KimT

Hi all, I'm new to this forum so please help me. I have submitted and currently waiting for the decision on Assurance of Support for my mom. In my understanding, Centerlink will later write me a letter to request a bank guarantee, then I will need to open a bond account with Commonwealth Bank with a $10,000 deposit, which the bank will then write me a confirmation letter In the ASO form, it states "You must not arrange the bank guarantee until requested to do so in writing by the Department of Human Services." The problem is I will be going overseas for 2 and a half week starting next week. If the letter arrived after I left, I wonder what would happen. My questions are: 1. Is there a deadline to open a bond account with 10 k deposit once receive the request from Centerlink? If there is no deadline and if the letter arrive while I was away, I suppose I can do this when I come back at the beginning of June 2.a.Can I open a bond account first without the centerlink's request letter? I can ask my family member to check my mail box when I was away, and I suppose if the letter arrived, I can do a 10k deposit through the internet transfer, then hopefully the Commonwealth Bank can email me the Acknowledgement of Deposit letter, which again hopefully I can submit online OR 2.b Can I open a bond account with 10k deposit first without the Centerlink's request letter as stated in the form? If there is a deadline to it, I'd prefer to open the bond account now and have the deposit and the letter from the bank ready if they requested it. 3. Once I obtain the Bank Guarantee and Acknowledgement of Deposit documents from Commonwealth Bank, can I submitted it online? I will visit the centerlink center tomorrow to ask, but last time I visited, the officer doesn't seem to understand my concern. Please help. Thank you in advance everyone.