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Thank you so much for everyone's advice. We will seek advice from registered migration agent.

Hi everyone. I hope that you are having a great Friday. I was wondering if anyone could kindly offer us advice on this matter. Due to the COVID pandemic, our parents were granted Visitor Visa (subclass 600) with 'No Travel' condition. This visa were granted in January 2022, which is recently. My mom's visitor visa will expire on 7 December 2022. My dad's visitor visa will expire on 20 January 2023. My sister decided to sponsor our parents. We applied for Contributory Aged Parent Visa (subclass 864) onshore and immediately got Acknowledgement of Valid Application and Bridging Visa A. Our grandmother in Vietnam got quite sick, so my parents accidentally rushed back to check up on her without noticing the 'No Travel' condition on their Visitor Visas. My question is: How can they get back to Australia before their Bridging Visa A becomes active, which is on 7 December 2022? Should we apply for another Visitor Visa? Thank you so much for your assistance and I hope you all have a great weekend ahead.

Btw, I forgot to ask these following points. I'm sorry, but I have to trouble everyone again : QUESTION 1: In Form 40 'Sponsorship for migration to Australia,' Part C, Question 13 (page 9), they required us to "list here all members of the family unit of the applicant who are included in this sponsorship." Also, in the same Form 40, under the About This Form section (page 1), they define "members of family unit" based on the definition listed in Form 1496i (as shown below): My sister is the sponsor, so she will have to fill this form. My sister and I are my parents' children. However, NEITHER of us are dependent according to their definition, so does this mean that my sister can leave Part C blank, or must she include both of our details in? Similarly, my mom's detail has been filled in Part B – About the applicant's partner or former partner. Does this mean that my sister can still leave Part C blank, or she has to fill my mom's detail in? To summarise, which is the right thing to do for Part C? (1) Leave Part C completely blank (2) Fill only children's details (my sister and me) in (3) Fill only our mom's detail in (4) Fill our mom's, my sister's, and my detail in ----- QUESTION 2: As mentioned earlier, my sister and I are NOT dependent children, so my parents DON'T have to fill in Form 47A 'Details of child or other dependent family member aged 18 years or over,' right? Please correct me if I'm wrong. ----- QUESTION 3: To lodge the application, we have to: Gather all the necessary documents Pay online via my dad's ImmiAccount --> Write the receipt number into the form and print out a copy of the receipt. Send the documents to the Parent Visa Centre. --> How will we know if our application has been received and if my parents are granted BVA? Will they informed us by mail or through my dad's ImmiAccount, where the payment is made? My mom also has her own ImmiAccount. Will she get notified too? ----- Thank you in advance for your replies. If this visa works out well then I'll definitely treat you guys to street food tours in my country as a gratitude to your assistance.

Oh I see. Thank you for the tool! I've seen the figures on Immi website, but I've never trusted them as well . That's why I also checked on forums and people who I know that applied for the same visa recently for more reference. I'll check out the calculator that you've sent me.

Hi Marisawright, I appreciate your concern and advice. I'm grateful that everyone's replies have been really useful, including Russel's. I'm currently on my own BVA (waiting for post-graduate visa), so I'm fully aware of its limitations. I've heard from my acquaintances (and also read threads on different forums) that the processing time for visa 864 is usually 3.5 to 4 years, as opposed to visa 143 (which is allegedly 15 to even 30 years?), so hopefully my parents won't have to wait that long. We have a track record of being granted visas in a short amount of time. Most of my parents' tourist visas, as well as my student visa, were granted in less than a week, except for the ones that require medical examinations. Those are usually granted within 2 weeks. In my brother-in-law's case (PR), it was the day after we lodged his application. As for me, this is the first time that I have a long bridging visa. However, due to COVID impact, my uni friends are also experiencing the same wait time for post-graduate visa. My parents are on their extended tourist visa, which is somewhat similar to living on a bridging one (except for the travelling part). They have had Bupa insurance since 2020, and we live near the city centre, so I think there won't be much issues with accessing health care. I don't think they will be buying a house now. However, if they want to, my sister can buy it, and my parents & I can totally pay for the mortgage. Thank you so much for the heads-up about the surcharge & FIRB. We don't mind applying and paying for their BVB. Plus, they don't like travelling too much, so it's fine. For us, the PR is quite urgent since the final grant decision will depend on their health, which will deteriorate over time. The sooner we apply, the better it is. Warm Regards, Long.

Hi wrussle, Thank you so much for your timely answer. Cheers, Long.

Hi everyone, My sister and her husband are Australian citizens. She would like to sponsor our parents to live permanently in Australia. Our parents are currently in Australia, so we are planning to go with visa 864. We are aware that this forum is not a legal consulting firm, but we would really appreciate if you could provide us with some insights . Here are some of our concerns: 1/ My dad is of pension age (he was born before 1953), but my mom is not (she was born after 1957). We read that the main applicant can bring his/her partner. If my dad is the main applicant and my mom is his partner, does she need to satisfy the age condition? 2/ Do we need to lodge two separate application forms (one for each parent?) Or we can just lodge one application with my dad being the main applicant and my mom being his partner? 3/ Application fee: For our dad (first/main applicant), we will have to pay $3,770 (1st instalment) + $43,600 (2nd instalment). For our mom (additional applicant/partner), we will have to pay $1,880 (1st instalment) + $43,600 (2nd instalment). Is this correct? 4/ It is written that "You (the sponsor) must agree to provide support, housing and financial help for the first 2 years the applicant lives in Australia. You (the sponsor) must also support any members of the applicant's family who apply with them." My sister and her husband have already paid half for their house here in Australia, so they can definitely provide housing for our parents. My sister does not have a job at the moment, but her husband is currently employed with a salary of over $90k/year. They have no other debts except for the house they are living in, so I'm not sure if my sister is deemed fit to provide financial support for my parents. Will this increase the chance of my parents' visa being refused? It should also be noted that our parents have their own money as well (savings + income from leasing one of their houses), and they can pay both the application fee and living expense. They've been paying their own living expense using their savings for the past two years while they are stuck in Australia because of COVID. 5/ Can my brother-in-law (my sister's husband) be the assurer? Additional information: My family (dad, mom, sis, and me) have never been refused a visa before. My parents have always been travelling back and forth to Australia to visit my sister and her three kids. Once again, thank you for your amazing insights/recommendations/suggestions/advice. Hope everyone is having a great weekend.