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On 05/05/2021 at 05:23, JonnyM said:
I’m moving over next month for a project that will last 3 years. Possibly looking to stay after that but I’m wanting to keep my current Uk mobile number in case I do go back to the Uk.
I’m with EE and will probably just change to pay as you go if they let you do that.
I’m also wondering if an Australian mobile provider allows you to use an e-sim so I can keep the Uk sim in the slot or vice versa.
I’d prefer not to have 2 different phones.
Has anyone any experience of doing something similar?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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15 hours ago, Wanderer Returns said:
Having recently cancelled Netflix because we hardly ever watched it, I've found myself for the first time watching Australian terrestrial TV on occasions. So far I've found one programme I find mildly-entertaining - the Australian Border Force - mostly because I can't believe the stuff people try and bring in here. There have also been a couple of interesting documentaries on SBS I've enjoyed. However, I tuned into a program the other night called the 'Masked Singer', which I sat through in disbelief as it probably has to be one of the most dire programme I've seen in the 21st century. And what's this obsession with the Big Bang Theory? It seems to be on at least one channel almost every day. If anyone has any recommendations of good things to watch on Aussie TV, then I'd be interested to know.
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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6 hours ago, paulhand said:
... and that’s the point, you weren’t a permanent resident at that time (s5 of the Citizenship Act).
5 hours ago, Marisawright said:No, you were not. You are only a permanent resident while you hold a valid travel facility (i.e., either the original 5 years or a subsequent RRV). If you don't have a travel facility and you're not living in Australia, your PR has lapsed.
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:
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(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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6 hours ago, paulhand said:
If you let your RRV(s) expire when you were offshore that may be the issue. If you were not in Australia 4 years ago, you cannot count from that time unless you held an in-effect permanent visa on that date.
Thanks paulhand - I missed your response.
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1 hour ago, Marisawright said:
While you didn’t have a valid RRV, you did not hold a valid visa, so that time doesn’t count
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
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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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4 hours ago, paulhand said:
If you let your RRV(s) expire when you were offshore that may be the issue. If you were not in Australia 4 years ago, you cannot count from that time unless you held an in-effect permanent visa on that date.
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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4 hours ago, rammygirl said:
Can sometimes be a day or so out try again.
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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On 28/10/2020 at 10:05, rammygirl said:
For example someone gets PR and validates their visa 1stJan 2015 stays 2 weeks returns home to UK. They then move out to Aus 1st jan 2017. They do not leave Australia apart from a two week holiday to Bali.
They will be eligible to apply on 16th Jan 2020. Looking back 4 years and counting the validation trip as first entry they have met the requirements. If they had not left Aust again they would be eligible 2nd Jan 2020 as the time prior to them moving after validation counts as the allowable absence.
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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On 27/01/2020 at 09:43, Alan Collett said:
There are
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/investing/buy-to-let/accidental-landlords-forced-sell-april-tax-crunch/
There are changes to certain of the capital gains tax exemptions in the UK which will affect those selling a former main residence in the UK after the end of this tax year - it might have been this?
Best regards.
Do you have a non-paywall source for information on this?
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On 12/09/2019 at 20:53, Sadge said:
One Way travel insurance anyone?
I've just spent the most frustrating 3 hours on the phone/internet trying to find insurance cover for my upcoming journey.
Virtually no company seems to offer one-way, and if they do the age limit appears to be 65. Mention medical condition s and they can't get rid of you quickly enough.
If anybody had recently arranged cover I'd be very pleased to get recommendations.
TIA
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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On 17/01/2019 at 10:10, Britgirl29 said:
Australia imposes a tax levy if you don't get insurance within a year of being here on a bridging visa so it made sense to get it when they arrived.
Do you have any more information / links on this? I haven't come across this before.
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On 18/11/2017 at 23:28, evionthego said:
...she will be a perm resident within @2 years (as opposed to 30 yrs+ with the 804)....
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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I've just seen this news report which may be of interest to some:
Quoteif a couple in Australia wants to act as financial backers for their parents, they will need to earn a combined $115,475 a year, instead of $45,185. A single person who wants to vouch for their parents will need to earn $86,606, rather than $45,185.40.
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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:
but I can't see if anything came of it.
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This page might be useful:
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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On 6/13/2017 at 10:35, clarkesville1 said:
Hi yes it was Elite Executive Services (Relocation)
Thanks!
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On 6/9/2017 at 10:31, clarkesville1 said:
My daughter and family are renting in Mount Eliza Victoria. They found it hard from the UK to find something, so they got their relocation agent to do it for them. They looked online and sent her details, she viewed them, then she found one for them, did the paperwork, references spoke to the agents on their behalf and then secured the property for them to move right into. They were brilliant actually. They only moved over at the end of May and are really settled in a lovely house near the school.
I don't suppose you could tell me who their relocation agent was?
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50 minutes ago, Alan Collett said:
Update on the increase in VACs: https://www.border.gov.au/ReportsandPublications/Documents/budget/visa-price-increase-fact-sheet-2017-18.pdf
No increase in 2nd VACs, so the increase on 1 July 2017 is not so much as first thought.
Best regards.
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:
QuoteTemporary sponsored parent visa — establishment
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The Government will introduce a new temporary sponsored parent visa from November 2017, with 15,000 visas to be made available annually. The temporary sponsored parent visa will allow parents of Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents and eligible New Zealand citizens to stay in Australia for periods of up to three or five years. The visa may be renewed from outside Australia to allow a cumulative stay of up to ten years. Temporary sponsored parent visa holders will not be eligible to apply onshore for a permanent parent visa. The visa holder’s sponsor, their Australian child, will have legal liability for public health expenditure (including aged care arrangements) incurred by the visa holder in Australia. This is designed to reduce the cost to the Government of health services for temporary parent migrants.
QuoteExisting contributory and non-contributory parent visas will remain open to new applicants.
QuoteThe Department of Immigration and Border Protection will undertake a review of the temporary sponsored parent visa at the end of the first program year.
I can't find any mention of changes to costs for existing contributory visas.
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I forgot to mention that taking the wine in luggage is not viable either as I plan a halfway holiday somewhere hot!
British passport renewal??
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They will do passport photos though, although these days you can do your own I think.