Leanne Stevens

I'd be a little concerned about your situation. Firstly, on a 457 visa, a company cannot on-hire, or sub-contract, a worker to another unrelated company unless it is through a Labour Agreement. If there is no labour agreement, you may well be in breach of your visa condition. Secondly, assuming there is a labour agreement in place which permits this; the company who employs you cannot sponsor you for PR through the transition stream. Regarding your wife; there is no points test for the 186 (permanent employer sponsored) visa. It is entirely possible that she would not get a skills assessment without a degree but it does depend on her occupation. Without a skills assessment she could not do the 186 Direct Entry. She could however perhaps do a 457 and then go on to PR through the transition stream.

Hi Chris, these days DIBP does not impose nomination ceilings for sponsors, so numbers are somewhat irrelevant. A nomination would be approved or otherwise based on compelling need which is assessed at the time of nomination.

Hi Rosiedoe, it's possible that your mother in law in fact is not supposed to remain for more than 12 months in any 18 month period on a tourist visa; check to see whether condition 8558 is on her visa.

Hi Craig, I'm happy to chat with you to discuss options, and can let you know how we've successfully helped many people in similar situations. Please feel free to send me an email, leanneemergico.com. My business Emergico is based in Brisbane and we also have an office in the UK with a registered migration agent.

A Medical Treatment Visa might be possible; you would have to show that you can meet the costs of her healthcare in Australia.

Probably your best bet is for your partner to try to obtain a sponsored job and get a 457 visa for the family. Alternatively, your son could go on a Student visa; and possibly one (but not both) of you could get a Student Guardian visa; but it has no work rights.

Unfortunately there's no easy way around this. You will not have work rights until the 3 months is up, and the BVA is in effect. If the tourist visa were to be cancelled, it would also cancel your Bridging Visa A.

Hi Rob, it might pay for you to have a consultation with an agent about this. You should both independently be able to apply for 887 but you will both need to meet the criteria for primary applicants. Happy to chat if you would like to email me, leanne@emergico.com

Agents charge a range of prices, depending on a number of factors including experience; and what is included in the professional fee - eg does that also include skills assessment etc. If you would like a comparison quote please feel free to email me, leanne@emergico.com

If you look at their website it will tell you that they won't consider applications lodged post August 1. So I'd suggest you will need to re-submit when applications re-open.

If you're on the Subclass 100 visa it means you have permanent residency. So if the relationship should unfortunately break down, there should be no impact on your visa. It is only when you are on the temporary visa (Subclass 309) or a bridging visa, that you would have a problem.

Are you applying under the Direct Entry route or the Temporary Resience Transition Stream? If it's the former, the change in ABN may require a new nomination, and possibly even a new RCB. And yes, DIBP does need to be informed of any material change in the business circumstances. If you are applying TRTS, the ABN change may still require a new nomination, however there is no charge for this, and the fact that the business has changed ABN may not affect your chances. It's probably a good idea for you to ge an agent to check it out properly and advise you individually on this one.

HI - unfortunately I don't believe it will be possible for you to enter into a registered relationship if you are still married to someone else. Presuming you want to register the relationship for visa options, it might be better to consider whether you could meet the rquirement of 12 months de fcto relationship instead.

Hi Russell, there are a few different options for parent visa, I'd be happy to send you some information with a cost estimate if you'd like to send me your email address. You can email me at leanne@emergico.com.

Hi, congratulations on your visa! It sounds as if your mother in law is not going to be eligible for the parent visa, as more than half of her children are not living permanently in Australia. However, a long term tourist visa (up to 3 years, with 12 months in Australia at a time) could be possible, although she must not spend more than 12 months in any 18, here. Depending on her financial situation, she might aso qualify for an Investor Retirement Visa, which is temporary but can be renewed. Even if she passed the Balance of Family test, you would need to be "settled" here, before you could sponsor her, that normally requires residence of 2 years. Regards

Why don't you just book the first available appointment with the panel physician and advise DIBP that this was the first time you could get seen? They are likely to hold off on a decision until you have the medical result if you can show that you have something booked. If you withdraw the application you will lose the lodgement charge and will have to pay again to re-lodge.

Hi Natandkev, if you have a baby in Australia while one of you holds a Subclass 189 visa, the baby is automatically entitled to citizenship and does not need to be added on to the visa. If, however, you are outside Australia and you hold the 189 visa and the baby is born, he/she cannot be added to a permanent residency visa after it has already been granted. In this case you would need to apply for a Child Visa before re-entering Australia.

This is really a matter for the university. I would have thought that if you withdrew before the census date, you should not have to pay the 3rd semester fees. But if you withdrew after that date you are probably still liable for the fees, under the university's terms and conditions.

You are, however you have a visa which has a cancellation provision. I have seen them grant citizenship before the 2 year mark in cases such as yours, but their own policy is to hold on to the application until your PR is unconditional.

If they are following their own policy, DIBP should hold on to your citizenship application until you have met the 2 years.

DIBP will only update the status after they have either requested further information or made a decision on the visa. It's within processing times; although I have found the 189's to be fairly quick in the last few months.

Bonnie the visa application charge must be paid at the time of lodgement of the application, otherwise the application will be invalid. If you follow through the link that George gave you, it should be clear how to do this. If you're lodging a hard copy application probably the easiest thing to do is include your credit card details, which can be included on the application form.

It would not hurt to provide this information.

You need a Cerificate of Evidence of Residency Status (CERS) for this purpose. There is a cost associated with obtaining it. Only one parent needs to get it. Your visa grant notice and passport and VEVO are not sufficient for proving that your Australian-born child is entitled to citizenship.