sunshinesyd

I totally agree that early intervention should not be delayed, and we currently have great early intervention services in place in relation to speech therapy, daycare and OT with him but nobody, including his paediatrician, have given us an "official" diagnosis which was what I was worried about getting. He may not have autism - just a speech delay, and we are doing everything we can to help him progress, but I wanted to find out whether getting an official diagnosis would be detrimental to us staying in Australia, as if so we could delay getting any kind of official diagnosis if that was the case. I would never delay getting help and intervention for him.

Ok great, thanks. I had thought that was the case - but you never know and would hate for our Citizenship or Resident Return visas to ever be refused based on something like this, so wanted to be sure of where we stood. Thanks.

My husband and I are already living in Australia with our 2 year old son who was born in the UK. We have been here just over a year on 175 skilled permanent resident visas and my son is on a child visa 101. After recent news headlines about parents being deported because their children have been diagnosed with autism, It has got us slightly worried and I am keen to hear from any legal experts or other families who have been in a similar situation as to if a child gets diagnosed with autism on a visa (it is a permanent resident visa) would there be any issues when it comes round to applying for citizenship for them and us in a few years time? Would it be better to wait to get a diagnosis if there were signs until after citizenship. Any advice would be great. Thanks.