Hello, Happy New Year Everyone,
I am the new member here and been following this thread as non-member for some time. We are from Asian background and my parents have been living with us (me and my brother, both are settled Australia permanent residents) here in Australia for almost a year on FA 600 visitor visa (3 years validity with max of 12 mths stay on each arrival). Their visas do have the 8503 condition and I have just got approval of that being waived to apply new visa on shore as they are about to expire. I am looking to apply subclass 864 CPV, been prepared the Form 47pa and Form 40. Before making a first payment and sending out the application forms with all necessary documents, I have a few questions here. Any suggestion or share experiences are sincerely appreciated.
Certified true copies - I remember I get it done before at a Pharmacy for my driver licence and passport. But for the immigration evidence purpose, do I necessarily have to get it signed from Lawyer?
Acknowledgement Letter - I understand it will be varied upon the postal service due to current COVID situation, but if I use the express post or courier service and let say they take a week to reach to Perth office, how long would they usually take to send out the acknowledgement letter back to us?
Bridging Visa - How would they normally inform us for bridging visa arrangement after 864 CPV application? Will that be included in the acknowledgement letter? Or do I have to apply separately for it? My parents' visa are expiring in mid of Feb so I am a bit concerned for the processing time of initial application/ack stage to make sure they remain lawfully residing here in Australia.
Thank you in advance again for everyone's kind interest and response.