Better to apply for residence after 12 months?
Mar 17th 2011, 11:26 pm
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Better to apply for residence after 12 months?
I've just started doing our PR expression of interest, and there are lots of questions that mention whether we've been here for 12 months/working for 12 months etc. Will it make any difference to the application? Should we wait until we've been here 12 months?
We're on 3 year visas so no real hurry I'd just rather we could get the benefits of residency (income replacement cover in particular) and my daughter is only on a visitors visa so she can't start school until we've changed that (she's 4 now).
Thanks
Jennie
We're on 3 year visas so no real hurry I'd just rather we could get the benefits of residency (income replacement cover in particular) and my daughter is only on a visitors visa so she can't start school until we've changed that (she's 4 now).
Thanks
Jennie
Mar 18th 2011, 3:57 am
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Re: Better to apply for residence after 12 months?
Should be straightforward, if you had applied at the same time as your visa was issued they would have happily granted her a student visa and she would have been elegible for 20hrs/week kindy at no/little charge.
Mar 18th 2011, 4:23 am
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Re: Better to apply for residence after 12 months?
Oooh now I'm worried, she's had nearly a year of free ECE hours - they told me at immigration that a visitors visa was fine for that. I hope that's true...
