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    They will do passport photos though, although these days you can do your own I think.
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    FWIW I'm with giffgaff - I put about GBP20 credit on before I left. Every 3 months (or maybe it's 4 - can't remember), I get an email saying I've not used it and need to use it to keep it active, so I send a text from it (put the giffgaff SIM in my phone) at a cost of GBP1. So it costs me GBP4 per year to keep it going. I've not tried adding a credit card with an Australian address to the account yet (my last UK credit card has expired), so I don't know if that will work, but for the moment it's ok. I planned on using it over when I visited over the last few years but some sort of global event has got in the way of my travel plans...
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    I think it's pretty dire overall. Rarely anything worth watching, and when there is, the adverts really grate. I've got into "Forged In Fire" (SBS on demand - still has mind-numbing adverts but not too many and I just mute them) which is very theraputic in the current climate (depending on your location though!) - it's not cerebral, is repetative, but there's something soothing about it all. I do dip into the border-force and, like yourself, am drawn to it with a feeling of disbelief on the things people try to bring in
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    Thanks to both of you for pointing this out - I had not appreciated that at the time! For reference (for anyone else who comes across this) the "AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP ACT 2007 - SECT 5 Permanent resident" can be found here: http://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/cth/consol_act/aca2007254/s5.html: "Permanent resident (1) For the purposes of this Act, a person is a permanent resident at a particular time if and only if: ... (b) both: (i) the person is not present in Australia at that time and holds a permanent visa at that time; and (ii) the person has previously been present in Australia and held a permanent visa immediately" So I reckon I can apply once I've gone 4 years from when I got my last RRV in March 2017, a few months before I returned to Australia permanently.
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    Thanks paulhand - I missed your response.
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    That sounds plausible too, although I was still a permanent resident. I guess I'll have to wait a few more months. Thanks. Edit, the eligibility page here (https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/citizenship/become-a-citizen/permanent-resident#Eligibility) states: "At the time you apply you must have been: living in Australia on a valid visa for the past 4 years ..." Which I think makes it more clear (I managed to miss that bit in my eagerness after using the residency calculator - which, to repeat, told me I could apply).
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    Thanks for responding. This sounds like the most plausible reason - I did have a period when I didn't have a valid RRV, with the last one being granted in March 2017 following a few months since the previous one expired. Perhaps I need to wait until March 2021 (which would be 4 years from an "active" RRV). I can't find any reference to this on the immi site, and the calculator certainly tells me I can already apply.
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    Thanks, but I'm well in the limits - activated PR in 2010, lived in Aus for 13 months, back to UK, back and forth for visits, then back to Aus permanently Aug 2017, so November 2020 is more than 3 years out of the last 4. Either their system is playing up, or I may have misunderstood things.
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    Interestingly (aka really annoyingly) that's very close to my own situation, and the online application I've just started to fill in tells me I don't meet the residency requirements, yet the residency calculator does. Guess I will have to call them
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    Do you have a non-paywall source for information on this?
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    We spent ages on the phone to various companies to get cover for my parents' one way trip. It seems the insurance companies have no interest in risk at all! Gave up in the end and just took a chance.
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    Do you have any more information / links on this? I haven't come across this before.
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    I'm not sure those figures are correct - I thought (sorry not done an internet trawl lately) that the 804 was up to 30 years (still not great of course), but maybe as "little" as 6 years?
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    Sorry - I now find this was noted a few days ago by Lisa De Leon here:
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    Some more info in this news article: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/apr/13/australia-doubles-financial-requirement-for-families-of-new-migrants
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    I've just seen this news report which may be of interest to some: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/apr/13/australia-doubles-financial-requirement-for-families-of-new-migrants
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    Some more recent "news" (still only "proposals" and not all necessarily great, and no links to anything official, but at least it's still being mentioned!): https://www.realestate.com.au/news/the-property-couch-new-victorian-tenancy-laws-explained/
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    There was also some move to make it easier to rent with pets: https://www.domain.com.au/news/victorian-renters-may-soon-be-able-to-welcome-pets-into-their-home-20160722-gqbn5q/ but I can't see if anything came of it.
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    This page might be useful: https://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/housing/renting/applying-for-a-rental-property-or-room/pets-and-renting It says: "However, a landlord or owner cannot serve a tenant or resident with a Notice for breach of duty simply for breaking a ‘no pets’ clause in a tenancy agreement, if there has not been damage or nuisance."
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    Thanks!
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    I don't suppose you could tell me who their relocation agent was?
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    Technically it doesn't say that there are no increases to 2nd VACs, but that "Indexation does not apply to 2 nd instalment VACs" - given your experience, does this actually mean the same thing? Maybe I'm being a little paranoid!
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    There's more information on page 522 of the The Brand New PIO Parents Visa thread.
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    From this budget page you can open this pdf. Here are a few excerpts from pages 17 and 18: I can't find any mention of changes to costs for existing contributory visas.
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    Identity documents Get your existing driving license converted to an Australian one if possible
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