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  1. Biggsy
    Looking at the link AlwaysVet posted I would say she definitely has to enter either with or after the main applicant of the 143 but not before the main applicant.
  2. Biggsy
    Might be worth trying a different web browser. Firefox is a pretty good one if you haven't already tried it.
  3. Biggsy
    Latest report for anyone interested, based on the lodgement date and request for further docs for Greece Looks like the 143/173's have moved by around 700 since the last report I ran on 4 Nov. Not bad, but I suspect it may start to slow down from mid March 2016 lodged dates due to the large numbers lodged in the following months. Also we have no way of knowing how far they are into the quota this year, or the numbers of other visas which fall into the same annual quota. CPV Lodged Date Report as of 28 Nov 2019.pdf
  4. Biggsy
    @Greece has his dates/timeline in his signature.
  5. Biggsy
    Excellent news! It will be interesting to see how you get on with AoS if you decide to use the Centrelink App. Good luck!
  6. Biggsy
    Won't be long now before you're there again with your family. Bet you are sooooo excited!
  7. Biggsy
    We went into Commbank while on holiday and enquired about BPAY in preparation. Just as well we did as they had to increase the BPAY limit on our account up to the max which I think was $100k. Not sure why but for some reason we wouldn't have been able to increase the limit online (or by telephone). Worth checking in advance! Just for anyone new here, BPAY is an Australian bill payment system and only available through Australian banks/organisations (not to be confused with Barclays bPay in the UK). If you don't have access to an Australian bank account then you can't use BPAY! Be aware that if you make a payment to a new BPAY recipient on your account you may recieve an SMS to your mobile phone with a validation code in order to complete the transaction. So also worth while making sure the mobile phone number on your account is current.
  8. Biggsy
    Thanks David we are also considering a large Movecube with Seven Seas when the time comes. All depends on the how the timing for the 143 goes towards the end of next year. Will probably have had enough of waiting by then either way
  9. Biggsy
    Question to any 143 applicants please who may have gone to Australia on a subclass 600 (probably with a return ticket) but hoping to have been granted your 143 visa during your stay. Did anyone ship any household items at the same time? (not large things like furniture, beds etc.) If so did you have to do anything special for customs etc. for when your shipment arrived? Or, did you perhaps decide to leave everything in storage at home until your visa was granted? Thanks in advance to all!
  10. Biggsy
    As @Greece says it's after 2 years PR. Anyone applying for a 143 today is going to have around a 6 to 7 year wait. Will the 2 year rule be relavent by the time the application gets processed?
  11. Biggsy
    I considered this at one point a while back then quickly gave up the idea when I realised you are essentially a foreign investor. You have to go through a lot of red tape and pay for the privilege. I think if you buy a property you also pay a much higher rate of the Australian equivalent of stamp duty. The information out there on the web but can't remember where I saw it. If you're going to see a financial advisor in the near future then it's likely they could help you with that.
  12. Biggsy
    I took advice on this while on holiday in Australia from a financial advisor who specialised in this field. It's quite a complicated process, there are lots of rules and regulations which are regularly changing. You should definately seek the advice of a specialist in this field.
  13. Biggsy
    Oh Tulip1 I hope you didn't think I was referring to you in any way! By genuine I mean people who are here for a genuine reason rather than the length of time someone has been a member. You seem genuine to me, from your previous posts I notice you appeared to be applying for your visa in Feb 2017.
  14. Biggsy
    It's tempting I know! It's also possible that we have some amongst us making comments on here who have absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with Australia or parent visas and therefore wouldn't have a timeline. Sometimes you do get sad individuals who sign up to forums and have no interest in the topic, they just want to provoke the genuine members and cause bad feelings. I think they are referred to as trolls!
  15. Biggsy
    I'm not sure as I haven't had to do that, fortunately we still have about 5 years left on our passports. The next post after that one also had the same email reply you quoted but I think they said it took over 40 days to update. There was also another post here (which I can't seem to find) had a similar situation but they were able to somehow see online that the passport details hadn't been updated, eventually they did get changed.
  16. Biggsy
    Did you see this post? https://www.pomsinoz.com/topic/50481-the-brand-new-pio-parents-visa-thread/?do=findComment&comment=2526320
  17. Biggsy
    Come on guys you know you want to! Mummy always said you should play nicely, share and not just take things from others. It's too easy 3 clicks and you're there.
  18. Biggsy
    Thanks florafilan, that makes perfect sense now, I didn't realise the visa was for your parents rather than for yourself. I knew about about the foreign investor option but as you say lots of red tape and not really worth persuing now in view of the amount of time we have left to wait (I hope )
  19. Biggsy
    florafilan forgive me for asking but am I correct in assuming your investment is based in Australia? Reason I ask is that I was told by a financial advisor (in Australia) that I couldn't unless I was a permanent resident! Have I maybe missed something?
  20. Biggsy
    Yes I feel your pain Linda, almost 9,000 applications in just 2 months. Had we known how many applications were in front of us at the time I'm not sure we would have bothered to apply.
  21. Biggsy
    Found this but as I don't know the AoS process I'm not sure how accurate it is. However, I'm 100% sure the yellow highlighted text at the begining is spot on! Any comments from members who have gone through AoS would be appreciated by all. https://www.bigdream.com.au/en/aos/article/how-to-complete-an-aos
  22. Biggsy
    Just did some more checking, in 10 weeks the number of 173's+143's applications has only moved by 650
  23. Biggsy
    Hi Pars90 I think PR by Nov 2020 might be a little optimistic. Not sure if you've seen the original PDF doc I uploaded here. (updated version below) Using those government figures it calculates that there are 9,554 173's +143's applications between the last known request for docs (4th Nov for 12th Jan 2016 application) and October 25th 2016 when your Dad applied. Based on that, even if they achieve the full parent visa annual quota of 7,175 it could still be a further 16 months before being contacted for additional inf/docs. However, we don't know how accurate this is because none of the information from them can be trusted! Also we don't really know how the parity issue with onshore applications will affect the progress. There are 6,400 ahead of us so I'm not expecting to be contacted for further info untill around Sept/Oct 2020. Updated version of the report for all who are interested. I'll run another one off when some Feb 2016 applications are requested for additional info/docs. CPV Lodged Date Report as of 4 Nov 2019.pdf
  24. Biggsy
    It looks like gross incompetence but as SusieRoo says, the system is broken!
  25. Biggsy
    Do the second part of these figures make any sense to anyone? From the figures I extracted a while back I think there were 4,600+ 143 applications between 31/10/2018 up to May 2019! This says the was only 3,343 new 143 applications 31/10/2018 to 31/10/2019? Am I reading it wrong? https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/foi/files/2018/fa181001606-document-released.PDF
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