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That is a very odd reply. Anyone living in Australia can have a new will drafted and enter a revocation clause so that any previous wills are obsolete. The tough part is only finding a reasonably priced lawyer. I wouldn't use NSW Trustee and Guardian as they take a good slice, so better to nominate your own executor who do not. A Wills register has nothing to do with it. I've just had a will drawn up by a local lawyer and all it cost was $275.00,(GST inc), so no longer an issue and I have a certified copy.

Hi Yes, I don't not use forums very often and am inclined not to notice the dates as I still receiving replies to posts I put on 10 years ago! I am an attorney but not qualified in Australian and I still call them sharks. The kits are not wills, as such and as my mother has a will overseas so now she lives here I would need a supreme court order to validate it, not something I feel like spending time and money on. I've now found an attorney who can prepare one for AUS$275.00 including GST so I am opting for that one. It's a reasonable price to charge and above all, legal.

Interesting point. Conveyancing and wills / probate are two non contestual areas of law in which fees differ significantly and it pays to shop around. Australia is no different from the U.K. in this regard. I am seeking a legal exec (does not have to be a lawyer) in the Hornsby (city area) to take my will made in the U.K. and register it here in NSW. I have no changes to make save for the names of the executors as they don't live in Australia.This should be a very simple procedure. Anyone know of a reasonbley priced lawyer in hornsby, please let me know as the quote I just received was around $2000.00 which is extortionate.

Hi I can answer a few of these questions but I would recommend you do this by consulting with an experienced and registered migration attorney. I would not recommend you do apply for anything immediately. Visa laws changed in June this year and there is no more 804 visa. I would recommend you contact Alan Collett of "Go Matilda". Put that into Google and you will find him. I have contacted him recently with regard to my elderly mother who may want to live with me in Sydney. He is very well informed and direct. I will be employing his services in the near future and I would recommend him. Good luck!

I believe there were some changes to the conditions attached to the 457 visa in September 2013. A friend of mine who thought he could apply for a PR visa after two years has heard rumours that he now has to wait a further two years as he is over 50. Are there any alternatives to this? He really does not want to wait another 2 years before he can apply for his PR.

Is this an offshore or onshore application? The procedures are different.

Father of a friend of mine has just applied for an 804 onshore. Waiting time advised approx 13 years.

___________________________________________________________________________________________---- I think your question is very pertinent, though probably not from an attorney's view point. I look at it this way. How can you engage an attorney to handle an onshore application for a 804 subclass if you are unsure which visitor visa will allow a bridging visa to be granted if a person decides that they would like to remain in Australia? Migration attorneys are not going to receive any monies for the lodgment of an 804 visa if the person is not in Australia on a valid visa that permits a bridging visa to be issued while their application is pending. I gave my business to an attorney who did not make recommendations, but did provided me with the options on which tourist visas allowed a bridging visa A. I have since passed this migration attorney a lot of business as they were so helpful to me.