SSSF

Hi VERSTORMY, I am currently staying in Hong Kong. I will move to Australia in this year. I have 2 brothers, who are living in Hong Kong. I tried the balance of family test, and it seems that I have failed because i am the 1 out of 3 children of my father who lives in Australia. However, my situation is that, I am truly the only one who can take care of my father, hence I wonder is there any other means that I can achieve that (for example, having a legal declaration on this situation etc.). And there are a number of parent visa as i can see from the site https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Brin/Pare, i wonder which one is more suitable to my situation, if I am eligible for the application. Would appreciate your advice, thanks!

Hi All, My situation is that I am on a subclass 189 visa (granted). My question is that, can I apply a parent visa for my aged father, and if so, how do i kick start the process? Please shed some lights to me, many thanks to your advice in advance. Regards, SSSF

Hi All, I have a question to seek your advice. My family and I were granted the subclass 189 visa in February 2013, and it will be expiring in Feb 2018. We have validated the visa in October 2013 as part of our vacation trip to Australia, and since then we visited Australia every year, and we have finally purchased a house in March 2015. However, other than these events, we have not relocated to Australia for good. We are still living in elsewhere outside Australia because of some family matters. Would like to consult you that - with the situation as described above, please advise if our visas can be extended for another couple of years (for example 2? or 5? or cannot anyway). Thanks.

We are thinking to send our kids to the caption school. Can anyone share your experiences about it? e.g. the environment, the transportation, the program, the atmosphere etc... thanks much! We are Catholics, when compared to the public school, do you think sending kids to a Catholic school is better, re the all-rounded development of the kids? Thanks! SSSF

Hi Everybody, Appreciate if you can shed some lights to me, thanks! Here is the timeline: 1. Our 189 visa was granted in April 2013 (the visa was granted with my current passport) 2. As per the DIAC grant letter, our first entry to Australia should be before February 2014 3. We had scheduled a trip to Australia in October 2013 (to validate the visa, do some researches and have a holiday) 4. We plan to migrate to Australia in September 2014 5. My current passport (which I used for the PR application) will be expiring in January 2015 6. FYI, I am not the main applicant of the 189 visa. I am the spouse of the main applicant. My questions are: (1) Should I renew my passport now (though it's expiring in January 2015) before my validation trip (October 2013)? With such, should I and how I can inform the DIAC about the change of passport number (there will be a change of passport number if I renew here in my home country). (2) If I am not renewing my passport now, but do it sometime in 2014 (before I migrate), then is there a problem with different passport numbers? Much appreciate your advice!!! SSSF