Jtimkey

Ive applied for PR but it has not yet been completed.

question is that once im over there my mum wants to come aswell.

shes retired at 55 but doesnt have a lot of money but a good pension.

whats the score with this family balance thing ?

im the only child does this help or make it more difficult ?

what way should i go about it ?

cheers all

john in miserable pompey!

Cherry6

Originally posted by jtimkey

    > Ive applied for PR but it has not yet been completed.

    > question is that once im over there my mum wants to come aswell.

    > shes retired at 55 but doesnt have a lot of money but a good pension.

    > whats the score with this family balance thing ?

    > im the only child does this help or make it more difficult ?

    > what way should i go about it ?

    > cheers all

    > john in miserable pompey!



Hi,

I am no expert (and I am sure one will be along soon), but if you are an
only child thats a good thing, balance of family only works if theres
more than one child. You can get your mum to apply for a parents visa
once you have been a PR for 2 years, this is the route my parents will
take as they dont have any money either. There is a huge waiting list
though, about 5 years or more. Has she no home to sell? If that was
worth enough she could qualify for contributory parents visa or
retirement visa. Retirement visa only lasts for 4 years, and is
renewable as long as conditions are met, cont. parents has a fee that is
paid to the Aus government to cover any expenses that is incurred.



Cherry

As I said, I am no expert, this is just a rough idea of the situation.

Jtimkey

Originally posted by cherry6

    > Hi,

    > I am no expert (and I am sure one will be along soon), but if you are
    > an only child thats a good thing, balance of family only works if
    > theres more than one child. You can get your mum to apply for a
    > parents visa once you have been a PR for 2 years, this is the route my
    > parents will take as they dont have any money either. There is a huge
    > waiting list though, about 5 years or more. Has she no home to sell?
    > If that was worth enough she could qualify for contributory parents
    > visa or retirement visa. Retirement visa only lasts for 4 years, and
    > is renewable as long as conditions are met, cont. parents has a fee
    > that is paid to the Aus government to cover any expenses that is
    > incurred.


    > Cherry

    > As I said, I am no expert, this is just a rough idea of the situation.
    >



She does have a home to sell but its only worth about £180k.

i thought they needed about $600k au for the retirement visa ?

Cherry6

Originally posted by jtimkey

    > She does have a home to sell but its only worth about £180k.

    > i thought they needed about $600k au for the retirement visa ?
    >



Hi,

I am not sure of the exact amounts for retirement visa, but I know its
cheaper amount if they have a child in Aus (which your mum would), plus
they have to have a good pension.

Contributory Parents Visa needs about £10,000, plus a bond I think. I
will have a look and get back to you.

Cherry

Cherry6

Originally posted by cherry6

    > Hi,

    > I am not sure of the exact amounts for retirement visa, but I know its
    > cheaper amount if they have a child in Aus (which your mum would),
    > plus they have to have a good pension.

    > Contributory Parents Visa needs about £10,000, plus a bond I think. I
    > will have a look and get back to you.

    > Cherry



Hi,

Contributory parent visa is £10,000 upfront (or you can split that
payment over 2 years) and then a bond is payable of 10,000 aus dollars
which is paid back after 10 years. Waiting list is not as bad as normal
parents visa.

Retirement visa, you have to be 55 or older, and the amount of money you
have to have is 180,000 AU dollars and a pension of 42,000 AU a year.



Cherry

Cherry6

Originally posted by cherry6

    > Hi,

    > Contributory parent visa is £10,000 upfront (or you can split that
    > payment over 2 years) and then a bond is payable of 10,000 aus dollars
    > which is paid back after 10 years. Waiting list is not as bad as
    > normal parents visa.

    > Retirement visa, you have to be 55 or older, and the amount of
    > money you have to have is 180,000 AU dollars and a pension of
    > 42,000 AU a year.


    > Cherry



And of course the retirement visa is not permanent, 4 years at first
then renewed every 2 years after. DIMA have to be satisfied that all
criteria is still met each time. I think that your mum would be able to
work for 20 hours a week under the retirement visa, but no medicare can
be claimed so she would need medical insurance.

If my mum had money I would get her to apply for cont. parents, as
retirement visa seems unstable. Hope that helps, I am sure you can get
more info from migration agents or DIMAs website, or the AHC website.



Cherry

Jtimkey

Originally posted by cherry6

    > Hi,

    > Contributory parent visa is £10,000 upfront (or you can split that
    > payment over 2 years) and then a bond is payable of 10,000 aus dollars
    > which is paid back after 10 years. Waiting list is not as bad as
    > normal parents visa.

    > Retirement visa, you have to be 55 or older, and the amount of
    > money you have to have is 180,000 AU dollars and a pension of
    > 42,000 AU a year.


    > Cherry

thanks for that cherry i think Contributory parent is the way forward
then for her..

cheers john

Rog Williams

Originally posted by jtimkey

    > thanks for that cherry i think Contributory parent is the way forward
    > then for her..

    > cheers john



That's the way we have gone - but check out all the conditions.



I believe I'm right in saying that for the CP visa the child must be an
Aussie citizen or a PR for two years minimum. So in your case you'd have
to wait a while unless she got a Retirement visa as a stopgap.

George Lombard

Hi John,

Sounds like Cherry has basically answered your questions. Normal approach
in this situation would be to get mum here on the retirement visa if
possible and then convert to a parent visa application when you are
"settled", ie, lodging the application after the sponsor has been here for
two years in most cases.

Cheers

George Lombard

Jtimkey

cheers george,

ill speak to you about it once im in sunny OZ..

just wanted to get a basic idea on want the score was before i phoned
you again..

rgds

john

Originally posted by George Lombard

    > Hi John,


    > Sounds like Cherry has basically answered your questions. Normal
    > approach

    > in this situation would be to get mum here on the retirement visa if

    > possible and then convert to a parent visa application when you are

    > "settled", ie, lodging the application after the sponsor has been
    > here for

    > two years in most cases.


    > Cheers


    > George Lombard

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    > > Originally posted by cherry6

    > > > Hi,

    > > > Contributory parent visa is £10,000 upfront (or you can split
    > that

    > > > payment over 2 years) and then a bond is payable of 10,000 aus
    > dollars

    > > > which is paid back after 10 years. Waiting list is not as bad
    > as

    > > > normal parents visa.

    > > > Retirement visa, you have to be 55 or older, and the amount
    > of

    > > > money you have to have is 180,000 AU dollars and a pension
    > of

    > > > 42,000 AU a year.

    > > >

    > > > Cherry

    > > thanks for that cherry i think Contributory parent is the way
    > forward

    > > then for her..

    > > cheers john

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