Harmaye

That’s great. Thanks ! That’s really put our minds at ease. 

Thanks so much for clarifying.. and the links. Really very helpful. Cheers. 

Thanks again rammygirl. She’s living in Ireland. She doesn’t have private health insurance there. She’s very healthy so I think she’ll be fine re a medical or doctors cert.  I would like to arrange the Australian health insurance also to tick all the boxes. 

Thanks rammygirl. We’re in NSW and it seems a condition around stamp duty ie. we might have to pay double if we don’t stay for at least 200 days. It will be our principle place of residence. 

Hi. We’ve just bought a house and are required to stay in the house in Australia post settlement for a minimum of 200 days. Does this mean technically that we can’t leave the country for business or a holiday ? Thank you. 

Hi. We want to bring my 86yr old mother to Sydney on a 12 month tourist visa. She’s in excellent health but we’ve been told that she might need to have private health insurance to support the visa application. I would appreciate any ideas of which companies might cover her please. Thanks. 

rammygirl, Thanks so much for the steer to Shannon’s. We got our insurance and at a good price. They were great to deal with! Thanks! 

Many thanks! We’ll check them out. 

We’ve just imported our car (ML350)  into NSW but having difficulty finding a company that will comprehensively insure imported cars. We didn’t expect this issue. Can anyone recommend an insurance company please? 

Thanks!  

Many thanks Alan. Our bank is to confirm (or otherwise) our ability to pre-load our credit card early next week. If that doesn't work than I will PM you for more information regarding the bank draft. 

Thank you. 

Thank you Bridgeman. Very helpful. Was the bank draft process efficient? 

Hi everyone. We're waiting for our AoS letter. In the meantime we're trying to work out how to actually pay the 2nd VAC assuming visas are granted. We're being told it  should be by credit card or bank draft. We don't have an Australian account. Appreciate any advise / thoughts on this please. 

Hello Iron Chef, Is it worth shipping please..?:

2014 Audi A6 2L Diesel with Aircon. Automatic 

50,000 miles

£20k

Aus$80k (approx)

Thank you. 

Helen

Thanks ! Yes I'll check it out. 

Hello All. I'm new to this forum. We're applying for the parent contributory visa, our son is sponsor and we've been assigned a case officer. However, our son is not currently in Australia and we're now running into complications with the AoS. Our son is returning to Aus at the end of the year but that's not soon enough. We've been told that there are companies that act as assurers for a fee. Does anyone know of these companies please?