Norman and Estelle

Hi Tulip1 I appreciate that but as I understand it we can apply by one of us being the first applicant and the other being the second applicant on the form.  Maybe dependent was not the right word.  But do you if the processing time for an aged contributory parent visa is less than the ordinary contributory visa?

Thanks 

On 01/06/2018 at 17:39, SusieRoo said:

The 143 is only an off-shore visa, so no opportunity for a bridging visa. Also the queue is now approximately 47,000 with only 6218 visas granted last year. So possibly 6 or 7 years for processing.

There is also a Contributory Aged Parent visa (subclass 864) for +65.5 year olds, which is an on-shore visa and has the bridging option. The processing time is also shorter for this visa.

I would strongly recommend not going down the temporary route (173 or 884 visas), as the extra time for processing is unpredictable.

Hi I'm new to the forum but am interested in the comment above.  I am over 65.5 but my wife is under.  We were thinking that she should apply for a contributory parent visa (and me being a dependent) rather than me applying for an aged contributory visa (and her being a dependent).  Could anyone advise if there would be an advantage to apply this way or vice versa?  SusieRoo says there is a shorter processing time for the aged visa which may be an advantage.  Is this correct?  I do not see that mentioned elsewhere.  Neither of us live in AUs at the moment and do not really intend to until my wife's mother passes (she is over 100 atm).

Thanks for your help