Advice urgently needed!
Jun 16th 2006, 1:19 am
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Advice urgently needed!
Hi
I wondered if i might trouble someone (anyone!) for some advice;
My brother is presently in Australia on a sponsored working visa...that's the easy bit!
He has always been economical with the truth, as a kid we excused it as an over active imagination but over the years he has caused a lot of heartbreak within the family (for that reason please read the rest of this with the thought that it is he who has provided the information and the only thing I can confirm is that he IS in Australia as he visited an uncle of ours)
He went out on a sponsored working visa but left the company shortly after arriving. He then got a sponsored working visa with another company.(I understood it was very difficult to get a sponsored visa - he works with computers)
The next we hear is that he has been diagnosed with TB and is being allowed to stay as it was not diagnosed before he left the UK
Today is my Dad's birthday and my brother has emailed dad to say Happy Birthday and.....
that he has been laid off work until the intensive first 3 months treatment has finished
he cannot return to the UK as he will invalidate his sponsored working visa
and can dad lend him £1900 to tie him over until he can return to work
Even from the other side of the world this smells a bit fishy to me!?
Any thoughts or observations gratefully received
I wondered if i might trouble someone (anyone!) for some advice;
My brother is presently in Australia on a sponsored working visa...that's the easy bit!
He has always been economical with the truth, as a kid we excused it as an over active imagination but over the years he has caused a lot of heartbreak within the family (for that reason please read the rest of this with the thought that it is he who has provided the information and the only thing I can confirm is that he IS in Australia as he visited an uncle of ours)
He went out on a sponsored working visa but left the company shortly after arriving. He then got a sponsored working visa with another company.(I understood it was very difficult to get a sponsored visa - he works with computers)
The next we hear is that he has been diagnosed with TB and is being allowed to stay as it was not diagnosed before he left the UK
Today is my Dad's birthday and my brother has emailed dad to say Happy Birthday and.....
that he has been laid off work until the intensive first 3 months treatment has finished
he cannot return to the UK as he will invalidate his sponsored working visa
and can dad lend him £1900 to tie him over until he can return to work
Even from the other side of the world this smells a bit fishy to me!?
Any thoughts or observations gratefully received
Jun 16th 2006, 2:41 am
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Re: Advice urgently needed!
Originally Posted by November11
Hi
I wondered if i might trouble someone (anyone!) for some advice;
My brother is presently in Australia on a sponsored working visa...that's the easy bit!
He has always been economical with the truth, as a kid we excused it as an over active imagination but over the years he has caused a lot of heartbreak within the family (for that reason please read the rest of this with the thought that it is he who has provided the information and the only thing I can confirm is that he IS in Australia as he visited an uncle of ours)
He went out on a sponsored working visa but left the company shortly after arriving. He then got a sponsored working visa with another company.(I understood it was very difficult to get a sponsored visa - he works with computers)
The next we hear is that he has been diagnosed with TB and is being allowed to stay as it was not diagnosed before he left the UK
Today is my Dad's birthday and my brother has emailed dad to say Happy Birthday and.....
that he has been laid off work until the intensive first 3 months treatment has finished
he cannot return to the UK as he will invalidate his sponsored working visa
and can dad lend him £1900 to tie him over until he can return to work
Even from the other side of the world this smells a bit fishy to me!?
Any thoughts or observations gratefully received
I wondered if i might trouble someone (anyone!) for some advice;
My brother is presently in Australia on a sponsored working visa...that's the easy bit!
He has always been economical with the truth, as a kid we excused it as an over active imagination but over the years he has caused a lot of heartbreak within the family (for that reason please read the rest of this with the thought that it is he who has provided the information and the only thing I can confirm is that he IS in Australia as he visited an uncle of ours)
He went out on a sponsored working visa but left the company shortly after arriving. He then got a sponsored working visa with another company.(I understood it was very difficult to get a sponsored visa - he works with computers)
The next we hear is that he has been diagnosed with TB and is being allowed to stay as it was not diagnosed before he left the UK
Today is my Dad's birthday and my brother has emailed dad to say Happy Birthday and.....
that he has been laid off work until the intensive first 3 months treatment has finished
he cannot return to the UK as he will invalidate his sponsored working visa
and can dad lend him £1900 to tie him over until he can return to work
Even from the other side of the world this smells a bit fishy to me!?
Any thoughts or observations gratefully received
Oz employment contracts are a mind of their own....he may only have 10 days sick leave entitlement.
Is he SURE that coming back to the UK would invalidate his visa?
Would your dad be in a position to lend him the money to pay for the treatment? On production of (verifiable) invoices/receipts from pharmacies etc.
Tricky one - my heart goes out to you.
Jun 16th 2006, 8:10 pm
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Re: Advice urgently needed!
the silence speaks volumes!
if you didnt trust him then why do it now,and whats more important to this guy the visa or his health?
good luck
steve......
if you didnt trust him then why do it now,and whats more important to this guy the visa or his health?
good luck
steve......
Jun 16th 2006, 8:19 pm
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Re: Advice urgently needed!
Originally Posted by November11
Hi
I wondered if i might trouble someone (anyone!) for some advice;
My brother is presently in Australia on a sponsored working visa...that's the easy bit!
He has always been economical with the truth, as a kid we excused it as an over active imagination but over the years he has caused a lot of heartbreak within the family (for that reason please read the rest of this with the thought that it is he who has provided the information and the only thing I can confirm is that he IS in Australia as he visited an uncle of ours)
He went out on a sponsored working visa but left the company shortly after arriving. He then got a sponsored working visa with another company.(I understood it was very difficult to get a sponsored visa - he works with computers)
The next we hear is that he has been diagnosed with TB and is being allowed to stay as it was not diagnosed before he left the UK
Today is my Dad's birthday and my brother has emailed dad to say Happy Birthday and.....
that he has been laid off work until the intensive first 3 months treatment has finished
he cannot return to the UK as he will invalidate his sponsored working visa
and can dad lend him £1900 to tie him over until he can return to work
Even from the other side of the world this smells a bit fishy to me!?
Any thoughts or observations gratefully received
I wondered if i might trouble someone (anyone!) for some advice;
My brother is presently in Australia on a sponsored working visa...that's the easy bit!
He has always been economical with the truth, as a kid we excused it as an over active imagination but over the years he has caused a lot of heartbreak within the family (for that reason please read the rest of this with the thought that it is he who has provided the information and the only thing I can confirm is that he IS in Australia as he visited an uncle of ours)
He went out on a sponsored working visa but left the company shortly after arriving. He then got a sponsored working visa with another company.(I understood it was very difficult to get a sponsored visa - he works with computers)
The next we hear is that he has been diagnosed with TB and is being allowed to stay as it was not diagnosed before he left the UK
Today is my Dad's birthday and my brother has emailed dad to say Happy Birthday and.....
that he has been laid off work until the intensive first 3 months treatment has finished
he cannot return to the UK as he will invalidate his sponsored working visa
and can dad lend him £1900 to tie him over until he can return to work
Even from the other side of the world this smells a bit fishy to me!?
Any thoughts or observations gratefully received
Sounds extremely fishy to me. If he had left his first job that would only give him 28 days to be sponsored with his new employer - not easy. Secondly leaving the country on a Sponsored working visa (possibly 457) isnt a problem at all - he is free to come and go as he likes (as long as he is still fulfilling his contract with his employer!).
Jun 16th 2006, 8:42 pm
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Re: Advice urgently needed!
Originally Posted by November11
Hi
I wondered if i might trouble someone (anyone!) for some advice;
My brother is presently in Australia on a sponsored working visa...that's the easy bit!
He has always been economical with the truth, as a kid we excused it as an over active imagination but over the years he has caused a lot of heartbreak within the family (for that reason please read the rest of this with the thought that it is he who has provided the information and the only thing I can confirm is that he IS in Australia as he visited an uncle of ours)
He went out on a sponsored working visa but left the company shortly after arriving. He then got a sponsored working visa with another company.(I understood it was very difficult to get a sponsored visa - he works with computers)
The next we hear is that he has been diagnosed with TB and is being allowed to stay as it was not diagnosed before he left the UK
Today is my Dad's birthday and my brother has emailed dad to say Happy Birthday and.....
that he has been laid off work until the intensive first 3 months treatment has finished
he cannot return to the UK as he will invalidate his sponsored working visa
and can dad lend him £1900 to tie him over until he can return to work
Even from the other side of the world this smells a bit fishy to me!?
Any thoughts or observations gratefully received
I wondered if i might trouble someone (anyone!) for some advice;
My brother is presently in Australia on a sponsored working visa...that's the easy bit!
He has always been economical with the truth, as a kid we excused it as an over active imagination but over the years he has caused a lot of heartbreak within the family (for that reason please read the rest of this with the thought that it is he who has provided the information and the only thing I can confirm is that he IS in Australia as he visited an uncle of ours)
He went out on a sponsored working visa but left the company shortly after arriving. He then got a sponsored working visa with another company.(I understood it was very difficult to get a sponsored visa - he works with computers)
The next we hear is that he has been diagnosed with TB and is being allowed to stay as it was not diagnosed before he left the UK
Today is my Dad's birthday and my brother has emailed dad to say Happy Birthday and.....
that he has been laid off work until the intensive first 3 months treatment has finished
he cannot return to the UK as he will invalidate his sponsored working visa
and can dad lend him £1900 to tie him over until he can return to work
Even from the other side of the world this smells a bit fishy to me!?
Any thoughts or observations gratefully received
I can only say go with your gut feeling. You are obviously concerned or you wouldn't have posted....! At best if you have the money to spare mebe someone should come out to 'be with him' during the treatment and then you will know for sure one way or the other.
S
Jun 16th 2006, 8:56 pm
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Re: Advice urgently needed!
Originally Posted by November11
Hi
I wondered if i might trouble someone (anyone!) for some advice;
My brother is presently in Australia on a sponsored working visa...that's the easy bit!
He has always been economical with the truth, as a kid we excused it as an over active imagination but over the years he has caused a lot of heartbreak within the family (for that reason please read the rest of this with the thought that it is he who has provided the information and the only thing I can confirm is that he IS in Australia as he visited an uncle of ours)
He went out on a sponsored working visa but left the company shortly after arriving. He then got a sponsored working visa with another company.(I understood it was very difficult to get a sponsored visa - he works with computers)
The next we hear is that he has been diagnosed with TB and is being allowed to stay as it was not diagnosed before he left the UK
Today is my Dad's birthday and my brother has emailed dad to say Happy Birthday and.....
that he has been laid off work until the intensive first 3 months treatment has finished
he cannot return to the UK as he will invalidate his sponsored working visa
and can dad lend him £1900 to tie him over until he can return to work
Even from the other side of the world this smells a bit fishy to me!?
Any thoughts or observations gratefully received
I wondered if i might trouble someone (anyone!) for some advice;
My brother is presently in Australia on a sponsored working visa...that's the easy bit!
He has always been economical with the truth, as a kid we excused it as an over active imagination but over the years he has caused a lot of heartbreak within the family (for that reason please read the rest of this with the thought that it is he who has provided the information and the only thing I can confirm is that he IS in Australia as he visited an uncle of ours)
He went out on a sponsored working visa but left the company shortly after arriving. He then got a sponsored working visa with another company.(I understood it was very difficult to get a sponsored visa - he works with computers)
The next we hear is that he has been diagnosed with TB and is being allowed to stay as it was not diagnosed before he left the UK
Today is my Dad's birthday and my brother has emailed dad to say Happy Birthday and.....
that he has been laid off work until the intensive first 3 months treatment has finished
he cannot return to the UK as he will invalidate his sponsored working visa
and can dad lend him £1900 to tie him over until he can return to work
Even from the other side of the world this smells a bit fishy to me!?
Any thoughts or observations gratefully received
Here is something from NSW Govt Health dept http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/health-...ions/3450.html
From Vic Health http://www.health.vic.gov.au/ideas/d...s/tb_facts.htm and http://www.health.vic.gov.au/ideas/bluebook/myco_tb.htm
If you go googling, you should find lots of info on TB
Jun 17th 2006, 1:30 am
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Re: Advice urgently needed!
Thank you for all your replies, they are much appreciated.
It is a horrible feeling not to trust a member of the family, especially at a time that they may need you most.
I felt I had to voice my concerns as I have seen my Mum and Dad suffer both emotionally and financially over the years
Thanks again everyone
It is a horrible feeling not to trust a member of the family, especially at a time that they may need you most.
I felt I had to voice my concerns as I have seen my Mum and Dad suffer both emotionally and financially over the years
Thanks again everyone
