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No just father. He is a green card holder and lives in US

What if a New Zealand citizen like me? If after 3 years of continuous stay and no leave can one apply after 3 years since that would be 36 months?

Thank you Marisa for your answer. How about parents? Can someone like me sponsor one's parents? If yes how long does it normally take for them to get a PR?

Thinking this might be the appropriate thread to put my enquiry in. i am a New Zealand Citizen and arrived here as a permanent resident in Australia for Citizenship purposes. During this period am I eligible to sponsor my partner who is in the US to come here and live with me? We have been together for about 20 years but haven't gotten married. Or do I have to wait till I become a citizen before I can go that route?

Oh ok thanks Paul. What proofs do they require from the partner? We have been living in different countries for a while.

Was wondering.....just moved here as a NZ citizen. Can I sponsor my partner that's overseas or do I have to wait to become a citizen? How does it work?

Thanks Nemesis I will do exactly that. So you mean find a doctor that bulk bills explain the situation but visit the doctor only when needed.

Rammygirl thanks for your replies and sorry about the delay in replying. It seems that even to link the medicare to the mygov, one needs a medicare number. Without that it doesn't seem possible. How can I possibly connect the two when I don't even have my medicare number? All I did was to send the application form and the required documents via email to them and I received an automated notification immediately that the email was received. There has not been any communication from their part yet.

The following is the only response that I had got. So where do I find my medicare number? This is an automated response from Services Australia. mes@servicesaustralia.gov.au<mailto:mes@servicesaustralia.gov.au> is ONLY for lodging documentation for the following: • Medicare Entitlement Statements • Medicare Enrolments • Change of Medicare details requests, and • Authority to Act on Behalf of Another Person Any enquiries on the progress of an application will NOT be actioned. Make sure your documents are; clear and show all information. in PDF, JPG, PNG, GIF or BMP format. less than 5MB each. less than 10MB in total. are NOT password protected or in a WinZip or RAR file. we are unable to view or open links to documents stored within online data storage facilities like Dropbox or Google Docs. Medicare is currently experiencing a large number of applications and there may be extended delays in processing times. We appreciate your patience and your application will be processed as soon as possible. For more information, please go to https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/medicare To speak to us in languages other than English, call 131 450 (call charges may apply). ********************************************************************** IMPORTANT: This e-mail is for the use of the intended recipient only and may contain information that is confidential, commercially valuable and/or subject to legal or parliamentary privilege. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that any review, re-transmission, disclosure, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information is prohibited and may result in severe penalties. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the sender immediately and delete all electronic and hard copies of this transmission together with any attachments. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

Rammygirl this might work. But where do I get the number from? I wasn't given a number yet

But Rammygirl I wasn't given it yet. I submitted the required documents through email and got an automatic confirmation. However it says that the card could take at least four weeks to arrive and that they will not entertain any communication regarding the status. What should I do?

Applied for a Medicare card and been waiting for it. Wondering if I want to see a doctor before the card arrives, how does it work? Or can it be billed to them only after it has arrived? Can I see the doctor now and bill them later? How does it work?

I saw online that a few stores do offer visa and mastercard credit cards. Example coles, woolworths and many others. Coles has a 0 percent interest rate promotion going. However I will apply after I have been in my job and same address for at least 3 months.

Nemesis what I mean is for example in New Zealand I had no credit score in the beginning. And larger companies would reject my application for a credit card because I had no credit. So I started with a warehouse store (similar to Big W here) Visa credit card of 500 dollars. I made transactions and paid on time. Then bigger companies started offering me a credit card but I chose only what I wanted. I did not want to borrow money but rather wanted to build credit. This day out of a possible 1000 I have a score of 900 which is regarded as excellent. Thats what I wanted to have so if I ever need to borrow money for a house etc, I would have a good credit amongst other things. It may not be the only thing but I think it is one important creteria that they consider when granting a loan.

Don't they have free dental cleaning and scaling in dental schools here?

Nemesis thanks for your answer and link. Are there any exceptions with regards to qualifications or skills under which one could speed up the process?

I am 58 and a NZ citizen. I just moved to OZ. So by the time I am eligible to apply for an OZ citizenship I will be 62. I was reading a post here which said something about rhe residency requirements in the country for people over 60. I didn't really understand this part. Does someone over 60 have to undergo a different process or something?

I just moved from New Zealand. I have an excellent credit rating from there like a 900 or something. Anyway I could transfer that here or use that to get credit here, or do I start again from scratch by getting a supermarket card? Any advice will be appreciated.

Hi moderator, This might be the most appropriate category to post this topic but if not please transfer it the appropriate one. I had an Australian driving license about 10 years ago. Then moved to New Zealand. I am a NZ citizen now and have a license that is expiring next month. Before that I plan to move to OZ. The question I have is this. Would it be better for me to, after arriving in OZ, to try to renew the OZ license after 10 years or should I renew the NZ license first and transfer it after going to OZ. Which one would be more convenient and less expensive? Any help will be appreciated.

Hi Newjez Thank you for the links I went through them and sadly it seems that I do not qulify for skilled migration as I am already 54 years of age. Since I am a New Zealand Citizen the most logical thing to do would be to start working in Australia and after 5 years apply for a PR there But it is still not clear what field qualifies for this kind of PR I have been working in the hospitality management field and at the same time I want to complete my doctorate from Australia Not sure if part time work will also qualify as a trade that will be considered as contributing to Australia In the link it says that one should have been contributing to Australia through one's trade and also that this trade should be exceptional Any help on this will be highly appreciated Thanks so much folks

Paulhand I don't see a link Are you referring to your website

Thanks NewJez I know I will have to apply for PR But what I want to know is if it is a straight forward process after one lives and works in OZ or do I need to hire a lawyer for the right advice

Hi all It's been a while that I was here before just wanting advice on how to migrate to Australia. If this topic is already under some other headline administrator please move this thread there. I have been a New Zealand Citizen for the past few years. I have a business of my own and a job I work in. I have a property and business under my name here. I was wondering what the procedure for NZ Citizens was to get a PR in Australia. I am already 54 years old. Is it too late now? I was wanting to move there to complete my doctorate that I had started years ago and left half way. Is the procedure the same for NZ citizens as of any other country or is the process any easier? Would appreciate any advice on this please . Thanks so much guys

Thanks man. I appreciate it. And good for you. Do it all yourself.

Thanks Nikki, I had also looked all around it when it was present on the first page itself. So I think results to date are the number of applicants so far. But not sure what ceiling value means.