karen and andy

Hi all

Can anyone tell us how long we have to be "settled" in oz, before the parents can start applying for their visas?

Cheers
karen and andy:lecture:

Alan Collett

2 years.

Have a look at form 40:
http://www.immi.gov.au./allforms/pdf/40.pdf

Hope this helps.

karen and andy

Thanks Alan

At least i can let them know now just how long the wait is before they can apply.

Cheers

Karen

Alan Collett

Have you/they thought about a 410 Retirement visa to get them to Australia and then applying for a permanent Contrib Parent visa once they are there?

Info about the Retirement visa is here:
http://www.australia.org.uk/VTI/HTML/410_ret.html

Best regards.

karen and andy

Thanks Alan

I'll pass this info onto them. They are in a difficult situation as my brother, who is younger than me still lives at home, but is not dependent on my parents.
He doesn't meet the sol list, so they are torn between the two, although given the chance my brother would be out there asap.

Cheers

Karen

bored_bean

Once you're out there for 2 years can't you sponsor your brother, then your parents will have all surviving children in Oz.

karen and andy

I think that is the option that we will take, thanks for your reply.

Cheers

Karen