purpleal

I agree! We moved to Sydney 3 weeks after my first baby was born. We then had another 2 babies within 2 years (3 under 3 - Nuts!) - we had no friends nor relatives in Sydney and survived just fine. Also - my husband had a job running the office in Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore - so he spent 2 weeks here and then 2 weeks in Asia - that was his permanent work arrangement up until our youngest was about 3.

Hi, Does anyone have experience of how to find wheelchair accessible accommodation in the uk (long term rental)? Is this something that is best to go through council for? I have a friend who was temporarily working in the Middle East and had an aneurysm in the spine - which has resulted in permanent paralysis. They are moving back to the UK but do not know how to go about looking for suitable accommodation. Many Thanks, Purpleal

Hi Everyone, hope you are having a great day! I was wondering if someone could help me - I am filling out Form 40 - as the sponsor. My Mother and I are in a bit of a disagreement - question 50 asks if you are an eligible New Zealand citizen. If 'No' it says go to Part K - now to me, if you select 'NO' - you must then skip everything from question 50 up until you get to Part K. My Mum says that I still have to fill out Question 51 to 54 and then skip Part J and fill out Part K. Can anyone advise on what the correct way forward is? Many Thanks

Hi, Can someone please let me know if an applicant has to be in Australia when the 864 is granted? I know there must be a no 'no further stay 8503' clause on the current tourist visa, the applicant must be in Australia when the application is lodged but unsure about whether my mother has to physically be in Australia when the visa is granted? Can she lodge the application, go back home until the visa is granted or fly back for the visa grant? Many Thanks, Adrienne

Baulkham Hills (The Hills in general), the surrounds and Kellyville etc are all good family areas with decent sized houses. Are you aware though that you will be liable for school fees of $5,000 per child and possibly $6,000 for your child that is 15 (depending whether they will be in year 10 or 11). What are your plans for the 4 year old? Will he start kindergarten (first year of school) or attending preschool? Our son went to preschool 3 days (9pm to 3pm) a week and this cost us $800.00 a month (non-rebatable). Some info cut and pasted about when your child needs to start school: Your child can start Kindergarten at the beginning of the school year if they turn five on or before 31 July in that year. By law, all children must be enrolled in school by their sixth birthday. Kindergarten enrolment begins around April the year before your child will start Kindergarten. Hope this helps.

This visa requires a child to sponsor you - the child has to be over 18 years of age. If you have a daughter here who is only 9 this visa probably isn't going to be an option for you unfortunately. Looking at the border site, it mentions something about a sponsors guardian being able to be the sponsor - however I have never heard of a child's parent sponsoring an entire new family of the child's other parent.

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I am not sure if you aware, but Montessori schools are very expensive here. The one in my local area charges $66 per day / $3280 per term (they only do 3 hour time slots and go Mon-Fri) for 3-4 year olds. For 5-9 year olds it is $96 per day / +- $4800 per term (Mon to Friday 9-3pm) Hope this helps.

Thanks AMP and Alan for your responses. I am settled - have been a citizen since 2011. I have children and have been a stay at home mum with sporadic part-time employment and currently unemployed. The house and car are in my husband's name and we get no centrelink things such as family tax credits etc. I personally do not meet the minimum earning requirements for the CPV however my husband's income far exceeds this. So what you are saying is that I can /am to be the sponsor and my husband is to be the assurer - undertaking all financial responsibility for her when she is here? My sister is also here - would it be more beneficial to our application to have her as a 'co-assurer'? (Without impacting a further CPV application for her husband's parents?). Although, she is not yet a citizen, they are currently waiting for a citizenship ceremony date. Many Thanks Purpleal

Hi Everyone, hope you are all well. Just a moment of doubt here! We are going to be lodging my Mothers CPV 143 but my husband will the sponsor - this will be ok - won't it - as in him sponsoring her - I don't have to be the sponsor? Many Thanks, Adrienne

Just another question. With the Contributory Parent visa 143 - The application fee is $3695, the 2nd installment is $43,600 - is the AOS an additional $10,000 on top of the visa cost of $47,295 making it $57,295 in total? Many Thanks.

Thanks Alan, the information has been very helpful.

Good Day, My mother is about to apply for her visa. We are 99 % sure she will go the CPV 143 route but before she puts the application in, would it be possible for someone to explain the difference between the Contributory Aged Parent (Temporary) visa (subclass 884) and the Contributory Parent (Temporary) visa (subclass 173)? Looking at the border.gov website the blurb seems pretty much the same - but one places more emphasis on 'aged' - is one more age dependent than the other? My mother is 67 this year, has 2 of 4 children living in OZ (we have both been PR for about 7 years) and her current tourist visa does NOT have the no further stay clause on it - although the 'no further stay' clause isn't really relevant as she would like to continue working until she is 70 - so a permanent move would only happen in about 3 years time. (We don't want / wouldn't need to do an application onshore) Many Thanks, Purpleal

Perhaps a more prudent approach would be to arrive and contribute to society by way of taxes etc before trying to get medical treatment for free. If your problem is urgent and absolutely necessary, may I suggest you dig deep into your own pockets and pay for it yourself - just like the rest of us would have to. An example would be someone on here (sorry, cannot remember the poster's name) that had a hip replacement or something of that nature and paid for it privately - was $25,000 or thereabouts?

We are family of 5 - 2 adults, 3 kids - well actually 7 if you count the cat and the dog. One car - 7 years old. Kids in public school, no overseas holiday in 10 years, dad a professional and me part-time - would I consider living in Sydney on $75,000 absolutely no way - we earn considerably more than that and sometimes things are tight. We are not materialistic by any means, our car is 7 years old - Hyundai Imax, our tv is almost 10 years old, we don't buy the latest gadgets and I haven't bought new clothes for about 4 years for myself personally. Our monthly bill total before we pay the mortgage is $2,500. This includes the car loan and several personal insurance policies (life, tpd, income protection), foxtel (basic package), internet, telstra landline, 1 x mobile phone contract, gas, electric, water, home/content insurance, car insurance, health insurance. This does NOT include food, clothing for the kids, council rates, swimming lessons, extra activities for the kids, school fees, excursions, activities etc. I have only just returned to work now that the youngest is at school as we couldn't afford me to go back to work as daycare/preschool fees were just too expensive and would have cost more than what I earnt. My son went to preschool last year 3 days a week for 6 hours each - this cost $10,000 for the year and is non rebatable as it was community care. We also don't have family here so it has been a big strain as we have never until recently had any 'us' time - a babysitter costs between $15 and $25 per hour. We don't like handing our kids over to strangers nor wanted to pay $60 for a sitter before we even factored in the cost of the meal, so we never used this option. We now finally have a network of friends that we can trust so we get to have a night out once in a while.

We are a family of 5 in Sydney and I will say that we would find it very difficult living on that wage. Our bills (car insurance, health insurance, life insurance, gas, electricity, broadband, telephone, mobiles etc) EXCLUDING food and incidentals, school uniforms etc total at least $1500 a month. What kind of visa will you be on? If on a 457 -Assuming your eldest will be at school, that will be at least $4,500 for the year - once the second is at school, that will be another $4,500. I believe that there is a waiver for this fee if you are a low income earner, but $100k would not qualify for this. Uniforms are not cheap and a decent pair of schools - Clarks can set you back over $100. Assuming you pay rent of $700 (depending on where you live) a week, that would be $3041 a month + plus the bills of $1500 (maybe more, maybe less) = $4550 which leaves you with about $800 a month for food, nappies etc. We spend at least $300 a week for the five of us - I cook all our meals from scratch and that includes all snacks and lunches for school - they eat 3 times a day - crunch and sip at 10, morning tea at 11.15 and lunch at about 1pm.

We have 3 kids 11, 8 and 7 living in Sydney and this is what we spend: (School does basic sport but if you want to your child to play properly, this is at your own expense outside of school hours.) Tennis x 3 = $750 per term Dancing (1 child) = $150 per term Soccer (1 child) = $185 per season (includes kit but not pads and shoes) Cricket (1 child) = $70 - $100 for 6 weeks -(Milo into cricket- includes shirt/bat/ball) Drama (2 kids) = $320 per term Art (2 kids) = $385 per term Swimming lessons (3 kids) = $210 per month Netball = (2 kids) = $320 per season - includes socks but not club dress. We also pay $30 extra towards an umpire for each girl's team As you can see, activities do not come cheaply in Australia but we are prepared to sacrifice a bit to give our kids the opportunities to be involved in as many things as possible. Hope this helps.

Tax will be payable to the Australian government on any gain of the property's value from when you became an Australian permanent resident to when you sell. This was my experience and we have a specialist tax agent that deals with our affairs as we have complicated financial affairs. You can get further clarification on this on the ATO's website - at the bottom of the page - read the example of Fred. https://www.ato.gov.au/General/Capital-gains-tax/In-detail/International-issues/CGT-on-foreign-residents,-temporary-residents-and-changing-residency/?page=3

What visa are you on? If you are on a temporary visa no CGT is due. If you are on a permanent visa, you are liable for tax on the gain from when you got your permanent visa to the value it is today. For eg, you moved here on a 457, your house was worth 250,000 when you left the uk and you got PR 2 years later. When you got PR, your house was worth 275,000. Today the value has gone up to 325,000 - you will need to pay tax on the gain (50,000) between 275,000 and 325,000. If you moved here on a permanent visa, you will pay tax on the gain from when you left the uk - so 325,000 - 250,000 - the taxable gain would be 75,000. Hope this helps.

Provided they pass the balance of family test and have no major health issues, the answer is yes - although for 2 parents, you are looking at at about $100,000.

Hi, Whilst I cannot be 100% sure, it is my understanding that most South African tourist visa's (as South Africa is deemed 'high risk'- I suppose as most people would come here and try to stay - as I am sure you would know why) will have the 8503 no further stay condition attached to it. This would mean that possibly the only visa option available for them would be the contributory parent visa. We want to bring my parents over from SA and from our own research (not yet contacted an agent - as we are not ready to proceed yet), that is the only option. I suggest you contact ABA - Andre Burger and Associates - Andre is South African so he may be able to provide you with more specific information.

Thanks George, I know that I have asked before, but can I just confirm that the Contributory Parent visa is still an option? I just wanted to make sure they haven't changed their minds and added this into the list of visa's that will cease. Many Thanks

Do Not contact immigration - as your 90 days starts as soon as they are notified - buy yourself some more time. I would definitely be contacting a good migration agent. ABA - Andre Burger or any of the agents that are on here - wrussell etc.

Many Thanks Alan - that is a relief! I have actually spoken to you previously on the phone (not via the forum) about the visa and when my parent is ready to get the ball rolling we will definitely be in touch again as we don't want to do the application ourselves.

Hi Allan, Hope you are well. May I ask if this includes the contrubutory parent visa? Many Thanks