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  1. KittyMB
    Could you not get a test the day before you're due to depart? Say you leave on a Wednesday, you test on Monday night or early Tuesday (depending on timing for results up there)? When you're boarding to leave, they're checking you in to fly back so you already have the negative test? I wouldn't be overly concerned with numbers being halved, mostly, because there are not that many people coming through Singapore and Singapore is fairly COVID safe, I'd expect the numbers to reduce in flights from riskier countries, if you can find the plane ticket, you're fairly ok to rely on it (My feeling) I really understand your being hesitant, the issue is that this is a moving beast so potentially you don't do it now and something else will come up later and so on. All my good vibes for an optimal resolution for you guys.
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    @TresOz We purchased tickets through expedia and I vaguely recall seeing travel insurance being offered, I think it was also offered when I was trying to book through Singapore Airlines website. The issue is No travel insurance will cover you for COVID-19 related, whether illness, cancellations, etc, as they're all specifically stating that it is an excluded event. You're looking at travel insurance as a precaution, say for example if someone were to make the trip and unexpectedly pass away from a heart attack on the plane (touch on wood). Feel free to PM me if you need any additional guidance, there is a flight coming back on the same night of the day they arrive over there, where possible, try to take that one, they don't need to be out of the country any extra time as they'll already have the visa as soon as they're across immigration. If you're still in talks with WA Parent Centre, can I suggest you ask them if they could do the same via NZ? It'll save you the quarantine, ours happened too fast to explore that option but I don't see why you couldn't do the same, Fly out of Brisbane to Auckland and then back to Melbourne/Sydney - you could then fly straight up to Brisbane without having to quarantine. I guess the benefit of Singapore is that is a tried and tested process that many of us have gone through. Also, if I can give you any advice at all, is to stick to your guns and ask for a contact number for the WA parent Centre, in case you have issues at the Airport. My experience is that initially they told me 'no number, there are protocols in place to make it all happen, don't worry', eventually I got a phone number and we needed it, as soon as we got to Airport, airline said they didn't know anything about it and to go away.
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    @Samvaz99 Hi, First, there is only two approved airlines to take transit passengers into Singapore, Singapore Airlines and Scoot, for you to be a transit passenger, you must have the whole itinerary in one booking so you can't fly with SQ and then come back with Scoot. I rang the bookings for Singapore Airlines and found it too hard, they want you to give them exact dates and I was looking for anything available, for me that also meant if one flight is economy and another business then that's ok, as long as we get the flights, but she also didn't cope with that. In the end, I used the google search flights functionality https://www.google.com/search?q=melbourne+to+singapore&rlz=1C1GCEB_enAU907AU907&oq=melbourne+to+singapore&aqs=chrome..69i57.3095j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Put how may people and start going one day at a time, there is a flight out of singapore at night, I think, and one in the morning so I did flights same date, then move return one more day and so on until I found availability for Singapore Airlines, going in economy and coming back in business class, the flights I found where sold by expedia, had no issue with that, I bought them through expedia and it was all ok. (Also, I'm not sure that it'll work if you leave and come back to same city so we did Melb-Perth via Singapore, I'm happy with that choice now too, because the parents are in Quarantine at the Westin in Perth - I think the hotels being used for qauarantine in WA are much nicer than the ones in Melb,) Send me a PM if you need any more help, I' happy to.
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    Where are you guys from? And did you only apply for an extension of 6 months for 600? As a general comment, my experience has been that they tend to accept what you ask for, so ask for more rather than less We're from South America and parents had been here since March 2019 with a multiple trips,12 month on each entry visa, we were lucky that we had a holiday in Bali in November last year so that reset the 12 months, effectively that visa expired in Nov 2020. Before knowing they were making us go offshore, I applied for another 600 based on exceptional circumstances, being that South American borders are closed and the difficulty in sourcing flights to go back, they granted that 12 months, took them a couple of months to grant and they backdated it to when I first applied. Something to consider, I'd suggest that you wait until about the 10sh Jan to apply for a 12 month one , she'd be granted a bridging visa when you apply and may take them a couple of months to grant it in which time, hopefully you'll have a better idea of how quickly 143 are moving and if not, potentially start moving to apply for 870. Best of luck
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    Hi All, We were one of the ones who got told to head offshore to be granted visa, no other way about it. My parents left Melbourne to Singapore as transit passengers, they are now in Quarantine in Perth. They were granted the visa after 10 mins having gotten across departures If you're in the same boat and have any questions, please by all means send me a message. Lucky for us, after nearly 5 years, we're done. Best of luck to you all
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    They are not changing the legislation. The proposed approach is to have an interim regulation which waives the requirement to be offshore for a number of visa pathways, currently only those for immediate family members. Any such regulation could be easily worded to also include parent visa pathways. I think the success will depend on how much noise is made and how many families are willing to come forward and provide testimony to the media.
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    Is it for those of us whom have delayed once, they're saying you have to do it now? And for the ones that are just being requested - 3 months? To be fair, case officer who rang me told me they were not requesting us to leave within 28 days but to provide itinerary within 28 days, so we could still have bought tickets for say, Feb 2021...
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    Done @Bigtrev. Thank you!!
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    Hi All, some of you may recall my parents have also been here on tourist visa, we paid 2nd VAC in Feb and in March when COVID hit, got a delay to grant of visa pending heading offshore. Last week on Wednesday, they sent request to provide itinerary, I applied for another delay citing Christmas, difficulties sourcing flights and the complex COVID situation elsewhere, by Friday arvo I received a call, saying we're happy to refund your 2nd VAC and let you be, if you're not willing to go out. Told to go to Singapore as transit passengers goes without saying how difficult and expensive it is at this time, looks like parents will be in quarantine through Christmas.
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    Hi All, Can I just post a very friendly reminder that this is a "Parent visa application timelines (143 & 173)" chat? It helps all of us waiting on progress and newbies looking for info when we keep the thread related to the topic. Cheers and I hope you continue to have an amazing life!
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    Good Luck!! We're sticking it out on tourist visa until a safe travel bubble pops up with NZ....
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    Not correct. My parents are on the same boat, paid 2nd VAC and couldn't head offshore before Covid hit. Our application is on hold until such time when they can head offshore, we requested special consideration for a visa grant and the response was that it is written in the law that they have to be offshore. We were clearly told when our police clearances and medicals expire, we will be requested to provide new ones if we don't make it before they expire. As a side note, I'd rather provide and receive 'advice' based on facts than opinions. Above are the facts of my parents case.
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    Hi Guys. My parents were actually asked to get out for 5 days to get the parents visa, this happened in mid-March and we chose not to leave the country, this means we now stay with Tourist visas until there is the ability to safely fly overseas. For my parents, we will ask for a new Tourist visa. @Kathss56 I believe you first need to ask to get the conditions removed. Once that occurs, then ask for Tourist visa. You will not be eligible for Tourist visa onshore until you get condition lifted. Hope this helps Kitty
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    Not sure if this applies to many of you. https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/news-subsite/files/coronavirus-general-20200201.pdf It may explain though why some people are not hearing from Immi.
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    Hi When you say 'school fees', are you studying full time and so, what are you studying (i.e. Degree, Post-grad?). Let me start with saying that I don't have a lot of experience in this area, I just thought I'd reply because nobody else has. Looking at the visa eligibility details, it says you are a member of the main applicant's family unit if you are: However, when you search for dependent child under the Glossary, it states In this context, to be honest, I'd find it difficult to say (as a third party) that you are a dependent. Is it that you have been studying full time and therefore relying on your parents financial support? I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, again, I have no experience on this so what I'm saying may not be all that accurate.
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