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Check out how to apply for an ONSHORE Aged Parents Visa Class 804, subject to satisfying the terms and conditions http://www.huntmigration.com/aged-parents/
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PARENTS VISITOR VISAS Apparently there have been some changes for parents visiting their (permanent resident) children in Australia to allow accumulated visits of up to 18 months in every two years, if my memory serves me correctly. Can any one please direct me to a definitive statement on this issue?
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Further to my quoted below, I have checked with my bank in Australia and they impose a charge of $12 for every deposit from the UK. For my wife and myself with a state pension and occupational pension each that is about $600 annually in charges. Seems to me it would be more economic to make a single accumulated payment monthly for the four pensions unless any one else knows better? Any comments welcome, Tony
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I have posted this inquiry elsewhere but it was suggested that this might be a more appropriate place. My wife and I are both in receipt of UK State and Occupational Pensions paid monthly into a UK bank current account. We are now living in Australia. Has any one any experience of the advantages and more importantly the disadvantages of having pensions paid directly into an Australian Bank? I can see the advantage of automatic transfer with no further action needed on my part, but disadvantages may be that my Australian bank may impose charges for the service (I shall check with them) and also there may be punitive rate of exchange imposed on conversion from £ sterling to Australian dollars. Any comments gratefully received, Tony
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Thanks for the replies above. Advantages. Automatic monthly payment of pension direct to my Australian bank a/c. Disadvantages.I would need to check with my Australian bank to see if they impose any charges on deposits from the UK Possible disadvantageous exchange rate? Could anyone add anything to the above, in particular the disadvantages?
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At the risk of duplicating an issue raised on previous threads does any one have experience of having UK State and Occupational Pensions paid directly into an Australian bank account? My wife and I are both retired and resident in Australia on a Bridging Visa. We both have our State and Occupational Pensions paid monthly into a UK current account. It is getting to be inconvenient to organise monthly money transfers from the UK into our Australian bank account. Any information on the advantages and more particularly the disadvantages of setting up direct pension payments into an Australian bank account would be most welcome, Tony EDIT It seems I may have posted this in the wrong Forum. I shall repeat the posting in the "Money and Finace Forum"
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Does anyone have experience of the current length of time it takes to get a Case Officer ? As a UK resident I applied onshore for an 804 Visa last September and the Bridging Visa kicked in at the end of last November when my 3 month Visitors Visa expired. Since then I have heard nothing, not even an acknowledgement of my written notification of a change of address. Is a wait of six months or more typical? Any information gratefully received, Tony EDIT Linday, Thanks for the suggestion below, Tony
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Not many postings about the 804 Aged Parents Visa on the various message boards so it is good to find this one and particularly since it is so positive and upbeat. Has nannadi or other contributors located further information regarding the COMMOMWEALTH HEALTH CARE CARD? I must admit that this is the first I have heard of it. Healthcare is certainly a primary issue for those of us senior enough to satisfy the age requirement for the Aged Parents Visa. A brief trawl of Health Insurance offered to bridging visa holders by Australian insurers yeilded figures of $AUD 5000 annual premium for a mature couple with no current health issues.................................a lot of money. My research had suggested that a very minimum cover should be for Ambulance charges in Australia. Has anyone any first hand knowledge of these issues? Tony