SusieRoo
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Transferwise charge 0.45% plus £1 for each transaction, so for £1,000 it would cost £5.50 (£4.50 in fees plus £1) and for £10,000 it would cost £46 (£45 in fees plus £1). But you get the full 'Mid Market' rate (fixed for 24 hours) and it's all very transparent easy to see exactly what everything is. Basically if you google the exchange rate, then that's what you get with Transferwise. And because the rate is better than a no fee service, it sill works out favorably overall. I think you do have to register online to get a quote, but this is free with no strings attached. I personally dislike and distrust banks and believe they deliberately make their products confusing to maximise profits. So Transferwise is like a breath of fresh air, nothing hidden and very simple to use (and no sales calls or getting bombarded with emails). I did once have to contact my uk bank before they released a payment, just to confirm it was genuine (which was reassuring).
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Just noticed the exchange rate is looking better again and got $1.7704 to the pound with Transferwise today.
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This sounds very probable. I would love to know why IMMI didn't reach the cpv cap last year (meaning we lost all those parent visa places). So I'm wondering if this new 'Prepare' method has something to do with preventing it happening again this year. I think we are very lucky when applying from the UK or South Africa as our bureaucratic and legal systems are similar to Australia's, which make it much easier for IMMI to verify genuine documents etc. But because we only make up about 8% of parent visa applications (the vast majority from China and India) I imagine there are many additional complications when immi is dealing with case like @Zaki (above). Where it appears there are difficulties in proving the dependence of a child (I hope you get this sorted soon and it maybe worth you engaging @Alan Collett). So It would make more sense if immi started working on these cases much earlier. 28 days is not long enough to fill in form 80 in my thinking (I have been slowly completing mine for the last year). Also a pre-meical-medical option would help, please (just in case immi is reading this) and I think this is something that is already in place for the non-cpv's.
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Way to go girl!
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Very sorry the hear this, but it sounds like you have now got the medicals sorted. Must have been a worry on many levels. Also good news about your house sale and I'm sure you won't get too much older before your visa is granted.
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Six months per annum is not great. I did some calculations back in July posted a little chart on page 550 of this thread (see below). This was based on an average of 1 months worth of processing every 1.75 months which was slightly more optimistic. I think it's still about right now as a guide, but we do seem to be getting more inconstancy now with some very good months and others with no movement at all.
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This sounds like a mistake. It's only if you have spent considerable time in another country in the last 10 years. I would send immi all of the details of any holidays and trips you have made to Italy, then question why they are asking for police checks. One other thing to consider is if your wife still holds an Italian passport / nationality, then this would perhaps be a legitimate reason for this request. Ether way, you really need to contact immi, and I think other applicants have had more success contacting PVC by phone rather that waiting for emails. Good luck and any chance you could post a photo of Dan Murphs in the sunshine to keep me going here on a wet Monday
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I think this must be the best rate we have seen since the Brexit referendum. We tried TransferWise today for the first time and got a rate of 1.74643 with fees of 0.45% + £1 (so £4.50 per thousand +£1). I understand this very competitive but I would be interested to know how it compares to other transfer methods.
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Has anyone got any news about the new parent visa? I know there was a bill going though Parliament about tightening-up the AOS criteria. But it must be due to start very soon now.
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Very simple you apply for a 173 or 143 visa and pay up and wait 3 years. As apposed applying for a non-contributory visa and waiting up to 30 years (if you are lucky enough to live that long).
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I hope that’s Sydney Harbour? (maybe that nice little beach at Mosman) And sorry if my post is a bit negative, but I sometimes get a little concerned that we can collectively loose a little perspective. I would love to think that an Australia visa is some sort of prize in a game show (like a Brucie Bonus). But the reality is unfortunately more about hard economics and of course politics. It’s also very sobering to be an immigrant (although a very lucky one with $100k to spend on jumping the visa queue) and it certainly makes me view the world with a more open mind. Australia’s white history is so relatively young and it’s easy to hear accounts of how tough life was for many even in the last few generations. I love the way Australian society was built and how Australians pride themselves on a shared values and having a ‘fair go’. And for me getting a visa will be a real privilege and I hope I can pay my way and not be too much of burden to many hardworking Australians. But, as I climb down from my high horse, I do wish there was a little bit more clarity and certainty in their visa process.
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A price freeze for existing applicants is not guaranteed but it has been to norm when other visas types have increased in the past. The problem we face is that the current government sees us (parent migrants) as an unwelcome cost and a large cost too (approximately 300k each). The reason for the new visas (due to start soon) is to reduce the cost of parent migration to the Australian taxpayer. And once these new visas are available it is highly likely we will see changes to other types of parent visas. If I have learnt anything from this process so far, it’s not to take anything for granted and the concept of ‘normal’ is very fluid. So best not to stake the farm on any pricing assumptions.
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We managed to get our e651 while at the check-in desk last year. Husband managed to get his dates muddled and we turned up for our flight with out-of-date visas. Qatar staff at EDI were extremely helpful (This was on a Sunday too). So this may be worth a shot in emergency, to save missing your flight.
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Congratulations Kpnuts! Thank you for the advise and it is incredibly considerate to be thinking of others when you have so much gonging on right now. This is such a difficult question for us (and many others) planning if we should go for a long holiday on a 600 visa. But, as you say, it's because we are trying to preempt our visa grant date. I don't think we would ever considered this if we had started with a 36 months processing time set in our minds. It has been frustrating trying to plan move in 18 months, then 24 months and now 36 months (if we are lucky) and house sales are a little slow here now. So your advise is very welcome and helpful. Anyway best wishes for your new adventure.
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Very sorry to hear still no sausage, we too have all this worry to come, so I do feel for you. I wonder if there are any others also waiting (or recent grants) for 173 to 143 and can share their experiences. We now wish we had applied directly for out 143s and we are going to see if it's possible to switch once we have our case officer appointed.
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Shocking to see now that only 6218 parents were allocated visas when 7175 places are available. Especially with 38k parents now queuing. This also shows immi's 'Global visa and citizenship processing times' are ridiculously inaccurate and cpv processing is spiraling into a complete farce with 38,508+ queuing for 7175 places (or maybe 6218 place) each year. It won't be long until this is another +10 year parent visa queue. Remember how we watched immi grind to a holt at the end of the 2016/17 year, and how we put this down to reaching the cap. Well we now know different and whats going to happen when the new visas open next month? Will we be lucky to see 4000 visas processed this year? Shocking and very very frustrating. So I'm now going to open a bottle and have bad thoughts about Peter Dutton.
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"As at 30 June 2017, 38,508 clients remain in the pipeline" Wow! That's about five and a half years worth of processing. Very sad for anyone applying now.
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Good Rant and all very true. If we had not found this forum we would not have a clue as to when we could expect our visa being granted. We too read "18 month" when we applied and having to consider selling up and jobs etc, at the very least you would expect to get a monthly email update from immi. My son rang yesterday to say the changes to the citizen process have been rejected, which will not affect us directly, but there may be an shift in attitudes to immigration. It is time we saw the cap raised to allow more cpv's to be processed each year and reduce the queuing time back to 12 months. Move up a bit and make room on the naughty step!
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Thanks AMP. Any idea why others are getting the '12 months in 18' condition on their 600 visas? I wonder if there are do's and don't when filling in the application. I would hate to move then have to come back for 6 months. All the best for everything you have going on (sounds wonderful!)
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Fantastic to see how quickly parent visa processing is moving at the moment, but I have a worry that it may all slow down again at the end of the year. We know that immi process 1,500 Non-CPVs and 7,175 CPVs each year. From November they will also be processing 15,000 new type parent visas each year. So you would assume they are in the process of tripling the workforce at Perth. Could this be why we are seeing things speed up now? and is this the calm before the storm? Anyway good luck to all the early 2015ers and I hope I am wrong about this.
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Hi Kathss56 I have been away from the forum for a while so I'm not up to speed (or my brain is not up to speed) I know we are both on the same lodgement dates. So are you now going to Oz on a 600 visa this year? What conditions do you have on your 600?
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Thank you for the info, but I'm still a little confused. So if we get a visa which says '12 months in every 18 months', we have to leave for 6 months between stays. And if we get a visa which says 'multiple entry with 12 months each stay', we can just leave for 1 day between each 12 month period. Is this correct? And do they ask about health and wealth on the application form? I guess it would be good to know which boxes to tick, so we get the best type of visa.
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Well done AMP it all sounds wonderful We keep thinking about going out on a 600 visa while we wait to our CPV and I am still a little unsure how the 600 works. If your 600 is for three years, you say you can stay for 12 months. Can you then just leave Australia temporally (for a few days) and then get a further 12 months stay? Or is there a minimum time gap between each 12 months stay?
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If I were you, I would apply for a 143 visa and not the 173. Many things will change over the years while your mum will be queuing, and the price of the 2nd part of the visa (173 to 143) may go up considerably. We are going for a 173, but we have now learned this was not the best choice. Best to bite the bullet and get it all paid in one go.
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Fantastic news! 2014 has been so slow and if I'm not mistaken they were processing 2014 back in 2015. We have just past our 18months queuing anniversary and with all the recent movements from immi, it is really starting to feel like progress. So this is a great landmark in our journey and it calls for a trip to Aldi for bottle of fizz.
