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    @IN OZ FOR GOOD you actually mentioned that Certainly for peace of mind knowing you will have PR is crucial to physical and mental health. I have good prospects of work if I return, so two years in the country will contribute a chunk of the final stage of of a contributory visa Are you aware that new applications for a contributory visa are likely to take in excess of 10 years for grant?
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    I’m really not sure what to advise and think you really need to seek advice from an agent.Firstly do you have any more brothers or sisters as she would need to meet the balance of family test. Yes if you’ve applied for 870 you can’t apply for another parent visa. My suggestion would be to wait for 870 to finish and reapply for another for 3 years. By that time she would be old enough to apply for 864 parent visa. It would take years to get it but she would be allowed to remain onshore whilst waiting. if she applies for 143 she could apply onshore but would have to wait offshore. The 870 was mostly introduced because the wait time for 143 was getting so long and it enabled people to spend some if that time waiting on shore. The only problem is that in order to apply for another 870 she would have to leave Australia for 3 months before she could reapply - plus the processing time as well.
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    Yes as soon as you are granted 173 apply for 143. You won’t need a bridging visa as 173 allows to to stay in Australia for 2 years so if you apply straightaway after grant of 173 you will be ok. No idea how long to process 173 but it’s been taking a few months from being approached for more documents etc from reading previous posts. Really think you will have to apply for another visitor visa if yours runs out in 30 days!!
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    There’s currently a Senate enquiry going on into parent visas with a report due out in August. The govt tried to stop 804 in 2014 and the 2016 review also recommended getting rid of it. The wait list for 804 is currently 30 years and you would not be eligible for any aged benefits or care costs as you get older so there are major financial costs to be considered and factored in. UK economy is expected to actually do very well!
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    Applications before 1june 2018 have application date as queue date. You just get an acknowledgment that’s all. I think you will have to re apply for another visitor visa as it takes months to process once they start asking for more documents etc. Once you have been granted 173 you can apply for 143 and these seem to be granted fairly quickly at present. Given that planes are leaving Australia and there’s no barrier for temporary visa holder to leave now they may not grant another visitor visa - I don’t know. You probably need to ask an agent. Grant of 173 means you can stay for two years so you need to apply for 143. If you are offshore when 173 is granted you cannot use it to enter Australia yet as it is classed as a temporary visa but you can apply straightaway after it’s granted for 143.
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    It’s in the same queue as 143 and that queue is dealt with in strict date order. They have been granting visas for some May 2016 applications but met the caps a while ago so couldn’t issue any more. The new financial year started today so they will start granting visas again. You may hear something soon.
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    Yes there will be movement as some have paid 2nd Vac and been told no more for this year 20/21 but ready to go from today for 21/22. Given the low quota of 3600 I would hazard a guess that cap will be reached very quickly - within a few months then a long wait till next year- unless the current senate enquiry manages to persuade the govt to increase it. I doubt the results of the enquiry have legal standing and will just be recommendations - exactly like the Review in 2016. I do think there may be a strong possibility they may get rid of 804 given the increasing cost to the Australian taxpayer and the length of wait time. They tried to get rid of it in 2014 and it was also a recommendation in the 2016 review. New Zealand faced a big increase in parent visa applications a few years ago and they put a halt on new applications for a few years. It’s started again but slowly I believe.
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    @Rosiejaq Actually you can apply onshore!! You would have to be offshore for grant though - in normal times. During the border closure if your 143 is ready for grant and you’re onshore a special Covid concession from 24 March 2021 allowed you to remain on shore. the website actually says Apply from You can be in or outside Australia when you apply for the visa. If you apply in Australia, any family members who apply with you must also be in Australia, but not in immigration clearance, when you apply. If you apply outside Australia, any family members who apply for the visa with you must also be outside Australia when you apply.
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    Taken from The Guardian this morning ! Zali Steggall has the independents’ question today and its to the home affairs minister Karen Andrews: “Will you commit to broadening the definition of immediate family for travel exemptions to include parents and also prospective marriage visa holders? As if this definition remains unchanged and the government does not provide a clear roadmap, we do face the risk of a skills drain. I presented a petition to the House today and some of the signatories are in the House and they’re awaiting your response.” Andrews: I take on board the very serious issue that she has raised. And there are a couple of parts to it. The first part clearly deals with the definition and whether or not that should be broadened and allow me to come back to that in my answer now. The second deals with skills shortages here in Australia. And can I say that this government takes very seriously both of those issues. Now, in relation to the skills shortages issue, I do understand that the minister responsible is looking very closely at what we can do to address the significant skills shortage in a number of areas here in Australia. And I am very much prepared to work with the minister to make sure that we can do all that we can to ensure that Australia has the skilled workforce that it needs, not only now, but for the months and the years ahead. In terms of the question that you asked in relation to broadening the scope and the definition – all I’m able to say at this point in time is that there are a number of investigations that are taking place at this point in time. I would be more than happy to meet with you directly to pursue this further. Thank you very much for your question.
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    Taken from The Guardian this morning !! Zali Steggall has the independents’ question today and its to the home affairs minister Karen Andrews: “Will you commit to broadening the definition of immediate family for travel exemptions to include parents and also prospective marriage visa holders? As if this definition remains unchanged and the government does not provide a clear roadmap, we do face the risk of a skills drain. I presented a petition to the House today and some of the signatories are in the House and they’re awaiting your response.” Andrews: I take on board the very serious issue that she has raised. And there are a couple of parts to it. The first part clearly deals with the definition and whether or not that should be broadened and allow me to come back to that in my answer now. The second deals with skills shortages here in Australia. And can I say that this government takes very seriously both of those issues. Now, in relation to the skills shortages issue, I do understand that the minister responsible is looking very closely at what we can do to address the significant skills shortage in a number of areas here in Australia. And I am very much prepared to work with the minister to make sure that we can do all that we can to ensure that Australia has the skilled workforce that it needs, not only now, but for the months and the years ahead. In terms of the question that you asked in relation to broadening the scope and the definition – all I’m able to say at this point in time is that there are a number of investigations that are taking place at this point in time. I would be more than happy to meet with you directly to pursue this further. Thank you very much for your question.
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    There are only two queues for parent visas. Contributory and non contributory. Contributory is 173, 143, 884 and 864. Non contributory is 103 and 804. Both have approximately the same numbers waiting in the queue. Both are dealt with in date order.
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    Absolutely no point in going for 173. It’s in the same queue as 143 and the queue is dealt with in strict date order. So they both take the same length of time but 143 would get PR as soon as granted, 173 is only a two year temporary visa so you would have to apply to top up to 143 at additional cost - so it would cost more as well. Best to go straight for 143. However new applications for either are probably going to take in excess of 10 years! 60000 in the queue already and govt currently only allow 3600 per year.
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    No I believe it’s automatically attached to your passport details online but I’m sure someone will confirm. Once flight is booked you’re assigned a place in quarantine but if caps change etc you could get bumped off the flight. I believe this happens more often in economy..Also I’ve heard it’s best to book direct with airline rather than through travel agent and that Singapore are quite good in not cancelling flights/ bumping people. its going to be pricey though as each plane into Australia seems to be limited to 30 passengers or less because of the caps and depending on how many places are still left in Quarantine.
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    Pre covid the grant would follow usually by the next day once they’ve received the second VAC! Hopefully if they’re as fired up as they say they are, you will get it very soon. Good luck with your new life!
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    Look online for full medical reports on side effects for both - I did! Pfizer also has side effects. The latest ones involve creating heart problems. Im not going to argue with you any more except to say people make their choice and they face the the consequences. But it doesn’t give them the right to hold those who choose to be vaccinated to ransom by ensuring the borders remain closed by not vaccinating.
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    @ParleySo look at the situation in UK now where around the majority of adults are vaccinated with at least one dose and an awful lot with 2 jabs The Delta variant is rapidly increasing - over 5000 cases a day - but very few are seriously ill and even fewer are in hospital, even less are dying! Those that are in hospital have either not been vaccinated or only had one jab but only recently. Only 3 people hospitalised have had both jabs but they had serious underlying conditions So those who have caught it either have no symptoms or only suffer minor side effects. The vaccine is really protecting people - obviously the best result comes from two jabs but one really does help, it just needs three weeks after having it to start offering some immunity. So as others have said yes it’s your choice but you face the possible consequences if you catch it. The virus will continue to mutate whilst it can still find people to infect. Quote “Vice-president of the Australian Medical Association (AMA), Chris Moy, warned Australians are "sitting ducks" until more of the population get immunised.”
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    Yes over 50s are apparently the ones who don’t want to be vaccinated whereas younger ones are trying to get theirs - often visiting vaccine hubs to see if any are left at the end of the day. I remember reading about a nurse at an over 50s clinic saying she had vaccinated just one person the entire day!
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    That article actually said Under the vaccine strategy all Australians will be offered the opportunity to be vaccinated by October 2021. Involved in the roll out will be the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Australian Medical Association and logistics companies including DHL and Linfox, with GPs and community pharmacies administering the jab.
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    https://www.sbs.com.au/news/scott-morrison-s-plan-to-vaccinate-all-australians-by-the-end-of-2021
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    Hmm - believe there’s an election next year?? Probably not an easy decision as it will be split between those who want to keep borders closed and stay in their bubble or those who have been, very sadly, negatively impacted by the decision to make it very difficult to leave the country. The option to keep the borders closed is definitely a very bad decision for an island which imports a lot, and relies on students, tourists, working holiday visas and airlines to keep its economy running. I’m sure there’s more reasons that big business will come up with! The idea of potentially allowing vaccinated Australians to leave and go to other countries and return, without allowing reciprocal travel, could also cause a very nasty backlash from those other countries.
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    True! Could possibly save up the money for 2 parent visas in that time too.
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    I’m not sure what’s happened there. I might be wrong but I’m sure I remember my daughter sending me something last year where Scott Morrison was announcing/celebrating the fact that Australians would be the first in the queue for vaccines?? Or have I imagined that - was it fake news??
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    In my area 4 GP surgeries banded together from the beginning of the vaccine rollout and took over a community building and are open 7 days a week! . We were the envy of neighbouring areas as we went through the vaccinations so much quicker because of the dedication of those surgeries and all the volunteers who were taught to give vaccinations and manned the centres to help with queues etc . They are now offering second vaccination within 8 weeks of first and vaccinating the much younger people. I was fully vaccinated before many people I know who are much older than me but lived in different areas.
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    No but if they apply onshore they get a bridging visa to stay onshore whilst waiting
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