brock79

Glad it's not just me then! I applied on 24th April and still waiting! it took them 2 weeks to come back to me (8th May) and ask for more information, this was information I had already sent to them! The letter also advised to upload the extra info to my Immi account, this is impossible as I've already uploaded the maximum 30 docs and it doesn't let you upload anything else after that! I emailed them straight back on that day to explain the above (after clicking their button on my Immi account to notify them that I've sent the extra stuff...) and I've been waiting ever since. It's just been sat at "Assessment in progress". Seems like they may have a backlog then...

Great information. I was unsure if we'd need to complete Form 1229 if both parents were migrating with the child but it seems we do, so that clears that up! Thanks for posting.

This thread is of interest to me also because if we move back to Perth we will also need to get our little one in to Primary School. I presume you can still enrol if you arrive part way through a school year? I've no idea when we'd be arriving as of yet. Thanks.

My post above has been answered elsewhere so it makes more sense now.

That's as I thought but then what is this referring to? The DIBP site for 155 visa's states you might be granted a visa if you: "have not spent two of the last five years in Australia as a permanent resident or citizen, but are members of the family unit of a person who holds a subclass 155 visa, or who has also applied for a Resident Return visa and satisfies criteria for grant."

Can somoene please clarify this for me. If I apply for RRV's for myself and my wife and they are granted, do I need to apply for 2 separate full child visa's for our young children, or can I submit separate RRV's for my children (even though they've never held PR as they weren't born when we were there)? I only ask that because the DIBP site for 155 visa's states you might be granted a visa if you: "have not spent two of the last five years in Australia as a permanent resident or citizen, but are members of the family unit of a person who holds a subclass 155 visa, or who has also applied for a Resident Return visa and satisfies criteria for grant." So if I am granted a 155 visa, can my children then apply for one as they are members of my family unit? Thanks.

I can't help with your issue but I just wanted to add that I'm interested in any replies! We may be applying for RRV's in the near future and if granted we're likely to receive 1 year visa's or even 3 months (that's doubtful I'd imagine). However we now have 2 children since coming back from Oz and they don't have Visa's so if our RRV's are granted I believe we would need to apply for 2 separate child visa's for them (they are aged 4 years old and 6 months old). I have seen the link for current processing times and it shows child visas as 9 months to 15 months, is that for applying elsewhere though as I read something about if you submit them to London they are usually dealt with quite quickly? There must be other people who have received 1 year RRV's but then need to apply for child visa's. I can't imagine they all have to move to Oz prior to their child visa's being granted...