Costabeera

No one replied to this so I've reposted it. Any advice would be appreciated.

----- Original Message -----
From: "walaj"
Newsgroups: misc.immigration.australia+nz
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 8:01 PM
Subject: Oz visa forms and step-sisters


    > The application for skilled migraton (47SK) asks about half sisters, but
    > I have two that I have not seen for many years.
    > The thing is I do not know their date of birth, if they are still
    > married (and thus their surname), even their middle names, or if they
    > are still resident in the UK.
    > I do not want to ask my father (who is their father as well) as he is
    > not in contact with them, nor do I want him to know about my application
    > until we have been (hopefully) granted the visa.
    > Does anybody know if it is ok to fill in the form with 'details not
    > known' or do I need to find out this information?
    > walaj
Added by Costabeera:

I have a similar situation.

I have not seen my half sisters in many years, and my father is dead. I also
have
not kept in contact with other family members as we are fairly spread out.
One
lives in USA anyway.

Is it necessary to include all my living relatives on my application as it
is
certain they will never apply to migrate themselves?

If I included every family member who is still breathing, the list would run
to
at least a page of A4. Seems a bit much, unless I've misread the
instructions.

Debbie

[QUOTE][SIZE=1]Originally posted by Costabeera:
No one replied to this so I've reposted it. Any advice would be appreciated.

----- Original Message -----
From: "walaj"
Newsgroups: misc.immigration.australia+nz
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 8:01 PM
Subject: Oz visa forms and step-sisters


Hi,

I also have step brothers and sisters, but I never see them or have any contact with them, so I didnt put them down on our form. I only put my real sister on it. Dont know if I did the right thing, but I didnt see any point in putting people down who are not a part of my life, and are not related to me by blood, so if I were you I wouldnt bother either.

I'm sure we are not alone in this.

Regards

Jaj

What category of immigration are you applying for?

If you don't have full details just put down the details you do know
and make it clear you don't have the remaining information. If you're
applying for skilled independent, it's not likely to make much
difference. If on the other hand it's remaining relative or something
like that then it might have an impact but you've no choice other than
to declare it anyway.

Jeremy

    >On Tue, 1 Oct 2002 09:29:28 +0100, "Costabeera" wrote:
    >No one replied to this so I've reposted it. Any advice would be appreciated.
    >----- Original Message -----
    >From: "walaj"
    >Newsgroups: misc.immigration.australia+nz
    >Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 8:01 PM
    >Subject: Oz visa forms and step-sisters
    >> The application for skilled migraton (47SK) asks about half sisters, but
    >> I have two that I have not seen for many years.
    >> The thing is I do not know their date of birth, if they are still
    >> married (and thus their surname), even their middle names, or if they
    >> are still resident in the UK.
    >> I do not want to ask my father (who is their father as well) as he is
    >> not in contact with them, nor do I want him to know about my application
    >> until we have been (hopefully) granted the visa.
    >> Does anybody know if it is ok to fill in the form with 'details not
    >> known' or do I need to find out this information?
    >> walaj
    >Added by Costabeera:
    >I have a similar situation.
    >I have not seen my half sisters in many years, and my father is dead. I also
    >have
    >not kept in contact with other family members as we are fairly spread out.
    >One
    >lives in USA anyway.
    >Is it necessary to include all my living relatives on my application as it
    >is
    >certain they will never apply to migrate themselves?
    >If I included every family member who is still breathing, the list would run
    >to
    >at least a page of A4. Seems a bit much, unless I've misread the
    >instructions.