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I wouldn’t be at all surprised if there is a big increase for the 2nd VAC in the next year. They have been tinkering around with small increases for the 1st VAC for the past few years but nothing much with the big number at the end of the process. You could well be right about the 804 too. I guess we’ll find out soon enough.
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Gosh, yes Linda, everything you said. It’s a very difficult situation and I feel desperately sorry for people joining the 143 queue now with such a long wait ahead of them. We also delayed applying by a year as we didn’t want to have to apply for police certificates from China where we had lived from 2005-7. Had we not waited, we would have been close to processing by now. I think you are right to say that we must carry on with our lives where we are, spending years yearning to be somewhere else is not a happy place to be. We live on a retirement visa in Malaysia. We came here ten years ago after spending 15 years in other parts of Asia, with the view that we were halfway between our daughter in Tasmania and our parents in UK. The idea was to travel between the two with relative ease which worked reasonably well until last year. We’ve just heard that we are to have another grandchild early next year and ideally we would be there to help out and welcome the new addition. That’s not going to happen now. We just have to keep positive and keep FaceTiming!
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Parent visa application timelines (143 & 173)
Taswegians2B replied to theballies's topic in Family / Partner Visas
The figure of AUD 83, 454 is the taxable annual income requirement for someone who is acting as sponsor for the 870 Temporary Parent Visa. -
We applied November 2017, so similar timeframe to you. If you look on GoMatilda’s website, click on the parent visa section and then the blogs, you will find the number of parent visas currently in train. Judging by the numbers ahead of us, and factoring in the drop-out rate, we’re expecting to wait another four years. In May/June of 2017 there were almost two years’ worth of applications lodged at the current allocation of 4,500 pa. Patience is a virtue!!!
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We’re hoping to move to Launceston area. We’ve been many times over the past eleven years to visit our daughter who married a local lad. It has a lot to offer. We are very much looking forward to settling down there.
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Thanks Alan, very helpful
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Parent visa application timelines (143 & 173)
Taswegians2B replied to theballies's topic in Family / Partner Visas
Not entirely the case in some countries. We have lived in Malaysia for almost 10 years on a retirement visa called Malaysia My Second Home. If you can fund yourself and can prove it by depositing funds into Malaysia, older retirees have been welcomed here. Similar idea exists in Thailand, although I believe the entry criteria are slightly different there. It all boils down to being able to be self-sufficient financially and thus we will never be a burden on the state. -
Hi All, hope it’s ok to add my suggestions to this thread? I sometimes contribute to parents visa comments but love to read and am a member of a book club. Three books we have read as a club this year which have been thoroughly enjoyed are “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens, “A Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor Towles and “I am Pilgrim” by Terry Hayes. I will be looking out for several of the books I’ve seen mentioned here. Thanks all!
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For 143 visas lodged before 1st June 2018, your lodgement date is your queue date.
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Parent visa application timelines (143 & 173)
Taswegians2B replied to theballies's topic in Family / Partner Visas
Page 31 of this thread, Biggsy downloaded the information you are looking for. -
Parent visa application timelines (143 & 173)
Taswegians2B replied to theballies's topic in Family / Partner Visas
I think this might become a bigger issue when processing gets to late November 2016 when the rules changed to dependents having to be below age 23 to be included on a 143 application. -
We are the same ... we delayed applying as we didn’t want the hassle of trying to get police clearance certificates from the couple of years we lived in China. If only we had known what we know now!
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Parent visa application timelines (143 & 173)
Taswegians2B replied to theballies's topic in Family / Partner Visas
Linda, I already know that I’m going to be checking that queue every month for the foreseeable future, and trying not to get too depressed if it doesn’t tick along well! Sue -
Parent visa application timelines (143 & 173)
Taswegians2B replied to theballies's topic in Family / Partner Visas
Very frustrating! Our queue number is 29,060, which is close to another five years wait! 2017 was certainly a big year for applications. I do agree though that it’s good to have clarity on where we sit in the queue. -
Agreed! Have to keep positive
