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  1. Taswegians2B
    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!
  3. Taswegians2B
    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.
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    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!!!
  5. Taswegians2B
    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.
  6. Taswegians2B
    Thanks Alan, very helpful
  7. Taswegians2B
    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.
  8. Taswegians2B
    For 143 visas lodged before 1st June 2018, your lodgement date is your queue date.
  9. Taswegians2B
    Page 31 of this thread, Biggsy downloaded the information you are looking for.
  10. Taswegians2B
    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.
  11. Taswegians2B
    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!
  12. Taswegians2B
    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
  13. Taswegians2B
    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.
  14. Taswegians2B
    Agreed! Have to keep positive
  15. Taswegians2B
    Yes, we’ve had to be realistic about timeframes as well. It’s disappointing for both parents and our Australian offspring but we just have to be patient, which is easier said than done! This forum is very helpful and supportive, I’m glad I found it.
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