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Well, she has all of the benefits and has met no hurdles so far with Medicare. I have studied her options and so far I don’t believe any agent would come up with other solutions. I did take advice from two agents a while ago and the answers they provided were incorrect. Her level of qualification doesn’t hit the skills list and the TSS has certain adverse conditions, notwithstanding the commitment to her working on the mines for several years! She has had two relationships that could have secured a Partner visa but not to be. I give her 100% credit for backing away and not using the system. Hopefully Mr Right will come along where she can change to a Partner stream. I think this is the most likely route otherwise she will be 72 by the time the LRR is granted!!! To be honest, the Government shouldn’t offer such a stream but for her, it is keeping her in Aus for the time being so all good so far.
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She started with WH visa for two years then onto Student visa for 2 years which led to LRR application. Granted Bridging Visa on same terms as her Student Visa which gives her the right to work full time as she is no longer under a course of study. She has been offered a TSS but looking between the lines I think she is better off where she is. Our family are in Aus as Citizens or PR except for her at the mo.
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My daughter has been in Aus since 2014 and gone through various visas. A hard working girl that that has paid her taxes, stamp duties etc. She wants to move forward but can’t. I withdraw my comment as I don’t want to politicise my post question. We are lucky to be in a great country but don’t want to split the family. Options are few.
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I guess you are correct. I think that once she is on the queue she will have to notify any change of personal / health circumstance. I also suspect that at the time of finalisation she will have to go through more rigour. Mind you, by then she will be in her seventies and I will be pushing up daisies . If she does meet someone along the way then she will simply change sub class. She has already been in Aus for 6 years and paid her taxes etc, it is just a shame the Aus family values are not as sincere as they make out.
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She works on the mines and has only just been told that they would offer her a Temp visa. I just don’t want her to go down the road of waiting 4 years before qualifying for PR. She’s a young girl and am sure her circs will change in the duration of the LRR. At least she will keep some flexibility should things go wrong. Her only downside is that she is unable to get a mortgage.
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Yes, we acknowledge the long wait period but it’s the only way forward at present. IMMI are processing visas queued in 2011 so a 9 year wait at present. She has just been given the option of a Temp Work visa leading to PR in 5 years but comes with its own risk of job stability.
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My daughter submitted her application 18 months ago and has been issued with a Bridging Visa. In the past couple of weeks, she has been contacted by IMMI to provide further information relating to police checks, family sponsor and character assessment etc. She has now been asked to attend for a medical. Is this information simply for her to be put on the queue or is she nearing finalisation? It seems a bit early to me but not sure if Covid has influenced the speed of visa issue?
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Change of visa stream whilst on Bridging Visa
Kpnuts replied to Kpnuts's topic in Family / Partner Visas
They didn’t qualify at that time and the only way forward for her to remain in Aus was to apply for the LRRV. -
My daughter came to Aus 5 years ago and has been on Working Holiday Visas and more latterly a Student Visa. My wife an I are now Permanent Residents having arrived in Aus in a 143 two years ago. Due to my daughters Student Visa coming to a close, we have put her on to a Last Remaining Relative stream. A Bridging Visa was granted and obviously she follows the same rules as her Student Visa albeit she is in full time work as she is not following any course of study. Almost 2 years ago she met a guy who is an Aus Citizen. They have bought a house together and the property is in joint title. Due to the relationship she would like to change her visa to a Partner Visa to enable a more realistic time before she is granted PR notwithstanding their wish to get married. She has picked up some info that if she now changes her visa application from a Last Remaining Relative to a Partner Visa, she will lose her work rights? I would have thought her work rights would remain the same as her last substantive visa? Any views please?
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Thanks Alan, I was unaware of this. I have had a look at UPP online and have downloaded the form. It is all gobbledygook to me but I assume the ATO makes an allowance for the part of the pension I paid in the first place? If that is so, I am wondering whether the same would apply to my police pension where I paid in 13% of my salary to fund it?
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I am just about to receive my UK State Pension. I can either have this paid into my existing UK bank for transfer at my will at the best available rate or I could have the pension paid directly into my Aussie account through City Bank WorldLink service. I have been trying to establish what exchange rates WorldLink use and how much they differ from the actual bank rate on the day. At the moment, I use Currency Fair to exchange my income as their rates tend to be .01 cent below the actual exchange rate. Is there anyone on this site that is using the WorldLink service who has compared the WorldLink rate to another FX such as Currency Fair or TransferWise? Is it worth transferring through WorldLink or to stick with my original plan? I am told that WorldLink do charge a standing monthly fee of £2.74.
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Dutton also needs to sort out the employment issues. I came here on a 143 last year. I am 64 years of age and want to work but unfortunately ageism is against me. I want to pay my taxes and fully contribute to the economy but I am prevented from doing so.
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It can take about 3 months. I waited 6 weeks and got my sponsor to ring them to get an update. We thankfully got a helpful lady who sorted it out within a few days. It’s worth giving them a polite nudge.
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Container took six weeks from London to Fremantle. Customs clearance was signed off whilst at sea and is now dockside awaiting quarantine. All being well, furniture to be delivered this Friday - 7 weeks total.
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P85 is very straightforward. How HMRC respond though is a different matter. We left the UK on 9th Jan 2017 but I submitted The P85’s two months prior to leaving. My wife got a very speedy response but to date I have heard nothing. I have just written to them to secure acknowledgement and whether I am entitled to any tax refund. Watch this space.... Now that we have our PR I have obtained Au Tax File numbers. I now believe we need to fill in a form and send to the Au tax office which somehow communicates with HMRC? I guess that once this is done I will no longer get taxed in the UK? I now need to talk to an expert as to the best way forward.
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Just write your reference number on the back of your bank draft. Processing after that is just a matter of days after the Visa centre receives it.
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That’s crazy. Look at Currency Fair. Their rate is usually about 1cent below the market rate and only charge AU$4 when you transfer to your Aussie bank. They are affiliated to ANZ so it is best to open an account with them. We are also getting an introduction rate of 2.5% on our savings for 3 months so our house money is earning loads of interest.
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I don’t think an agent will speed up the process. Just anticipate a 36 month wait at least...
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I set up an account with Currency Fair. I opened an account with ANZ who are their preferred bank which saves charges. Even though I was in the UK I still managed to open two accounts the only restriction was that you could only ‘deposit’ until you were in Australia and could do ID checks. I simply send an amount of money into Currency Fair and either change the currency at the going rate or place the funds at a higher rate in anticipation. Once the exchange has taken place you then simply pay it into your ANZ account. Normally the exchange rate is 1 cent below the bank rate and they charge AU$4 for the transfer - so a good deal and very cheap. I was fortunate a couple of years ago to transfer all of the money I would require for AOS and 2nd VAC. I opened a NAB account and was getting 2.5% interest which was a great deal more than the UK. Of course this all depends on what exchange rate you got at the time. On average most of my funds were transferred at about 1.9 to the £ so all in all a little better than today. However, I am now in the process of looking for a house. Not sure whether to buy or rent. At the current rate I could loose well over AU$100,000 just in exchange - ouch!
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Everything IMMI do is by email so that’s the efficient bit. The frustration is simply the wait and lack of formal acknowledgement of documents.
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We have visited Us on 4 occasions. If you add up the cumulative period and it exceeds 12 months, as ours did, then you have to submit Australian Federal Police checks.
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It does become a black hole. My daughter was the nominated sponsor and receiving agent on our be half. After the first stage nothing went to her at all; it all came to me with her on the address header. Some emails were sent, some were responded to and others ignored.
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Well that’s it! One day in Bali and the143 has been granted. I cannot say this has been the best experience with many soul searching and frustrating moments. My only advice to those just starting out - if the current process remains the same, don’t anticipate your grant date. If I were to do this again, I wouldn’t have sold up in the UK. I wouldn’t have travelled to AU on a 600 visa in anticipation. Don’t preempt the Medicals or police checks, just wait until you are instructed by Immigration. After a wait of over two years I thought that by travelling to AU was a clever thing to do. In the end, I had to fork out for more UK police checks and also obtain AU police checks as we had built up a cumulative period of over 12 months. Even with a 12 month 600 visa I thought it was going to be a walk in the park, instead, we were only a couple of months away from having to leave AU for 6 months. I reckon I have wasted a total of £10k instead of sitting tight at home. Anyway, I will keep this site in view and hopefully assist others in a very long queue. Good luck.
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Ah yes, I used the Royal ‘we’. My daughter (sponsor) had to pay the bond from her account but I gave her the money to do it. When I said ‘we’, that referred to myself and daughter going to the bank. I wish we could have done the bond ourselves. Hopefully she will give us the interest that is accrued and paid into her account each 6 months.......
