Phoenix

Can anyone reccomend a good financial adviser in north brisbane area who can help with repatriation of proceeds from sale of uk house and some pension issues?

That is a fairly critical piece of understanding, just looked at the Subclass 155 application and the first question is relationship status...so,if the defacto relationship is declared on the 155 application then would it prejudice the application?, of course if its not declared then it may be considered falsification and establishing the defacto after the application would require at least a year.

Nope what I read was correct, but I stopped reading after that and didn't read the second clause, which are people have correctly pointed out does state substantial personal ties. My only concern is the bit that says a former Australian permanent resident whose last permanent visa was not cancelled The original permanent residence visa has lapse beyond its original 5 years, i trust that lapsed and cancelled are actually different. This just leaves the defacto issue, if we can reestablish his permanent residence status with a subclass 155, whats the issues with bringing over a defacto? as far as I understand the best you can get out of a WHV is 2 years

I did look at the residents return visa, but I think I read that you had to live in Australia of a minimum period of time over the last xx years. he has only lived in Australia for 1 week when he first validated his visa.... need to double check this one, but yes a RRV would definately be the easiest route all round....and then you have to sort out the girlfriend problem.....really wish kids would listen when you tell them they will regret staying in the UK Yeah, I think cook is on the CSOL, but its not eligible for state sponsorship.

7 years ago we moved to Aus on a skilled visa, at the time of application we got visas for my wife and three kids, one of whom was 20 and we were able to include him on the visa on the basis that he was at university, At the time our son came to Aus with us to validate his visa but then returned to continue university, and about a year later left university and decided that he wanted to continue living in the UK. Now (inevitably) he want to come and live with use is aus, and bring his girlfriend who he has been living with defacto for the past 3 years. In terms of qualifications he has a OND in forensic science and NVQ 2 and 3 in kitchen management and has been working as a cook/kitchen manager for a motel in the UK. So, the problem is, whats the best way to try and get him a visa, the visa he got on the basis of my skilled application has expired, and I can find no evidence that it can be renewed, and the remaining relative visas are apparently a bad joke and have a processing time of 50+ years! it appears that a skilled visa may be his best option, but I'm not sure if his level of skills will be adequate and the skills of cook and chef are not included in the Queensland state skilled lists! A working holiday visa may be his best initial option, this will give him a year, extendable to 2 years if he can demonstrate 3 months of regional work... maybe working high season on the sunshine or gold coast will meet this requirement, but i understand that there is a 6 month limit to working for any one employer, so that could be problematic! Maybe the working holiday option will put him in good stead for a skilled visa, at least after this he should know for sure if its worth spending the gbp5000 it will cost to process visas for him and his girlfriend ....anyone got any better suggestions or advice?

Are we the only family that find that Christmas spirit is very hard to come by when its 32 degrees, and way too fn hot to cook anything... let alone a trad dinner with trimmings..... Guess we will be having the xmas barbie again this year.... but it wont be christmas

Brisbane is pretty cleanly divided north and south, however, your working right smack in the CBD, so being northside or southside is fairly irrelevant In this instance I strongly advise you to look at travelling in to the city by public transport, roads and parking are BAD and made worst by a lot of construction work, we have a pretty good train network....providing you don't live in Redcliff.. Beaches are a little of an issue, if your looking for classic golden sands then you need to look gold coast/sunshine coast, everything in between is Morton bay and not that great.... however, if you are looking for water sports then Cleveland, Manly, Wynnum, Sandgate, Brighton are good options