shivu

Hi,

We have got skil-ind BN136 visa (PR) and going to MELB next week. My wife is pregnant now and we are expecting our baby in the month of April.


We would like to call our mother and on which visa she can use to travel to australia? we want her to join in the time of baby born.

Can some one suggest us??

Thanks in advance...

Shiv ...

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Melb.. here we come ....
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mlbonner

Do you want your mother there permanently or just when the baby is born. She should just be able to come on a tourist visa (ETA) which is valid for 3 months. http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/visiting_tourism.htm
If it is for PR I think the visa is quite hard to get, a lot depends on whether you/she has any remaining family in India.

si.young

The remaining relative visa sounds about the best way if you require permanent residence, but as mentioned above, it depends on how many family members you have in India, if your mother is left alone then you can probably use this visa as a potential way forward.


Good luck in Oz.

shivu

HI,

We want her to be in Australia just about 3 months ,

fyi

RGDS
Shridhar

mcpraj

if there is no remaining family member left back, will that make it easy..

I mean can she come on ETA, and then stay on until she gets a permanent visa..

any info..
regards,
Raj

George Lombard

Dear Raj, Shiv, Michelle,

You should be clear that an ETA is not available for an Indian passport holder - unless lucky enough to hold a passport for an ETA eligible country.

In this situation you'll need to go down the path of a visitor visa. Once you get here you'll find that just about everyone with origins in the subcontinent has a story to tell about bringing relatives for short visits. Best advice I can give you is to arrive well ahead of the date you plan for the visit, and listen carefully to what the community here say about the evidence required. Not many migration agents can help in a cost effective way - in our case we rarely get involved with visitor visa applications and don't know the current processing pattern for visitor visas in New Delhi but you'll find that many of the people you meet once you get here will have up to date information about the current requirements through New Delhi.

Cheers,

George Lombard

www.austimmigration.com.au

mcpraj

Dear George,

Thanks a lot for the info, I personally feel that a highly experienced and a honest person like you should be helping out people who want to bring their lonely mothers of fathers who want to join their families in australia.

regards,
Raj