Trax

Hi,

Could someone please advise us. We are about to submit our application but as the change to MODL affects us, we need some extra points. The situation is as follows:

My brother lives in Oz and is happy to provide assurance. He worked continuously up until Sept last year, but moved state and has only found occasional contract work since. However, his wife works part-time. He has been going for interviews recently, so will hopefully land a job soon (IT - you know how it is).

We are in a position to lend him the assurance bond, so that is not the problem.

My questions are:

1. Does my brother have to have been working continuously for the past 2 years, or is it just based on earnings over a year.

2. It says that his tax returns for the past 2 financial years are required. As I assume the tax year is up to June, and my brother was still employed at that time in 2002, can we use those tax returns. Are the tax returns required at time of application, or later down the line. This will make a big difference.

3. Form 28 mentions that there can be a joint sponsor - so can my sister-in-law's earning be taken into account too.

I know we are picking at threads, but if we can get in this way, it would make a big difference point wise.


Thanks for any help,

Trax

George Lombard

Hi Trax,

Your brother should consult a competent agent in Australia to make sure he
qualifies. If the assurance fails, the application fails. I'm a bit
reluctant to advise you here because there are some pitfalls, the major ones
being his possible inability to provide current evidence of employment, and
making sure that the possible joint AOS is satisfactory.

cheers

George Lombard
--
www.austimmigration.com.au


"Trax" wrote in message
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    > Hi,
    > Could someone please advise us. We are about to submit our application
    > but as the change to MODL affects us, we need some extra points. The
    > situation is as follows:
    > My brother lives in Oz and is happy to provide assurance. He worked
    > continuously up until Sept last year, but moved state and has only found
    > occasional contract work since. However, his wife works part-time. He
    > has been going for interviews recently, so will hopefully land a job
    > soon (IT - you know how it is).
    > We are in a position to lend him the assurance bond, so that is not
    > the problem.
    > My questions are:
    > 1. Does my brother have to have been working continuously for the past
    > 2 years, or is it just based on earnings over a year.
    > 2. It says that his tax returns for the past 2 financial years are
    > required. As I assume the tax year is up to June, and my brother was
    > still employed at that time in 2002, can we use those tax returns.
    > Are the tax returns required at time of application, or later down
    > the line. This will make a big difference.
    > 3. Form 28 mentions that there can be a joint sponsor - so can my
    > sister-in-law's earning be taken into account too.
    > I know we are picking at threads, but if we can get in this way, it
    > would make a big difference point wise.
    > Thanks for any help,
    > Trax
    > --
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Trax

Thank George for your comments.

I think we will delay submitting our application a little, as my brother has had 3 interviews this week, and looks like something might come up soon. We wouldn't do anything that would be detrimental to our case.

Trax

Just a thought,

Am I right in assuming that we can have a different assurer to our sponsor. So, it that is the case, we could get my brother to sponsor us, and we have a close family friend who could provide an assurance of support.

George Lombard

Hi Trax,

No, they don't have to be the same person, so that sounds preferable.

Cheers

George Lombard
--
www.austimmigration.com.au


"Trax" wrote in message
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    > Just a thought,
    > Am I right in assuming that we can have a different assurer to our
    > sponsor. So, it that is the case, we could get my brother to sponsor
    > us, and we have a close family friend who could provide an assurance
    > of support.
    > --
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Trax

Just heard today that my brother has been offered a job with a blue chip co. - so things are definitely looking up.

Thanks for you help George.

Trax