Mik

It's ridiculous how the processing time for a CPV application (offshore) can take up to 3 years when you have to pay the Australian Government a huge sum of money. Two years of processing is understandable, but extending it to 3 years (and you have to pay at least AUD50,000). Geez.

21 hours ago, Kathss56 said:

We all visit whilst pending! Usually a 651 Evisitor for 3mths or a longer 600 family tourist or /sponsored 

As long as she is offshore until they confirm 143 application lodged I would think that would be fine?! 

 

Hey, thanks for this. I hope it won't take that long for them to confirm that the 143 application is lodged after payment of 1st VAC.

Hi guys, I was just wondering if my mum will be granted a visitor visa subclass 600 (family-sponsored) if she would submit an off-shore application for parent visa 143 at least a month prior to applying for a visitor visa? I was just wondering if a pending CPV application could affect an application for a visitor visa. Cheers.

1 hour ago, SusieRoo said:

If I were you, I would apply for a 143 visa and not the 173.

Many things will change over the years while your mum will be queuing, and the price of the 2nd part of the visa (173 to 143) may go up considerably.

We are going for a 173, but we have now learned this was not the best choice. 

Best to bite the bullet and get it all paid in one go.

Yeah, I guess you're right. I've thought about it as well. I misunderstood the visa processing time for visa 173 ("unavailable due to low volume of applications"). I thought it would mean faster visa processing. lol  But it seems that it has the same processing time as visa 143. Thanks. 

If a parent is a holder of a visitor visa and is going to submit an application for a residency visa offshore (i.e. subclass 143/173), when is it best for her to go to Australia for a holiday once the application for a residency visa is lodged? I'm just worried that if the application was submitted but hasn't been acknowledge yet, it might get denied because they will find out she is onshore. 

3 hours ago, Alan Collett said:

Unfortunately no, it doesn't.

Send a blank email to parents@border.gov.au to get an auto reply in our inbox that sets out which application lodgement dates are presently being allocated for assessment, broken down between the various parent visa subclasses, including 173.

Best regards.

Hi. Thanks for the response. Will do. 

Hi. I'm quite new in this forum. What does it mean by "unavailable due to low volume of applications" upon checking the processing time for visas? Because I was thinking of applying a temporary 173 visa for my mum. Does it mean that the visa processing time will be faster? Thanks.