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  1. purplealster
    As someone who grew up in a third world country, then lived in the UK for 9 years before moving to Australia 15 years ago, I am 100% supportive of Australia's policies towards border control and the Liberals response to the COVID Pandemic. It sounds like you are a very angry individual, who tends to lean towards the left of politics. I am yet to come across a left leaning person who doesn't have a permanent gripe about something. My mother and mother in law are both still in Africa. If something had to happen to them, and the chances are it would be more along the lines of murder or rape rather than covid, myself and my husband would have problems getting to them. Yes, the thought of this is frightening but these are unprecedented times. We also realise that it is pointless worrying ourselves sick about it this - I haven't seen my mum in 3 years and my kids their grandmothers - very sad but such is life. You seem to be fixated with the fact that Scomo has been vaccinated. Yet, you do not direct the same anger towards Albanese and Bandt who have also been vaccinated. Why is that?
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    With all due respect, I had 3 babies in 2 and 3 quarter years. Yes, it is tough and no, I didn't have my mum here and my husband worked two weeks in Hong Kong every month from before my eldest was born until my youngest was 4. Having a parent come here on compassionate grounds for childbirth is exceptionally unlikely a reason for a visa to be granted. There are thousands if not hundred of thousand of circumstances just like yours - I have had several friends visa requests denied to visit dying relatives - unfortunately in a pandemic we need to accept that things will be hard and not to our liking.
  3. purplealster
    You will be contacted closer to the processing time to provide further information/documents. Unfortunately with your application date, you won't hear from them for about another 4/5 years or more. My mum applied Sept 2016 and we are still waiting and don't anticipate getting the visa for another 2 years at least. All the best.
  4. purplealster
    South Africans will almost certainly have this condition. My Mum has had it every time she has gotten a tourist visa - and she's been coming here twice a year for 15 years.
  5. purplealster
    Ok thank you. My Mum applied for the 143 in September 2016. So close to processing dates and yet so far!
  6. purplealster
    Hi Alan, My apologies - yes, this is the one. I got the 10 years as that is the maximum time a parent can stay under the visa rules.
  7. purplealster
    Are the temporary 5 and 10 year parent visas included in this new quota?
  8. purplealster
    You are indeed correct and so am I - it would seem that there are two parent visa options - one to be sponsored by your child with the salary criteria and the other you can come in as a parent of a citizen if you are loaded!
  9. purplealster
    As far as I know the parent visa for the UK is not like the parent visa here. The Elderly Parent visa from what I have read is very hard to obtain and the parent needs to be quite incapacitated and not able to look after themselves physically nor financially. The NZ visa has a parent visa however the financial obligations are quite intense and not something the regular man on the street is likely to be able to afford. From the NZ immigration website. If you have an adult child who is a New Zealand citizen or resident, you can apply to live in New Zealand permanently. You’ll need an annual income of NZ $60,000 plus NZ $1 million to invest for 4 years, and another NZ $500,000 to live on. Once you’ve completed the 4-year investment period, you’ll be eligible for permanent residence.
  10. purplealster
    Why hate Australia? Was it not your choice to emigrate and leave your parents behind. If it means that much to you and them, return to your home country so that you can be together. I have lived apart from my Mum since 1999 and feel so fortunate that Australia even has the parent visa as an option. As far as I am aware there are no other countries in the world that have this visa.
  11. purplealster
    10 months is exceptionally optimistic - I would suggest the original poster has perhaps even a couple of years wait. My Mum is Sept 2016 and when I checked the parent queue calculator a couple of months ago, there were about 8500 applicants in the queue ahead of her. As we know, they only process about 6500 visas a year, so we are thinking that she won't be processed / requested for more documents until mid to end of next year at least. *edit* June and July 2016 were very, very heavy months in terms of parent visa applications so it is quite possible that a years worth of allocated visas will be exhausted with just the applications from these two months.
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    Some of the people on this thread are like a friend (now ex) I once had - was very happy to stick his hand out for LAFHA yet when he became a PR campaigned against it because why should 'his tax dollars pay for this?!' It is funny how most of the people whinging about parents, students and immigrants coming to Australia just happen to be immigrants themselves. Exceptionally hypocritical - pandemic or not.
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    Wow! Funny THIS!! A pom who in one of their very first threads posted about being desperately homesick yet being 'stuck' here, because her one son was staying here with the only grandchild. Who then berates someone for wanting similar family circumstances for themselves. Seriously! Life is hard enough at the moment as it is - if you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all. My mum is in the queue for a 143 and whilst covid is a concern, she is also in a country which has just had 4 cities rated as being in the top 10 dangerous in the world. Aside of me being worried about her getting covid or getting ill, the chance of rape and murder are exceptionally high and permanent visa aside, I can't get to here if God forbid one of the above occurs. So think of that when you are safe and snug in your safe bed, in your safe suburb in your safe country!!
  14. purplealster
    Your post does not make sense - sorry! To the original poster, only if you are 23 or under at the TIME OF DECISION not time of application, will you be successful as a dependent - if you applied after 19 November 2016. The department of Home Affairs - despite it being a government department - often give out incorrect and inaccurate immigration advice - such as their reply to Indiana56's post.
  15. purplealster
    They will be substantially older than you and by more than 6 months. My son turned 11 in April and one of his best friends will only turn 10 in July. The difference in maturity is quite evident .
  16. purplealster
    I checked the queue calculator and it gave me a figure queue date of 07/02/20 of 35,370. https://www.ecom.immi.gov.au/qcalc/
  17. purplealster
    I have several highly qualified teacher friends that have to take on casual work, usually only at a few hours notice to cover sick teachers etc. This is due to there not being enough permanent primary teacher vacancies, especially in the nicer areas. I do have some teacher friends that live in our local area (northern beaches of Sydney) that drive to western Sydney areas such as Auburn and Punchbowl but only because they have been there for years and don't want to have to compete with the hundreds of teachers that are looking for jobs around here. There has also been a 'dumbing down' of teaching degrees in Australia - in terms of entry requirements and what is needed to pass and assessment marks (Google will give you more information) so there are way more teachers flooding the school market so unfortunately, I would agree, that if you want to be a teacher, go for it, but it is an unlikely route to permanent settlement into Australia. *in saying this - it may be possible for you to get a visa for some remote part of Australia - such as the NT but this would require an undertaking to stay there location wise for some time. Teaching in areas like these would not be for the fainthearted. It would be best to speak to an immigration consultant to see what your prospects are in terms of this option.*
  18. purplealster
    I stand corrected - that was much earlier than 2016. However a spike in numbers usually means that a regulation is about to change for a certain visa class. I have done a look on google and it seems that there was a change in Nov 2016 with regards to including adult children / children as dependents to certain visa's the 143 included - the age limit was changed to 23. Alot of Indian and Asian families still have 'dependent' children up to that age on their visa applications. These nationalities make up the majority of these visa applications so you will probably find they form the the bulk of the visa applicants trying to apply before the change.
  19. purplealster
    The then government decided to do away with the non contributory parent visa's which then led to a mass rush of panicked CPV 143 applications. The change was then rejected by the senate (I believe) and the non contributory visa re-instated but those 143 applications are still in the queue.
  20. purplealster
    I have lived in 3 countries and had children in the UK and Australia. Australia isn't much better than the UK in terms of day to day living. The weather may be warmer, but in fact I find it too hot and humid and I really only enjoy the Spring and Autumn heat. There is a big drug problem in Australia, especially with Ice and if you think that living in a decent area will combat this, you are mistaken. We live in a very high social economic area in Sydney and drugs and booze are a very real issue here - nangs, weed, ice - you name it, the teens can get their hands on it easily. Luckily, my one child is very anti social and stays at home all the time so doesn't get peer pressured, my youngest is sports mad so we think he will avoid it all - but our middle child is a people pleaser and wants everyone to be happy all the time, even at her own expense so we are keeping a very, very close on her and her friendship circle. Australia is not utopia, it is a country just like the UK and has it's issues.
  21. purplealster
    Here is link to a government website updated in Jan 2020 https://guides.dss.gov.au/child-support-guide/1/6/2 Look under heading Australian citizenship can be acquired automatically by birth or by adoption
  22. purplealster
    It would seem this is in fact true - just google 'child born australian citizen parent temporary'. However, it is unlikely a 10 year old would be able to sponsor a parent on a 143 at that age especially when there are obligations that need to be fulfilled - financial, medical etc.
  23. purplealster
    As far as I am aware, a child can only be eligible for Australian citizenship if the parents were PR or citizens themselves at the time of the childs birth. My son was born an australian citizen because we were PR at the time of his birth but his sister was not because when she was born two years earlier we were on 457 visas and therefore she had the same status as us. Just being born in Australia doesn't automatically give you citizenship.
  24. purplealster
    I am glad that your daughter is better - but the reality is that we all have valid desperate reasons for our families to be together. My mum has just turned 70 and has lived on her own without myself or 3 siblings for close to 25 years (my Dad died 27 years ago and she has never remarried). My sister and I here in Aus are desperate for her to live whats left of her one life, here with us in Sydney - with her grandchildren - instead of the fleeting 3 weeks a year with her that we currently have. Sadly, we have to follow protocol and wait patiently in the line just like everyone else. My mum applied for her visa in September 2016 and we anticipate she will get it no earlier than the end of 2021. As has already been mentioned above, 2016 was a big applicant year due to potential visa class cancellation and people rushed to submit - applicants today would be lucky if they get their visa's in 8 years and the parent visa is one the government would like to stop so who knows what is going to happen in the future. Unfortunately teeneagers always know better - but your daughter should follow the great advice that some of the forum members have given here. The decision you make will have lifelong implications. Good Luck!
  25. purplealster
    Not necessarily. There are plenty of selective state schools which require you write exams and pass should you wish to attend. Most of these schools surpass the private schools in their results. I personally think that these state visa's should be revoked if the 2 year obligation is not met, or alternatively - if you haven't lived in the sponsoring state, no citizenship should be granted.
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