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Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Dec 29th 2009, 9:14 am
Replies: 1,986
Views: 190,449
Posted By gotnoidea

Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.

I had mum over on the visitor visa for 12 months, we had to do a federal police check as she'd been here so long. Seems to be a fairly common thing to do. You can extend the stay longer than 12...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Dec 28th 2009, 10:32 am
Replies: 1,986
Views: 190,449
Posted By gotnoidea

Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.

Christmas morning was passable, but its been raining since xmas afternoon in Sydney more or less. Still beats being snowed-in in Europe, so no complaints!

We had another update from Paris...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Dec 24th 2009, 4:40 am
Replies: 1,986
Views: 190,449
Posted By gotnoidea

Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.

Another RED star!

Visa grant letter was issued on Dec 22... just a few days after having paid for it in Paris. Turns out to be quite easy in the end... if you know what you're doing!

Now for...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Dec 19th 2009, 8:06 pm
Replies: 1,986
Views: 190,449
Posted By gotnoidea

Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.

Probably not too many people applying for visas in mainland Europe, but I'll continue my story for posterity....

So mum tried to fax the fax payment to Berlin and failed to do so. We're not quite...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Dec 15th 2009, 2:12 am
Replies: 1,986
Views: 190,449
Posted By gotnoidea

Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.

The plan with Berlin is that they will post back the receipt to mum in Paris - hopefully they'll do that all today when they receive the fax and payment details. She then DHLs it to Perth.

from...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Dec 11th 2009, 9:22 pm
Replies: 1,986
Views: 190,449
Posted By gotnoidea

Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.

Thanks for the advice Matt. We did say to mum in no uncertain terms she was to get a pink, or other receipt (apparently they are changing their receipting system) and not to leave the embassy until...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Dec 11th 2009, 8:56 pm
Replies: 1,986
Views: 190,449
Posted By gotnoidea

Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.

What a disastrous evening. Mum-in-law went to the embassy in Paris with a bank cheque armed with a stream of papers printed off. Only to be told they would not take the cheque, despite what it says...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Dec 6th 2009, 3:38 am
Replies: 1,986
Views: 190,449
Posted By gotnoidea

Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.

Yeah - silly me!! I mean the Australian Embassy in Paris.

Cheers.
Rich
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Dec 1st 2009, 9:07 pm
Replies: 1,986
Views: 190,449
Posted By gotnoidea

Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.

Hi matt,

looking forward to seeing how this goes. Mother in law is delivering the cheque personally to the french embassy on monday with a bank cheque. We got a fairly strongly worded letter...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Dec 1st 2009, 1:53 am
Replies: 1,986
Views: 190,449
Posted By gotnoidea

Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.

i did my AOS in Sydney, got an appointment within 10 days. I was told only the one in the city can do the AOS (presumably that's for metropolitan Sydney only though). I suspect donov' may have...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Nov 29th 2009, 10:02 am
Replies: 1,986
Views: 190,449
Posted By gotnoidea

Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.

$285 per week? That is incredible, maybe there's something to be said for SA? We're paying $720 for a 3 bed prefab in Sydney. I remember going to see one of my great aunts living in a prefab in...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Nov 27th 2009, 7:58 pm
Replies: 1,986
Views: 190,449
Posted By gotnoidea

Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.

There is still an advantage, we should save around $2000 by paying in Euros. whilst the £ has fallen against pretty much everything (but not to worry i hear the british government are saying the...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Nov 27th 2009, 6:37 am
Replies: 1,986
Views: 190,449
Posted By gotnoidea

Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.

We were getting very fidgety today so rang the office for an update, only to be told we could not talk to the CO as we had not filled out the paper to allow us to talk on behalf of the Mother-in-law....
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Nov 24th 2009, 6:56 am
Replies: 1,986
Views: 190,449
Posted By gotnoidea

Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.

So we've done all the paperwork now. Sandch, maybe you can add our dates to your timeline - see my signature.

Is it just me or does this last leg seem to take the longest (well apart from the 18...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Oct 12th 2009, 8:07 am
Replies: 1,986
Views: 190,449
Posted By gotnoidea

Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.

Great info - thanks. So, you reckon if I sent the meds before they asked and god-forbid the CO takes until November to actually ask for Meds and PCC that he may not accept them on the old forms?
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Oct 12th 2009, 2:25 am
Replies: 1,986
Views: 190,449
Posted By gotnoidea

Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.

Ha gotta love this thread, seems to break all the rules but just works!

So, appreciate if anyone has some advice on this. Things are getting a bit tight with the application for a 143 PVC for my...
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