toOZ2012

On 23/07/2018 at 19:33, Tulip1 said:

Do bare in mind if you apply now your son is likely to be at crucial part in his education. Queue times for new applicants will be about 5/6 years 

The waiting time is getting ridiculous. I feel like they'll introduce a visa similar to "Parent Retirement Visa" in NZ with high entry requirements.

Asking for someone:

With the 405 closed. What options exist for someone over 65 with no family ties in Australia. I am aware of the PIV/SIV options but they can't afford those visas.

Out of the $100k, you'll get about $14k(with interest) back after 10 years. During the 10 year period, they will have access to Medicare and "urgent" assistance from Centrelink.

Best thing to do is for them to start renting even if it is get a feel for the area. Will they be working?

As others have said, look into the First home owner grant in your state. Find a good mortgage broker to help with the tricky mortgage situations, there are ways around it but may involve good incomes, significant asset base, low lvr and/or you jumping on the application. Good luck.

Centrelink is seriously inefficient in processing AoS applications, It took 4 months plus two trips to the local office and 2 calls to the central office to escalate the issue and finally get the phone interview done.

If you have an active AoS application and it's been more than 12 weeks, start chasing it up.

Just curious: Between April 20th and when the bill was dropped sometime in October. Did DIBP ever stop accepting new citizenship applications?

Does anyone know what has happened to the new temporary parent visas that were supposed to be introduced in November 2017?

I am not sure If I am looking at the right link but this says the bill is "Not proceeding"

12 hours ago, ricres said:

Hi,

We recently got our PR. My parents have visited us a few times before on visitors visa which are multiple entry for 1 year with max of 3 months per visit. 

How can we apply for a visitors visa for my parents so they can stay for longer than 3 months? 

Thank you.

Have to apply for a 1 year stay tourist visa. In most cases, they can only stay for 12 months in any given 18 month window.

Anyone happen to know realistic waiting times for Centrelink to process an AoS application? I was told 8 weeks! Does it change from state to state? I am in WA.

On 4/1/2017 at 15:19, SPRINTER said:

We now have our 405 visa, must admit it was a bit of a paperwork chase, not helped by living in Switzerland. Alan Collett did most of the work for us, no problems there. Hoping to move over in June, we are lucky we have already found a house that suits us. The State investment is paying around 1.8% interest, not a fortune but better than most UK interest rates. Dealing with the authorities here has been friendly so far, and questions have been answered in plain English. If you need any info PM me and I will try to help, but remember we are new so certainly don't have the answers to everything.

If you don't mind me asking, which state did you end up in? Metro or Regional? Congratulations on your move here.

For those of you looking for good health insurance on a 405 visa, HCF is a good choice - for about $200/month the policy is the same as the people on 457 (work visas) get

On 5/5/2017 at 11:28 PM, Quoll said:

There are "get out" visas for those who are ill or unable to travel then of course they would be a burden on the tax payer because the get out  visa doesn't have the assurance of support clause. In theory it's good but I'm betting that once the time is up there will be petitions and ministerial appeals and media vilification of ministers etc as heart strings of split families are tugged. Only time will tell. 

Wouldn't medical evacuation cover for these scenarios?

This seems like a fair visa. A bit expensive but not really in the grand scheme of things and non-monetary benefits they bring to their (grand)kids here.

Of course there is a pathway to a permanent residency. It's called a contributory parent visa. I bet this visa also comes with a "No further stay condition" so that people don't come over on this visa and apply for the 30 year parent visa to get bridging.

Immigration very well knows that they can't enforce mandatory health insurance so kids being a guarantor, albeit harsh, is a good way to enforce that there is sufficient cover and no one gets caught with massive medical bills.

The no work rights is a good decision not because they shouldn't be allowed to work but simply because Australia is very ageist. It's bloody hard to land decent jobs for someone in their 60s or 70s and starting fresh here. Having work rights, will create the illusion of "I can simply get a job to support myself and not be a burden to my kids" but the truth is there are not that many jobs for old(er) people to go around especially when the visa quota is 15,000 a year.

Come November and this visa becomes official, I've a bad feeling that the 2nd VAC on CPVs will increase significantly given the PC's report/suggestion to double it to start and then keep increasing.

Overall, a welcome pathway especially for parents who don't meet the balance of family test and/or can't afford huge CPV costs just yet.

1 hour ago, Ian Ireland said:

Seems strange when they are quoting 30 months. Are your figures official ones?
There surely can't be a huge surge if parents wanting to pay the high cost of the 143 visa.


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6 hours ago, toOZ2012 said:

If you lodged in June, 2015 then the likely time before your application gets picked up is about 36 to 40 months from now.

My post says it's 36 to 40 months from now. How did I come up with that number? They are currently processing applications from end of September, 2014. June,2015 is another 9 months but it's never so linear, so I gave you a range based on my experience following the processing times for the last 4 years. It's a guideline only.

 The processing time mentioned in the status email is for an application to be picked up by the CO or rather all applications to that date have been allocated to one. Once it is assigned, the final steps begin(Medicals and PCCs (if not already done), AoS, 2nd VAC and visa grant)

If you lodged in June, 2015 then the likely time before your application gets picked up is about 36 to 40 months from now. Have to hang on tight or just get a long term visitor visa and start "visiting" here.

I could be wrong but you can go from non-contributory to contributory parent visas but not the other way around.

If you apply for the onshore non-contributory visa then you MAY get a bridging visa to stay here while the application is being processed but the current times are ridiculous so that means staying on a bridging visa and it's restrictions for a long time to come.

Also there is talk/speculation about significantly increasing fees for contributory visas so if you have a change of heart 2 years from now then you may be up for much higher fees.

You get the citizenship certificate at the ceremony (Unless the person that signs your certificates before the ceremony is unavailable for some reason - was reported by a forum member in one of the threads).

You then use the certificate to apply for a passport. Waiting a week before heading to the post office should be plenty, in my experience anyway.

See this thread for timelines reported by forum members

http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=235621

I applied in July last year, ceremony was in January so about 6 months all up. Perth DIBP office seems to have gotten very busy these years.

If he qualifies then a skilled visa is the best way to do it.

http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/Skil

If a person stays here for a month or two on an ETA and then decides to apply for a 1 year visitor visa. How does the condition - "Can stay for 12 months in the last 18 months" work? Will it include the time spent on an ETA or just the 600 visa?

Hi all,

Quick question for anyone who knows....

I'm the (only) child of a parent who is waiting for their PCV to come through (lodged in 2015). The AOS states there you have to demonstrate income, which is fine as i'm currently employed full time. The jobs market in Aus is very fragile. What happens if i'm made redundant and can't produce recent payslips when the time comes?? The other scenario is that I find myself in a job that becomes a contracted role - not permanent.

 

Has anyone found themselves in this situation with your AOS? What did you do? (I'm just playing devils advocate at the moment.. but with all the delays you just never know what the future holds....)

 

Thanks in advance for any info.

If you are not single, then your partner could do it. A third party can do it (if you can convince someone). A company/ABN can do it but AoS costs a lot more if you take the company/ABN route.

I just assumed the person that emailed from diac country was my case officer but maybe not. I'll hopefully have some news over the coming weeks. The lady over the phone was so unfriendly, I thought it was pretty reasonable to ask how my application was going a month after passing the test, she seemed to think otherwise! Have you got a date for your ceremony yet Tooz?

it's next week. Hoooooooray.

Hang in there - the holiday season is over, things will be back to normal speed.

Can you email your case officer for an update or is that not allowed/a waste of time?

Hi @leanie I don't know how you got the e-mail address of your citizenship application CO? The lady that handled my application at DIAC office in Perth said someone will process my application for the final approval. I called the general hotline after 2 weeks and was told on the phone that it was recently approved, the letter came a bit later.

The holiday season makes everything sloooow. May have to give it a week or two before things get back to normal.

The TR to PR processing date hasn't moved in weeks but the other dates are moving a tad faster than usual. They may have assigned more resources to first time applications. Which is good as people on TR visas are already in the country.

I called it. Response from the latest e-mail.

OFFSHORE APPLICANTS (subclass 143/173)

When your application is allocated to an assessing officer, you or your authorised contact may be asked to provide more documents, including but not limited to, Assurance of Support (subclass 143 only), police certificates and health clearances to finalise your application.

We are currently assessing applications lodged up to and including 30 July 2014.

ONSHORE APPLICANTS (subclass 864 and 884)

When your application is allocated to a case officer, you or your authorised contact will be asked to provide more documents, including but not limited to Assurance of Support (subclass 864 only), police certificates and health clearances to finalise your application.

We are currently assessing applications lodged up to 27 May 2016.

TEMPORARY TO PERMANENT APPLICANTS (subclass 173 to 143 and 884 to 864)

We are currently experiencing delays in processing onshore applications, this is due to unprecedented applications lodged in May/June/July 2014. We will recommence processing s/c884 and s/c864 as soon as possible. An update will be posted 1 February 2017

We are currently assessing applications lodged up to 4 February 2016.

That's incorrect. As long as they held a valid visa during the 4 years prior to application and didn't spend more than 1 year outside Australia, including no more than 3 months in the final year, then they would meet the residency requirement.

Interesting. Visit visas aren't "resident" (temporary or otherwise) visas though. Didn't know they counted towards residency requirements.

PVC not responding to status e-mails? It's been several days. Anyone getting through?

Hi all

Sorry for bothering but i just have a question: My parents have been travelling back and forth to Australia on visitor visa in the past 10 years. they just got granted PR on 5th December 2016. For citizenship requirements, will they have to wait for another 4 years or the period before would have been accumulated as well?

If all the previous travels were on visitor visas then they won't count towards the residence requirements and have to wait 4 more years.