thomas1965
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What's your initial entry date? Just wondering how long you get to enter, once the visa is granted. I know there's some comments about this earlier in the thread, but I couldn't find them easily.
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What documents did they request? We went straight to 2nd VAC request after submitting the AOS paperwork a few months ago. The fact that you've been asked for additional documents makes me think your case isn't as straight forward as some others that have been processed already
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Ah - for some reason my postcode is quoting 2-3 days for Perth ... oh well.
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How did you make the payment so quickly? Our email says only bank cheque or credit card. Posting a bank cheque from Sydney to Perth is likely to take a few days.
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Got the 2nd VAC request today
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Mine was surprisingly quick - got a call for interview a few days after lodgement. Although, this was when they had bumped up the income requirements ... maybe they were hoping to kill off applications quickly. The whole thing was done and dusted in about 6 weeks. Unfortunately, it's been ~6 months since we lodged the bond and there's no still sign of a visa. The 10 year bond has turned into a 10.5 year bond and I have no doubt that it'll end up being a 11+ year bond.
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What documents did they request on 15-Aug? I assume you submitted the health check and police clearance back in February, when you started preparing documents?
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You're covered by medicare as soon as you land (and enter on the 143 visa), regardless of whether you've registered or not. The medical cover on most policies is probably adequate for the flight. You just need to decide whether you need extras like personal property, lost documents, delays, curtailment, etc.
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Got our AoS acceptance letter ... updated signature.
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I couldn't reconcile some of these dates with the dates in your signature. When you say "AOS Paid on 12/4/2018" in your signature, do you mean you transferred the money to the assurer on that date? Also you signature says you paid and submitted the paperwork to centrelink on the 17/4/2018, but you've written above that you paid the bond on April 9. Assuming you paid and submitted the paperwork on 17/4/2018, it only took 3 weeks to get the acceptance letter. I submitted the bond paperwork to centrelink around 17/4/2018 too ... but still waiting for the acceptance letter.
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Did you return the paperwork to centrelink online or in-person?
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Lol - inflation has nothing to do with the cost of the visa. The pricing is set at what the market will bear, so that they meet their immigration and revenue target. The blowout of 143 visa processing times indicates that the pricing is probably too low. I can easily see the government increasing the cost of the visa by 20-30% to achieve their targets. Only among the people that can no longer afford the visa. I think this already happens - new immigration policies come into effect in July (?) and there's always a rush of applications to meet the old fee schedule or old processing rules.
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Basically just asking whether you understand your responsibilities as an assurer, ie repay any money that the assuree claims from centerlink. They might also ask about information to clarify your income, ie the proof you've attached, etc.
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Humor aside ... it seems like there should be an optimal way to allocate assurers to assurees in this forum and mitigate the risk faced by becoming the assurer for a unknown person. For example, Family A (2 adults, 2 children sponsoring 2 grand parents) who don't have enough income swap with Family B (single brother, single sister assuring 2 parents) and become assurers for each others parents. Maybe family A pays something to family B for the favor ... just thinking aloud ... not sure of all the details yet.
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No secret ... just waiting like everyone else. I only have 1 person on the application, if that's any consolation. I'm stuck at waiting for my AoS approval, after lodging the bond ... which really sucks, because the feels like the AoS is going to turn into an 11 year bond, instead of a 10 year bond
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7 children would 70% of the adult income requirement. ~20k ... compared to 28k for an adult. They're weighing down the application almost as much as the non-working daughter. Exactly - Using your daughter and son-in-law as assures (assuming 2 assurees), they would need to show an income of ~138k/year. Adding a 3rd assurer (who has a partner) would increase this to 188k. If you got rid of your daughter and son-in-law and found a single assurer, the income requirement drops to 84k. Time to start trawling the personal ads for a widower who wants to be an assurer!
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Yeah - those 7 children would be a drag on any AoS application. Maybe sell a couple of the children
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Just a reminder to consider all the permutations ... A 3rd asurer might not help, because their children/partners are also considered in the calculation. It might be enough to remove the lowest income person from the AoS, leaving the 2 highest income earners on the AoS.
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Income tax assessment 2016 and 2017. 2 recent payslips for 2018. I also included PAYG summaries, because my income tax assessment didn't show enough income to meet the requirements. They questioned this during the interview, but it was approved a few days later. Yes - filing in the application online, submitting the original documents to centrelink, getting called for an interview and lodging the bond at the bank was really quick - it all happened in a week or two, but we're still waiting for the AoS approval letter.
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Yes - earlier this month.
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There'll also be a break fee ... probably not a huge deal, but ideally they should let you reduce the term to 30 days or something at the next rollover date ...
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How does the AoS expiry line up with the term deposit expiry? Are you able to tell them to not renew for the 30 month term at the last/next expiry date?
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Thanks for the info! Sounds like CBA staff are just making up what ever they feel like...
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Sorry - what did you expect? You have to have cleared funds for any transaction, whether it's buying a car or buying a burrito. Related question - did the bank give you an option on the length of the term deposit? I was told that 5 years was the only option ... which sounds like bulls**t to me. The bank guarantee actually doesn't have any time period associated with it. You need a letter from centrelink agreeing to release it, which they will only give you after 10 years. Sounds like the CBA are up to their old tricks, hoping that the term deposit locked up for 15+ years, when people forget to give rollover instructions at the 10 year mark.
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On the flip side, you might be assessed against the Apr 2019 criteria ... Which means a 15k bond.
