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1 hour ago, ramot said:

The email reply from parents.gov states they are assessing applications up to 27th October 2016, I think this is a lie, as the date has only moved 6 weeks in nearly 2 years, so I don’t believe they are assessing any applications!!?

This is for temp to permanent (173 to 143) applications . 

Omg !!!!!

Oh wow!!! Any indication of how much longer ?? Do you have a case officer assigned ?

? have you been assigned a case officer or have asked to submit any more forms (medicals etc??) 

On 09/04/2018 at 13:01, Alan Collett said:

PS.  If the visa application was lodged in March 2015 your parents should be closing in on a visa decision ... do you have a copy of the visa application acknowledgment letter?

The PVC is presently assessing applications lodged up to 20 April 2015.

Hi Alan, thanks for your reply. I did email them and it definitely gave us a good indication of where the current visa processing times are upto etc.. so that was very helpful. 

My parents and I still need to do lots of research when it comes to buying property.. we just don’t know where to start, it’s quite daunting. Would you be able to advise where to start looking? I was hoping to find more info on this topic from this forum but no such luck so far, I’m still trying to get my head around navigating the site

Thanks again,

Amy 

Did you apply April 2015? 

I actually confused my dates .. my parents didn’t actually lodge their visa until March 2016 so I think we still have at least a year of waiting!!

Hi, I am writing on behalf of my parents. 

They applied for a CPV (143) in March 2015. 

I just have some questions regarding this visa.

i am living in Australia for 10 years and am a PR. I was just wondering when it’s likely the visa will be processed . We have used a migration agent who first said 12 months (from jan 2018) and now its gone back up to 18 months ! Has anyone got a clear idea on processing times currently ?

secondky, my parents are wanting to buy a home when they’re settled here but they’ve seen somewhere that they won’t be able to own a home because of their ages (they’re 55) and apparently this means they’re exempt from getting a home loan! What have other parents of residents/citizens done when the move has been made? Mortgage or rent? They’ll be bringing roughly  between $60,000 and $100,000 AUD over . 

Last questin is, out of the $100,000 paid to obtain the visa and become a PR, How much of this do you ‘get back?’ If any? Can you begin to obtain some Of the cost back at any point?? Medicare , medical cost etc? Just have no idea how this works!! 

Any other hints and tips appreciated . 

TIA. 

Amy