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Thank you for your reply, Alan. As you are a reputable person to seek advice, I take it you meant the main issue is the visitor visa, nothing to do with bridging visas as my aunty travels in & out of Aust. Her visits to Australia is usually once or twice a yr & each visit is for a couple of wks only. Will she have problem applying for tourist visas for years to come after it expires, & considering she has submitted her applications for 804? Thank you Alan for your kind response.

Hi all! How long will it take for immigration to acknowledge receipt of the onshore application for visa 804? Appreciate any reply

Anyone knows what are the requirements to pass the medical tests to be granted aged parent visa? Will having hypertension fails the tests? Thank you

Thank you marisawright & MaggieMay for your responses. However, both are contradictory. Her wish iss exactly as what MaggieMay stated, to travel on tourist visa ech time but have the & BVA sitting in the background so her 804 application remains until such time when she's ready to join her only son. H as anyone gone through this experience, pls share . Thank you so, so much

I understand most parents who apply for 804 is bcz they want to use it to move to Aust ASAP. Can someone pls help explain what happens to those who submit application but do not want to move to Aust yet? Can they still travel on tourists visa without the immi withdrawing their 804 applications? In case you are curious, my aunty is applying because her only child is an Australian now. She will join him in later years. Thank you for help.

Oh, i forgot to mention her son is an Australian now. She satisfies all the criteria for Aged Visa 804.

My aunty is in Australia on tourist visa now. Her only child wants to apply Aged Parent Visa 804 for her. She doesn't mind submitting the application for the future. However, she is reluctant to move as yet. She was told by friends she has to stay once her application is accepted & she can no longer travel on tourist visa. She was told she will be granted BVA automatically & she has to apply for BVB & give reasons to go home. Is this true? Her tourist visa is for multiple entries for a yr & each stay not exceeding 3mths. If she travels out of Australia in her tourist visa within 3mths, will she have violated any rules on her visa 804? Can she apply & goes in on tourists visa agn once it expires? She needs urgent advice now. Thank you very much for your kind response