sought. However if you opt for the temporary CPV 173 to start with it must be upgraded to the CPV 143 within 2 years of the grant of the CPV 173. The Assurance of Support information is here: http://www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/factors/assurance_support.htm http://www.facsia.gov.au/Guides_Acts/ssg/ssguide-9/ssguide-9.4.html http://www.gomatilda.com/news/article.cfm?articleid=436 As you can see, this is quite a costly option though we do have another couple, also Poms in Oz members, who are currently waiting for a CPV 143 visa in circumstances very similar to yours. The child’s father and his second wife are the visa applicants, and the little boy in Australia is 6 or 7. However, how old are you and what do you do, please? I ask because it could well be that skilled migration might be better, cheaper and potentially also quicker for you and there could be a range of skilled visas that might provide viable and possibly better alternatives for you. http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/index.htm http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/booklets/booklets.htm Contributory Parent visa processing is likely to take around 15-18 months for applications submitted after 1st July 2008. There is no reason why you should not visit Oz whilst an application is being processed, however. You probably already know about the ordinary 90 day ETA visa but there is also a long-stay tourist visa: http://www.immi.gov.au/visitors/tourist/676/index.htm Where a relatively young Contributory Parent visa applicant wishes to make an early move to Oz, though, a Student Visa is sometimes a better fort-holding possibility than long stay tourism: http://www.immi.gov.au/students/index.htm However depending on your skills etc, a 457 temporary, employer-sponsored subclass 457 visa should not be discounted if all that you want it for is as a stop-gap whilst a CPV application is processed: http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/skilled-workers/sbs/index.htm http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/booklets/books11.htm You can source every scrap of information that you could need via intelligent use of the various Australian Government websites, but it is the masochist’s method of doing one’s research, too! Go Matilda and Ian Harrop & Associates are both firms of Registered Migration Agents who actually do have enough know-how to be able to advise you properly about all of the possible visa options and combinations of visas which might be possible for you. Neither firm charges for an initial 10-15 minutes with you on the phone, and what you do after that is entirely up to you: http://www.gomatilda.com/home.cfm http://www.ianharrop.co.uk/ Best wishes Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cliffy Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 thanks very much gill i am 41 and i work as an editor, which is on the skills list. clive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cliffy Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 karen simple really. i don't have an awful lot of money and would prefer to do alot of the legwork myself so i can become aware of the proceedure before i involve an agent or lawyer that i have to pay clive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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