Han

Hi everyone, thanks for the support and advice. My parents had their visa granted (applied 11th Jan 2016)! They are moving out here beginning of April 

11 hours ago, bridgie said:

Yep!! and them only.

Thanks for your help

Am I reading this correctly. Do we need to open a commonwealth bank account to do the AOS bank guarantee? 

49 minutes ago, Mily said:

Call them at 8am in the morning. You wont have to wait for more than 30 mins. Other time the line will b busy & they wont connect you to the aos team

Don't worry, we've got the bank guarantee letter 

38 minutes ago, Mily said:

Call them at 8am in the morning. You wont have to wait for more than 30 mins. Other time the line will b busy & they wont connect you to the aos team

Thanks. I've got through before, but my husband has a very busy job and can't really sit on hold for 30 minutes when he's supposed to be working. Kind of unrealistic of them really. Will they call back another time or just expect him to call them?

On 17/01/2020 at 14:52, bridgie said:

 

Hi,

The generic number for AOS 132850. Be prepared for a long wait.

Bridgie

 

Thanks. My husband tried calling them, but couldn't get through. So hoping we can bypass the phone call and it doesn't negatively impact the application

On 15/01/2020 at 17:44, bridgie said:

The only follow up was after the missed call. Our son phoned Centrelink and true to their word he was contacted after a couple of days by email . The CBA in the Sydney’s business district were very used to the bank guarantee as were Centrelink close by. I guess that was to be expected as they must get an awful lot of enquires from migrants.


We still have to receive the notification that the whole AOS system has been received and then the wait for the 2nd VAC request. Looking at other time lines we are still about a month away for all that......providing of course there are no hiccups.

Bridgie

Hi Bridgie

What number or department did your son speak to from centrelink? my husband is the AOS for my parents and he missed a call last week

18 hours ago, NewBee2019 said:

@Han and @Alan Collett

https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/services/centrelink/assurance-support/how-apply/documents-you-need-provide

This website, as recommended by @Kathss56 states the following. Does it mean that we can provide previous FY notice of assessment + 2 recent payslips, if we dont have one for 2018-19 yet? I am in the same situation and havent filed this year's yet and given the short timeframe for AoS lodgement I am afraid I wont have enough time to do it.

 

Hi @NewBee2019 i spoke with the ATO and they said as long as your employer provides all info to the ATO, then the statement of income found on your MyGov login, should be enough info. But this is interesting

57 minutes ago, Alan Collett said:

https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Investing/In-detail/Investing-in-shares/Shares---helping-you-to-avoid-common-mistakes/#H1

I think you need to lock in the tax year in which these dividends are properly included in your taxable income - see this web page.

If not yet paid to you are you sure they are properly to be included in your 2019 tax return?

If the tax return was to be e-lodged tomorrow you can reasonably expect the notice of assessment to be forthcoming electronically by the end of the week.   Unless there's a reason for the processing of your tax return to be delayed.

Best regards.

Thanks Alan. Definitely 2019 tax return, it happens every year. I will speak with our accountant tomorrow. I really appreciate you taking the time to respond

On 31/10/2019 at 21:54, AlwaysVet said:

That is really a great news! Congratulations!

you'll be next my parents are the 11th Jan 16 and got allocated an officer on Friday 

23 hours ago, Alan Collett said:

What do you mean you are waiting for a shares payout?

The last tax year ended 4 months ago - I suggest you lodge your 2019 Aus tax return ASAP so the tax assessment notice can be presented to Centrelink.

I anticipate you are using a tax agent as the 2019 Aus tax return deadline for lodging without a tax agent was yesterday => liaise with your agent with a view to the tax assessment being generated.

Best regards.

Hi Alan Thanks for your response. Our dividends are not paid out yet, I can't tell you why, its always been the case. Yes, we use an accountant every year. Even if we submit our paperwork as quickly as possible once dividends are paid, I don't think we'll get the notice of assessment back in time, so was hoping there was another piece of evidence. Ideally, I was hoping it wouldn't happen at this exact moment of they year!

Hi

Wondered if anybody can help me with completing the AOS. It requires notice of assessment for last financial year (Q45), but my tax assessment hasn't been completed yet, as I'm waiting for a shares payout. Can I just show my payment summary from my employer or is there something else I can provide? Thanks