STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.
Dec 23rd 2009, 9:28 pm
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Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.
Hi Matt,
Congratulations on your visa grants.
Hopefully your wife will be well enough to travel soon.
We did the trip to NZ for our visa's in 2007 and thought you might find the tip we were given helpful.
If you want to avoid a long wait at the Australian Consulate arrive early (opens at 9am) as the waiting room fills up very quickly.
The Consulate is on the 7th floor. We arrived at 8.50am to find a few people were already waiting in the foyer for the lift. The lift for the 7th floor isn't available until 9am. As soon as we could we made our way up to the waiting room and by 9.30am had the precious visa's in our passports and at last were able to relax and just enjoy being tourists.
The waiting room was already filling up by the time we left.
Best of luck to you both. Tony
Congratulations on your visa grants.
Hopefully your wife will be well enough to travel soon.
We did the trip to NZ for our visa's in 2007 and thought you might find the tip we were given helpful.
If you want to avoid a long wait at the Australian Consulate arrive early (opens at 9am) as the waiting room fills up very quickly.
The Consulate is on the 7th floor. We arrived at 8.50am to find a few people were already waiting in the foyer for the lift. The lift for the 7th floor isn't available until 9am. As soon as we could we made our way up to the waiting room and by 9.30am had the precious visa's in our passports and at last were able to relax and just enjoy being tourists.
The waiting room was already filling up by the time we left.
Best of luck to you both. Tony
Happy Xmas
Matt
Dec 24th 2009, 4:40 am
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Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.
Another RED star!
Visa grant letter was issued on Dec 22... just a few days after having paid for it in Paris. Turns out to be quite easy in the end... if you know what you're doing!
Now for visa evidencing - first available appointment is 6th Jan apparently. I guess even our friends in immigration need a bit of a holiday, but still a bit of a disappointment to have to wait so long.
What's that? - did i hear someone say "whinging pom"? or should it be "whinging pomme" coming from Paris? ...oh dear, best crack open another VB.
Best holiday wishes to all.
Rich
Visa grant letter was issued on Dec 22... just a few days after having paid for it in Paris. Turns out to be quite easy in the end... if you know what you're doing!
Now for visa evidencing - first available appointment is 6th Jan apparently. I guess even our friends in immigration need a bit of a holiday, but still a bit of a disappointment to have to wait so long.
What's that? - did i hear someone say "whinging pom"? or should it be "whinging pomme" coming from Paris? ...oh dear, best crack open another VB.
Best holiday wishes to all.
Rich
Dec 24th 2009, 8:57 am
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Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.
Another RED star!
Visa grant letter was issued on Dec 22... just a few days after having paid for it in Paris. Turns out to be quite easy in the end... if you know what you're doing!
Now for visa evidencing - first available appointment is 6th Jan apparently. I guess even our friends in immigration need a bit of a holiday, but still a bit of a disappointment to have to wait so long.
What's that? - did i hear someone say "whinging pom"? or should it be "whinging pomme" coming from Paris? ...oh dear, best crack open another VB.
Best holiday wishes to all.
Rich
Visa grant letter was issued on Dec 22... just a few days after having paid for it in Paris. Turns out to be quite easy in the end... if you know what you're doing!
Now for visa evidencing - first available appointment is 6th Jan apparently. I guess even our friends in immigration need a bit of a holiday, but still a bit of a disappointment to have to wait so long.
What's that? - did i hear someone say "whinging pom"? or should it be "whinging pomme" coming from Paris? ...oh dear, best crack open another VB.
Best holiday wishes to all.
Rich
CONGRATULATIONSBest wishes for Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Dec 24th 2009, 9:02 am
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Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.
HAPPY CHRISTMAS
TO EVERYONE ON THE SPARKLY THREAD
BEST WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR
TO EVERYONE ON THE SPARKLY THREAD
BEST WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR
Dec 24th 2009, 11:26 am
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Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.
Thanks to every one who has contributed to this thread .
Good luck and Best wishes
Les & Babs
Dec 25th 2009, 6:10 am
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Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.
Yes Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone on this wonderful forum. We have been in Sydney for 9 weeks now and could not be happier.
A shame it's a wet Christmas Day but at least the Roast Dinner with all the trimmings will be more enjoyable. We are both working in jobs we enjoy; I have just got a car as well as Ian's van and with the help of my Sat Nav (Here it is known as a GPS) I am enjoying driving around the lovely Northern Beaches area of Sydney. I would absolutely recommend it to anyone arriving in Sydney who is unsure of which location to start in.
Best wishes
Marian and Ian Burgess
A shame it's a wet Christmas Day but at least the Roast Dinner with all the trimmings will be more enjoyable. We are both working in jobs we enjoy; I have just got a car as well as Ian's van and with the help of my Sat Nav (Here it is known as a GPS) I am enjoying driving around the lovely Northern Beaches area of Sydney. I would absolutely recommend it to anyone arriving in Sydney who is unsure of which location to start in.
Best wishes
Marian and Ian Burgess
Dec 26th 2009, 9:27 am
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Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.
That's good news Rich, a great start to 2010 for you!
We hope you all had a very Happy Christmas and best wishes for 2010 to all.
We hope you all had a very Happy Christmas and best wishes for 2010 to all.
Dec 26th 2009, 10:32 am
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Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.
I second everyone else's good wishes for 2010 - especially for all those still waiting 'patiently' for the first signs of activity on their case. Just hang in there!
Dec 27th 2009, 10:45 pm
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Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.
Another RED star!
Visa grant letter was issued on Dec 22... just a few days after having paid for it in Paris. Turns out to be quite easy in the end... if you know what you're doing!
Now for visa evidencing - first available appointment is 6th Jan apparently. I guess even our friends in immigration need a bit of a holiday, but still a bit of a disappointment to have to wait so long.
What's that? - did i hear someone say "whinging pom"? or should it be "whinging pomme" coming from Paris? ...oh dear, best crack open another VB.
Best holiday wishes to all.
Rich
Visa grant letter was issued on Dec 22... just a few days after having paid for it in Paris. Turns out to be quite easy in the end... if you know what you're doing!
Now for visa evidencing - first available appointment is 6th Jan apparently. I guess even our friends in immigration need a bit of a holiday, but still a bit of a disappointment to have to wait so long.
What's that? - did i hear someone say "whinging pom"? or should it be "whinging pomme" coming from Paris? ...oh dear, best crack open another VB.
Best holiday wishes to all.
Rich
Congratulations , like you say it is so easy once you know what you are doing!! Cheers
Matt
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Dec 27th 2009, 10:49 pm
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Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.
Heres hoping that everyone had a Great Xmas and will have an even Greater New Year.
From a very wet but warm Queensland. Still had Xmas day on the beach, it was a lovely sunny day!
Cheers
Matt
From a very wet but warm Queensland. Still had Xmas day on the beach, it was a lovely sunny day!
Cheers
Matt
Dec 28th 2009, 10:32 am
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Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.
We had another update from Paris regarding the visa evidencing. Mum tried booking an appointment at the embassy, but on three separate occasions was told she did not need to bother going to the embassy as they could see the visa in the system electronically. i am certain that is wrong, so unfortunately its back to our CO to ask him to tell the embassy in Paris what they need to do. I guess they don't have too many PCVs out of Paris, but even so, its really frustrating to be stumped at this point.
Just hoping progress can be made during this short week. Trying not to whinge too much, so close now and we'll have a few decades of her company ahead of us, what's another few days matter?!
Rich
Dec 28th 2009, 11:30 pm
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Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.
Hi All,
Am a newbie on this thread. Acknowledgement for 173 visa received 22 Dec for my parents. I read somewhere that the number of places for parent migration visa had increased dramatically.... any chance this would speed up the process of getting a case officer from the currently existing ?16 months.
Parents are planning to come over in the meantime on a sponsored visitor visa for as long as possible. Have advised DIAC in their visitor visa application about the CPV application and that my intentions are to have my parents here in Oz for as long/as much as possible (legally) until we get the CPV.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
CHeers
Wasim
Am a newbie on this thread. Acknowledgement for 173 visa received 22 Dec for my parents. I read somewhere that the number of places for parent migration visa had increased dramatically.... any chance this would speed up the process of getting a case officer from the currently existing ?16 months.
Parents are planning to come over in the meantime on a sponsored visitor visa for as long as possible. Have advised DIAC in their visitor visa application about the CPV application and that my intentions are to have my parents here in Oz for as long/as much as possible (legally) until we get the CPV.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
CHeers
Wasim
Dec 29th 2009, 7:12 am
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Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.
Hi All,
Am a newbie on this thread. Acknowledgement for 173 visa received 22 Dec for my parents. I read somewhere that the number of places for parent migration visa had increased dramatically.... any chance this would speed up the process of getting a case officer from the currently existing ?16 months.
Parents are planning to come over in the meantime on a sponsored visitor visa for as long as possible. Have advised DIAC in their visitor visa application about the CPV application and that my intentions are to have my parents here in Oz for as long/as much as possible (legally) until we get the CPV.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
CHeers
Wasim
Am a newbie on this thread. Acknowledgement for 173 visa received 22 Dec for my parents. I read somewhere that the number of places for parent migration visa had increased dramatically.... any chance this would speed up the process of getting a case officer from the currently existing ?16 months.
Parents are planning to come over in the meantime on a sponsored visitor visa for as long as possible. Have advised DIAC in their visitor visa application about the CPV application and that my intentions are to have my parents here in Oz for as long/as much as possible (legally) until we get the CPV.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
CHeers
Wasim
http://www.gainwave.co.uk/Page2.htm it will give you an idea of how fast/slow things are taking. You can also add your parents visa details by posting on here for sandchs attention, then you can follow their progress like the rest of us!
Cheers
Matt
Dec 29th 2009, 9:14 am
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Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.
Hi All,
Am a newbie on this thread. Acknowledgement for 173 visa received 22 Dec for my parents. I read somewhere that the number of places for parent migration visa had increased dramatically.... any chance this would speed up the process of getting a case officer from the currently existing ?16 months.
Parents are planning to come over in the meantime on a sponsored visitor visa for as long as possible. Have advised DIAC in their visitor visa application about the CPV application and that my intentions are to have my parents here in Oz for as long/as much as possible (legally) until we get the CPV.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
CHeers
Wasim
Am a newbie on this thread. Acknowledgement for 173 visa received 22 Dec for my parents. I read somewhere that the number of places for parent migration visa had increased dramatically.... any chance this would speed up the process of getting a case officer from the currently existing ?16 months.
Parents are planning to come over in the meantime on a sponsored visitor visa for as long as possible. Have advised DIAC in their visitor visa application about the CPV application and that my intentions are to have my parents here in Oz for as long/as much as possible (legally) until we get the CPV.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
CHeers
Wasim
Technically speaking you will need to be careful about meeting the terms of the visa - it is only meant to be a tourist visa and the intention must be primarily for tourist activities which can include visiting the family. I only say this as we were thinking of bringing mum back in on a simple 3 month electronic visa (after the 12 months had expired), but decided against it as we could not get anyone to advice that it would be a good thing to do, there was still the chance that an immigration officer would decide the purpose of the visit was to become a resident.
Hope that helps - welcome to the forum.
Rich
Dec 29th 2009, 3:13 pm
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Re: STILL VERY SPARKLY contributory parent visa thread part 3.
WOW 
Wasim and Rich, so glad Wasim you posed this question and for your reply Rich, as this is a similar situation that has arisen for me.
I have just recently sold my house, and have now been persuaded by my daughter, to apply for a years visitors visa, and do the waiting in Australia living with her, (on a so called extended holiday from March 2010) and pray my PR Visa comes through before the years visa is up. as I am hoping to have a case worker by the end of the year, having watched the timing of everyones progress on gainwave site. thanks to Steve.
Is there anything likely to thwart this plan??? and what pitfalls should I need to look out for??? As Matt suggested it is wise to register for a Medicare card, so do I need a travel insurance for this duration. I know I can do the medical out there, (not sure of the cost of this?) and I can do my police check before leaving the Uk, as I read from someone on this thread who kindly pointed out," it will still apply, as once one is in Australia, anything untoward is then put on their records."
Do I need to mention my application for PRV on the application for a years visa?. I now know from the forum it will be neccessary to go to NZ or Singapore to collect the PRV visa, as reading Matts saga has put me straight on that question.
I would be pleased of any advice on this plan, to be or not to be, that is the question?
Kind Regards
Elaine.
Wasim and Rich, so glad Wasim you posed this question and for your reply Rich, as this is a similar situation that has arisen for me.I have just recently sold my house, and have now been persuaded by my daughter, to apply for a years visitors visa, and do the waiting in Australia living with her, (on a so called extended holiday from March 2010) and pray my PR Visa comes through before the years visa is up. as I am hoping to have a case worker by the end of the year, having watched the timing of everyones progress on gainwave site. thanks to Steve.
Is there anything likely to thwart this plan??? and what pitfalls should I need to look out for??? As Matt suggested it is wise to register for a Medicare card, so do I need a travel insurance for this duration. I know I can do the medical out there, (not sure of the cost of this?) and I can do my police check before leaving the Uk, as I read from someone on this thread who kindly pointed out," it will still apply, as once one is in Australia, anything untoward is then put on their records."
Do I need to mention my application for PRV on the application for a years visa?. I now know from the forum it will be neccessary to go to NZ or Singapore to collect the PRV visa, as reading Matts saga has put me straight on that question.
I would be pleased of any advice on this plan, to be or not to be, that is the question?
Kind Regards
Elaine.