A couple of questions for you all. Obviously, this visa is taking much longer than anticipated, when I applied, as you all know, these were taking 18-24 - months to process. So, now thinking about my options. Does anyone know any up to date news on the 'New Temporary Sponsored Parent' Visa. Last info about this visa, I can find, was May this year. It is something to think about applying for. However, after saying that, the way things have started moving again, I am now wondering if it would be viable to go out, March/April next year on a 600 visitor visa. The only thing that worries me about getting a visitor visa is having to get out of OZ for 6-months if the 143 visa queues/waiting time start to get even longer than they already are.