JAJ

1. You do not need to be a citizen to sponsor. Permanent residents can sponsor (must be living in Australia, and assurance of support rules can affect some recent PRs however).

2. There is no such thing as a "family repatriation" visa (skilled sponsored, remaining relative, contributory parent etc - yes. family repatriation - no).

3. There is no rule currently that requires sponsored family members to live near their sponsor. Might change next year for just one type of visa but that's it.

Information on the rules for pretty much all migrant visas is contained in the migration booklets on the DIMIA site. For example, skilled sponsored visas are described in booklet 6.
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/books_migrate.htm


Jeremy

cranni

i AM SPONSORING MY DAUGHTER, I have been here 10 mths, i am on PR, she is child dependant. Maybe it is different because she is my daughter. Denise

island.girl

ummm very confusing, i am still non the wiser!
so i think i can sponsor him as skilled sponsored, but his job isn't on the skilled occup list

Alan Collett

Jeremy is an agent too ... remember that not all agents have the same depth of knowledge and Jeremy is one of the most knowledgeable out there ...

Best regards.

ROBnCAZ

Thats interesting to note.....we (or rather, Caz) will be sponsoring her folks and we also were under the impression she had to be there for 2 years!

Did they give a reason for allowing you to move ahead early?

Would prove very helpful as they plan to come with us on a 6 month temp visitors visa and keep renewing it every 6 months until we can sponsor them. The only drawback with this is they would have to keep going off-shore to renew!! Bummer....Bali every 6 months eh? Someones gotta do it I suppose!

Grayling

You need 2 years to sponsor parents.

G

Grayling

That is a very risky option as immigration will refuse entry if they think anyone is trying to live in Australia on a visitor's visa.

G

ROBnCAZ

OK, thats fine......what we thought anyway.

Why is it different for sponsoring kids .....anyone know?

Alan Collett

I think George Lombard has already dealt with much of your query on the Immigration Forum, but here are my thoughts:

- If you are moving to Australia you can sponsor a close relative for a Skilled - Australian Sponsored visa (subclass number 138) from the time you arrive to live in Australia.

- The person you are sponsoring MUST have a skilled occupation, and have a positive skills assessment classification from the relevant assessing body. If you live in Sydney (or close to Sydney) this occupation must be on what is known as the SSASSL. If you live anywhere else the occupation must be on the SOL. DIMIA form 1121i refers.

- Visas under subclass number 138 are points tested. The pass mark is 110 points, NOT 120 points as is the case for the Skilled Independent (subclass number 136) visa.

- The other family sponsored skilled visa you may see mentioned is the Skilled - Designated Area Sponsored visa (subclass number 139). This visa requires the family sponsor to live in what is called a "Designated Area" and to have done so for at least 12 months at the time the visa application is lodged with the DIMIA.

- The 139 visa is NOT points tested. Note though that it is expected that this visa will cease to be available in its present form for applications lodged after 1 July 2006 - the replacement should be a provisional visa requiring the visaholder to live in a regional area of Australia for 2 years, and to work in the same for 12 months before a permanent visa is granted (similar to the requirements that apply to the Skilled Independent Regional visa that is already in place).

- Both family sponsored skilled visas require the applicant to have an Assurer in place. Such a person need not be a relative, but must have assessable income as evidenced by Tax Assessment Notices issued by the Australian Taxation Office for the last two income tax years showing the required level of assessable income (if they show more than A$40,000 for the last two tax years all should be well).

- The Assurer is also required to lodge an Assurance of Support Bond.

Hope this helps. If you and/or your brother want any more help please feel able to call my office in Southampton:
http://www.gomatilda.com/contact.cfm#appraisal

Best regards.

Alan Collett

That's right - the rules as to the period you are required to have lived in Australia are different for sponsoring a dependent child as against a parent ...

Best regards.

ROBnCAZ

Yeah we realise this......however, our agent recommended this option to us. She is Australian with a wealth of experience and claims to have carried this out successfully in the past! Time will tell eh!

Alan Collett

Can I also add in reply to the original enquirer that there is a need for a skilled visa applicant to have worked in a skilled occupation "recently" - this is a basic requirement of general skilled migration.

I believe from your posting on the Immigration Forum that your brother might not meet that requirement presently, so he may have to consider returning to a skilled occupation (one on the SOL - or SSASSL if required, but check this point with an agent) for a period of 6 or 12 months (depending on which visa pathway he goes down).

Best regards.

cranni

Hi , Michelle came over on a student visa. We came over last year, we was sponsored so we PR.
I rang DIMIA PERTH and they said i could sposor her because we had PR. I was surprised as well, i thought it would be 2 yrs, it might be because she is child dependant. Denise
By the way not all agents no everything . because my agent said it culd not be done.

zbettyboop

[QUOTE=island.girl]would anyone please be able to advise me?
is there anyway i can sponser my brother to live in oz permanently,
once we are there obviously!
we have independant skilled visa's.
he is a moter mechanic by trade but has no recent work expierience in that,
he is a qualified surf instructor and lifeguard now and that is what he has recent expierience in.
your views please! [/QUOTE

hi,i am still in the UK but when i went to Visa-Go i asked if i could use my cousin to sponsor me (he has been in Australia for 25yrs) they said yes but i could not live in the same part of Australia as him which i find quite strange .

Alan Collett

Hmmm ... call them again to check this ... maybe you misunderstood what was said?

Best regards.



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