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  1. purpleal
    You cannot apply to remove this condition.
  2. purpleal
    This loophole needs to be closed. An adult of 27 should be applying for a visa in their own right.
  3. purpleal
    I don't know the in's and out's of what has been proposed but from having a quick read at what was written, it seems that they are going to take away a certain number of 143/parent visa's issued in the financial year and hand them over to the 405/410's. So example of there are 7500 parent visa's (143 and other visa numbers) currently issued, they may instead offer only 6,000 and then give the other 1500 visa's to the 405/410's that are in the system. I could be wrong though, may need to wait for Allan or another MA to give us their opinion.
  4. purpleal
    From what I understood, a dependent child was a child up until the age of 23 that was in full time education and financially dependent on their parents. Looking at the immigration website, it does clearly state that a child can be included in the application over the age of 23 but only in an instance of a physical or emotional impairment which would quite possibly result in a failure of the medical. Yes, culturally, things are different in India than in the UK for example however, would this would be influential in the immigration department? For eg case officer has 2 cases - 1 parent visa 143 application from the UK, 1 dependent child age 24. The same parent visa application 143 dependent child age 24 but from India. I doubt they would think oh well, in India they stay with their parents longer so will give them the visa but the UK has a benefits system so we will decline that visa.
  5. purpleal
    I have a friend (South African citizen) who has a tempestuous marriage to a British citizen. They relocated back to the UK about 2 years ago and have 2 children aged 14 and 16 - who can't get british passports as she (the wife) wasn't born in the UK herself but has received the passport by descent. He has been told by the wife that as the kids are not British citizens they are not entitled to state education - he is there fore spending thousands and thousands of pounds in private school fees. I just wanted to check if this is indeed the case or is he being taken for a ride by the wife (who is an extremely pampered and spoilt princess - but that is a story for another day!). Many Thanks
  6. purpleal
    As Raul Senise - migration agent stated on another thread: ''This loophole was closed in 2009. If you are granted a Contributory Parent visa you cannot sponsor your partner for five years from the date your Contributory Parent visa is granted.''
  7. purpleal
    I am my mother's sponsor (143 visa) , my husband is the assurer. We have 3 children - the calculator says the income requirement is $97,120.56
  8. purpleal
    I have done a hypothetical calculation on the centrelink website : 2 assurers , each with a partner, 3 children and 2 x adult assurees and I get a figure of $185,411.97. May I ask where you are getting your figures from please? Thank you.
  9. purpleal
    May I ask where you got these numbers from as they are substantially higher than what the calculator on the centrelink page states? https://www.centrelink.gov.au/custsite_aoscalc/aoscalc/financialCalPage.jsf?prg_id=b153c092ae714b4ebb1e078c663ff115&wec-appid=aoscalc&page=1C0EADC1A5804952B374580CFFB9BDFD&wec-locale=en_US#stay In AmmyS example, 2 adult assurers, (assuming no dependent children just for calculation sake), 2 adult assurees - income required is $117,721.88 - how did you calculate $176,582.82? I am only asking as I have to calculate our income requirement for my mother's visa and want to make sure I have the right information. Thanks
  10. purpleal
    We are not affected by this change, as my husband as the assurer earns in excess of the income required - however I have signed as I find it grossly unfair that they have kept people waiting for several years and quite happily taken visa application fees. The least they could do is make only new applications from the 1st April 2018 bound by new legislation.
  11. purpleal
    Many thanks Alan. For me sponsoring my mother with husband as the assurer (myself as spouse and 3 children under 18) the income required is $97,120.56
  12. purpleal
    Thanks Alan, I read through the links - makes sense. Where do I find out minimum income requirements for an assurer who has a spouse and 3 children - just assurer for one adult? Is there a calculator I can use. The examples on the links do not provide a scenario that fits our circumstances.
  13. purpleal
    Thanks - is this for one or two applicants on the 143? I am sponsoring my Mum - lodgement date 16 Sept 2016. My husband is to be the assurer. Currently, his earnings are well over the income threshold to be the assurer (even with a spouse and 3 kids). However in saying that, life is full of unexpected events. If something were to happen and he lost a substantial amount of his income - can there be another assurer as well to 'combine' the income amounts ? For eg, my brother in law is able to assist. If for eg, his parents wanted to also come out later from the UK, what would the implications of him being a co-assurer be?
  14. purpleal
    All of the following are very well regarded agents on the forum Alan Collette from from www.gomatilda.com Westley Russell www.pinoyau.com Raul Senise www.ozimmigration.com
  15. purpleal
    Hi - I have searched for this on the border website but cannot find any reference to it. Can you point me in the right direction? Many Thanks
  16. purpleal
    Oh well - looks like our mortgage will be getting paid off earlier! I still can't see why the government wants to penalise those wanting to save extra for the future - I would have thought they would be encouraging us to save even more to prevent us from becoming a strain centrelink/pension wise later on when we are in retirement.
  17. purpleal
    If you are earning above $250k, super contributions are going to be taxed at 30% - is this still not better than the income being taxed at the soon to be marginal rate of 45%?
  18. purpleal
    So, in simple terms - what will happen if you exceed the $25,000 per year Concessional Contribution (SalarySacrifice/Pre-Tax Contributions) Cap ? My spouse will exceed this - the normal employer contribution and then also salary sacrifices $550 a month into super. Will their be a higher rate of tax on anything above the $25K? Would this be done at their marginal rate of income tax? thanks!
  19. purpleal
    The first article is almost a year old and only states the results of a survey. The rest all state that Australia wants the UK to relax Visa rules - not anything to do with Australia relaxing visa rules for Brits.
  20. purpleal
    From what I have read - this be the common line : Britain will have to relax immigration rules for Australians if it wants to secure a free trade deal with the Commonwealth nation. It seems that the Australians want the UK to relax visa regulations for Australians GOING to the UK. There has been no mention of Australia relaxing any visa rules/regulations. I cannot see Australia relaxing laws and allowing free movement with a country that has a population of 64 million - even more so with a country that has had open borders / immigration with the rest of Europe with lord knows how many people that aren't who they say they are.
  21. purpleal
    My daughter was born 11 July 07 - she is going into year 4. There are some slightly older but most of her friends are younger by 4-6 months. She will be 10 this year, but has a few friends that are only turning 9 in Jan/Feb this year. We could have started her in school a year early but she would have been the youngest by up to 18 months so decided to keep her back and start her at 5 and a half.
  22. purpleal
    Thanks for your reply. I will sponsor my mother and my husband would sponsor his mother so we would be ok in that regard. Can my husband act as financial assurer for both my mother AND his mother? With thanks!
  23. purpleal
    Thanks - I was hoping one of the agents could let me know if it was possible to sponsor more than one parent ie my mother AND my mother-in-law. I wasn't sure if there is a limit as to how many people you are able sponsor/offer to be financial assurer.
  24. purpleal
    Hi, Many thanks for your replies. We definitely won't be abandoning the CPV application for my mother - she most definitely wants the security of a permanent visa. My question was more in relation to being able to sponsor more than one parent. IE, my mother get's granted the 143 with myself as the sponsor and my husband the financial assurer. If this new temporary visa goes ahead (let's assume with no BOF requirements) would my husband be able to sponsor his mother and be her financial assurer despite also being the financial assurer of my mother? Is there a limit as to how many parents you can sponsor and be a financial assurer of? Thanks, Adrienne
  25. purpleal
    We have lodged a CPV 143 visa for my mother, which has been acknowledged and first VAC paid for. Now, having a look at that new temporary parent visa which has been announced, it seems that there will be no balance of family test applied to this. We have never been able to entertain the thought of sponsoring my husband's mother to come here as she fails the balance of family test - my husband here and two siblings in the UK and USA. However, if no BOF test is applied, we would happily sponsor her to come over - are we able to sponsor more than one parent on parent visa's? Financially looking after them both wouldn't be a problem and they would both live with us. (no In-law jokes please - we all get on really well!) Thanks!
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