Jojoe

Thank you so much for your time to reply , I’ ve never looked at it from an adults point of view of how dependent they have to be on the computer for work related purposes or studying for IT qualifications and how it can impact on their lives . My son uses the computer mainly for play and with the restrictions in place I can already see an improvement in his well being . I can restrict this for him but it has opened my eyes up to how hard it must be for people working with computers on a daily basis .Good luck wit your visa and hoping it’s a positive outcome after all your hard work

Thankyou all for your responses I really appreciate all your time to comment and have taken them all on board . Although my son wasn't happy about the restrictions and still isn't happy about them he is continuing to follow the restrictions . It's been a difficult one for us to put in place because his school work has never suffered and hes excelling at that , he's got the same well established group of friends that he met when we came out to Australia in 2012 that he also meets up with outside of school from time to time and whom are the ones that he spends so much time on the computer with . For us it was his health and well being that was concerning us the most . His dependency on the computer to life around him at home , his sleep patterns , eating habits , reluctancy to join in with family activity ,he was becoming distant . He has always been a quiet boy unlike the rest of his siblings so a change in behaviour was not easily noticeable but his energy levels and just general look of health was concerning enough. Only three weeks on with the restriction and already I can see a change . Waking up naturally with a spring in his step seeking breakfast sure does beat rolling out of bed onto the computer . Home from school is not straight on the computer anymore but he is still eagerly waiting his time but beginning to utilise this time in other ways .ie he had an early shower one day , did his homework ( that he never gets ) , baked brownies , After the long talk we had three weeks ago I do feel my son has reflected on all of this this and although he has a restriction understands why it has been put in place for him. He still isn't happy about it though but I guess he never will be

I’ve recently put my 13 year old on a computer restriction time and he wasn’t at all happy about it at first but he has actually surprised me over the past few weeks how well he has kept to it and how well he has adjusted to it . My son got a new computer for Christmas and would regularly join games with his school friends on line and be talking to them and laughing and joking with them with his headphones on . I saw no harm in this as considered he’d been at school all day that this was his down time and although not playing out with his friends after school like I did that this was his play time with his friends after school in a different way . He was having fun , he was safe at home , It was only his own fiiends that he was talking to and he was welll aware of computer safety and apart from watching a few YouTube sites for games and game cheats that is where it ended on that score . However the computer became a dominant part of his daily life and began to take over quite quickly .He started to wake up earlier of a school morning to go on his computer to talk to his friends and join in a game and if they weren’t on line would watch a YouTube movie about a game , as soon as he got home from school he would be back again to join in with his friends , and when dinner was ready it was always ‘ I just need to finish this game ‘ it was a quick eat and back gain he would go .I began to realise then that this was not good but figured that all his friends were doing this also that was I just being old fashioned . Why would he want to spend time with his family when he had all his friends on line on the computer doing the same as he was . When we did do things as a family he was always conscious of time and how much he was missing out with his friends on line which was evident in his questions of ‘how long are we going to be ?’ What time will be back home ? He started to became distant and very reclused to his own little world of his friends , computer and earphones .It was an effort to take time out to get a shower ,he would try skip meals and say he wasn’t hungry , he couldn’t sleep at bedtime due to his mind being on overtime to computer games .We had a long talk and many tears from both us were shed , it’s difficult when he knows his friends can go on their computer at any time but he now understands that it was having an impact on his health and wel being and understands why the restriction is in place . His friends now know his restriction and they plan times around him to include him so all is going welll.He is the youngest of four and has a brother whom also likes computer games who is quite close in age but he never diaplayed the dependency that my 13 year old has

This was exactly why my daughter got refused .We was with a redgistered migrant throughout our application as we did have a complicated application that went on for numerous years with a few hold ups for other things . I would always advise to go with a redgistered migrant , unfortunately for us my daughter didn’t meet the above criteria and we learnt afterwards what we should have done to ensure this . We can’t turn the clock back for our application but hopefully by sharing my experience and your advice will ensure that it doesn’t happen for anyone else

In my daughters case her course loan and accomodation loan meant that she was non dependent on the main application at the time of visa grant . We did help her out financially with handouts that were not recorded on bank statements and she did come home at weekends and holidays and was dependent on us then . This was taken into account but because she was not solely dependent on us her visa was refused .We had no idea that the accomodation loan would have such an impact on her visa nor did we take into account of ensuring having a paper trail for each financial handout we gave her .

Yes we got denied for my daughter being dependent on the government funding , she took out a personal government funded loan. , therefore not considrered dependent on the applicant .Simple facts that was not relevant on application of visa was that she was still in school.at the time of application but there was no consideration of these facts during application ..No cause for appeal .It was simply deemed unquestionable,that my daughter who was soley dependent on us throughout the application But by the time our application was concluded she was no longer dependent

If you met all the criteria for your 2nd year whv then I would advise you to come out here and look at it as an opportunity to explore all areas in relation to your future plans and the main applicants job . Utilise this through the freedom of not knowing you have to do the dreaded rural criteria but ensure you keep within the working condition limits . .why would you commit to a rental before arrival when you can explore the country through backbackers , shared occomadation , short term let’s etc ... go with your partners idea of just book a flight but go with your idea also of planning your destination on arrival and book temporary accomaodation to alleviate your anxiety . There are many Ex pats living in Australia not knowing anyone so I’m sure you won’t be short of willing associates for a night out. Good luck with your partners visa application for PR as that is what I’m presuming he is applyiing for so i, would suggest you also look into the partner dependency within this , but also best wishes and enjoy your 2 nd year on the WHV out here

From our application we learnt that if a student was at university and living at home soley dependent on the applicant for the university course costs ,and living expenses then they would be deemed dependent on the applicant .Therefore I if you are applying for a visa please ensure you meet all their costs when they go to university and I would expect college to have this negative imapact also

My eldest daughter was at high school when we lodged our 176 state nominated skilled visa , throughout the application she transferred to university with a government loan for her course and accomodation in student halls ( we went thorough an agent ) due to other hold ups in our application she just turned 21 before our visa was granted , my self my OH and three other children were all granted the PR Viisa but my eldest daughter was refused , the reason being she was no longer a dependent on the applicant . The fact that she had a government loan for her accomodation was deemed enough for them to be non dependent of us . This was 2012

We used Anglo Pacific 4 years ago and couldn't fault them . They had to park the big container on the main road and used a shunt van to load it . They packed everything really well , was very professional , communication was brilliant and over in Australia had no complications , delivery guys very professional , no breakages , sorry can't remember the costings but they were very reasonable at the time . We had a full container but also cannot remember the size but they packed it to every inch like a jigsaw puzzle a full 4 bedroom house full ,we've still got their packing boxes which we've used 3 times over