pete8760 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 hi,my wife and i are nearing retirement and are looking to spend a lot of time with our daughter in brizzy,because we have two other children in the uk i have been told that we could not get perminent visas what is the best way to do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest36187 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 Firstly you do not meet the balance of family test required for the parent visa but there are other options. Look on the dimia web site and perhaps find an agent to chat with. Alan Colett from go Matilda helped my parents through their parent visa and I'm sure he can get u on the right road. There are many agents that post on PIO. Goodluck x x x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete8760 Posted July 2, 2011 Author Share Posted July 2, 2011 many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest36187 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 Happy to (try) to help!!!! Welcome to PIO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heathcote Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Falling a parent visa if you have significant funds a subclass 405 may be possible. Happy to discuss. Regards Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 My parents came for 6 months a year on a tourist visa and they did it for 15 years until at 80 they decided to pull the pin. As one of their grandkids appears now to have emigrated back again they still have one of the grandkids around and hopefully will enjoy his kids (in a year or two). That might be another option for you - best of all worlds really. They had no problems with visas, they came and built a granny flat on our block so we have an extra room for visitors (in theory), they bought a car and left it here when they went home for summer. That way they werent disadvantaged with their pensions being frozen, they managed to get travel insurance but on the one occasion they needed medical help they got it instantly through the reciprocal arrangement with medicare. They would have kept on doing it but the flights got a bit much for them every 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete8760 Posted July 15, 2011 Author Share Posted July 15, 2011 My parents came for 6 months a year on a tourist visa and they did it for 15 years until at 80 they decided to pull the pin. As one of their grandkids appears now to have emigrated back again they still have one of the grandkids around and hopefully will enjoy his kids (in a year or two). That might be another option for you - best of all worlds really. They had no problems with visas, they came and built a granny flat on our block so we have an extra room for visitors (in theory), they bought a car and left it here when they went home for summer. That way they werent disadvantaged with their pensions being frozen, they managed to get travel insurance but on the one occasion they needed medical help they got it instantly through the reciprocal arrangement with medicare. They would have kept on doing it but the flights got a bit much for them every 6 months. hi ,could you tell me what visa they applied for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete8760 Posted July 15, 2011 Author Share Posted July 15, 2011 hi my wife and i want to stay with our daughter in brisbane for 12 months at a time the reason being that we have two other children living in the u.k.what visa would we need to do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spursno1 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Hi My wife and i are in a similar position and would be interested in an answer-I do believe you have to leave Oz before the years up but I do not know whether you have to return to the U.K. to re-new your visa or can you go somewere else? thanks for someone giving an answer Mavin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linday Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Hi My wife and i are in a similar position and would be interested in an answer-I do believe you have to leave Oz before the years up but I do not know whether you have to return to the U.K. to re-new your visa or can you go somewere else? thanks for someone giving an answer Mavin Hi You don't normally have to return to the UK to renew your tourist visa. Just leave Australia. However, DIAC may get suspicious and refuse the visa if they think you are trying to 'live' in Australia on a succession of 12 monthtourist visas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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