JapieDownunder 10 Posted December 5, 2011 Hi I need some advice please. I have been resident in Australia for nearly six years now and got my citizenship last year. My brother has just got his PR and will be moving to Oz with his partner next year. My sister is still in the UK. We would now like to bring my parents across to Oz as well on an Aged Parents Visa but I am a bit worried about the Balance of Family test and when it is applied. My brother's partner is an astronomer and could work anywhere in the world. What happens if they get an attractive job offer from another country and decide to move there whilst my parents are in Oz on a bridging visa and still waiting for their PR visa to get approved? Does that mean we would no longer fulfil the BoF requirement? Does my brother have to remain in Oz until my parent's visa is approved? Thanks Sebastian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Petals 4,259 Posted December 7, 2011 If you have a sister in the UK then your parents would not be last remaining relatives would they? or is she going to migrate as well. There is an interesting case in the papers here where a South African couple have been here on bridging living with their daughter. They are going for residency but unfortunately during the time they have been here her father's medical condition as worsened and now the immigration department want to deport them as they do not meet the medical requirements. This does come up quite a lot and from time to time we get these stories, which I might add we never seem to find out what happens in the end. Good luck Petals :ssign15:taking no prisoners :wink: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
