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Thanks so much everyone!!! Much appreciated.

We have a few friends starting the immigration process and all looking for a good immigration agent to handle their applications. We could not help as we did most of the work relating to our application our selves and the agent that handled the final stages of our application has now retired and does not take on any work. Any good agents you can recommend? (please if you could post their contact details). Thanks in advance.

Which is the more popular street GPS brand on Oz? Garmin? Tom Tom? or any other? Any particular model? What is the cost?

Hi Shaz Thank you. You are quite correct. My brother in Melbourne has contacted a lawyer and hopefully they will be able to get something positive out of it all. Being here it is very stressful for me. One of my main reasons for wanting to move over to Oz was to be close to my folks. Really pray that things work out.

As we all know the AU$ keeps getting stronger and stronger. This is not good for those of us planning our move to Oz and looking to externalise what ever savings we may have. On the other side of the coin, for those of us who have managed to get our funds over to Oz, how long will the $ continue to be this strong? Most businesses in Oz are affected by the strong $. Will those in office after the elections look into doing something about this or will they do it before the elections, to halt the job losses? My question is, will the $ continue to be this strong in the longer run (can the economy sustain the ill effects of a strong $) ? Should we look at look at hedging against a possible drop in value, thus protecting what ever AU$ savings we may have? Your thoughts please.

To all the others who gave advice thank you so much.

wrussell, thank you so much for your offer. I just spoke to my brother and he has already contacted an agent in Melbourne. I have given your details to him if he is requires any assistant. Really appreciate it!

Thank you so much Fisher1. I really appreciate your help.

Hi everyone I have been a member of Poms in Adelaide but this is my first time to post in this forum. I have a problem with my parents visa and would like your advice please. My brother is an Australian citizen and I (along with my husband) are in the process of relocating to Australia (planning to be there in the next six months or so). We currently live in South Africa. We have a 176 PR visa. My brother and I are the only children my parents have. My parents have been living with my brother in Australia since 2009. They applied for non contributory aged parent visa in 2009 and currently on a bridging visa. In 2011 my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and she was treated through their private medical insurance. Mum stopped treatment close to a year ago. Three months back DIAC (as part of the application process) requested my parents to submit medicals and police reports. Having done this, this morning we received information from the DIAC advising us that as per Medibank they feel that mum did not meet the health requirements and a further report from a specialist should be provided should we wish to proceed with the application. We are in the process of making appointments with specialists. We also were told in the same letter from DIAC that comments from the applicant is welcome. In the Medibank report it states that mum has advanced breast cancer, "the condition was advanced at initial diagnosis and is currently quiescent, but there is a high risk of relapse", "this condition is likely to be progressive". It further says ".....a hypothetical person with this disease or condition, at the same severity as the applicant, would be likely to require health care or community services". Could you please give me your thoughts on this? Will the fact that their only two children are in Australia make a difference? I am quite sad as I have been looking forward to my move to Oz so that I could spend sometime with my folks in their old age. Pray this is not the end of the road in their application. Thanks in advance for all your replies.