Immigration Forum / Australia and NZ / June 2004

Keep us informed please SS.
Here's a news link:-
http://www.gomatilda.com/news/article.cfm?articleid=305

Daughter has asmatha and an eye condition relating to it  - any ideas if
we will need  specialist reports to send with our medicals.  She has
hospital appointments every 4 months to keep a check on them.
Has

Yesterday the Australian Embassy called my wifes employers with
reference to her skills assessment. They were asking a few questions and
asked if it was ok to call back the following day which the managing
director replied "not a problem".

Just a quick query?
If we are turned down on a skilled migration visa
and have no grounds for appeal, could we then re-apply for a different
class of visa?

Can any expats now living in Australia, please give me any advice on
how a typical teenager reacts to life in Oz.
I constantly fear that he
will suffer the effects of Culture shock, in that he will become bored,

I have applied for Australian police record check.
However they got my name wrong. Next week I will just reapply, here is
the detail.
I am Indonesian citizen.  Untill 15 year old, I was

When the TRA are assessing your application, if they required
more information would they give you a chance to submit this or will
they automatically fail you for not enough info and leave it up to you
to then appeal or re-submit?

We have the following situation:
We have fulfilled the 47sk form with design date: 03/04 and now we
make some final preparations of some documents and we plan to post our
application to DIMIA in 2 or 3 days.

just a short question:
How long will my PR visa stay valid,
regarding date of issue? 3, 4, 5 years...?
Thanks in advance...!

Some people planning to lodge applications involving an assurer of
support may be confused by the withdrawal of forms 28 and 28A from the
DIMIA website.  The position is that from 1 July the AoS scheme is being
administered entirely by Centrelink (see

I am new to this forum - only came across it last night.
We lodged our final Skilled Independant Visa Application in March of
this year.
Does anyone have an indication of the average processing

For those who have been keeping track of my problems with our sponsor, i
have now mailed off a grovelling letter to my Uncle to assure him that
all will be fine with him (or his Son) being our sponsor.
I said that i

have been a bystander of this forum for a year finally my turn to input
visa grant letter received today, subclass 136, the visa was granted
on 19/06, so evidently dimia is still issuing visa though the quota for
this program year has been reached

Thanks for all the help. We have started to plan our entry.
timeline at
]http://www.austimeline.com/austime/aus/display-
App.jsp?id=225[/url]

We are a family of 4 from East Yorkshire who are heading
for the Brisbane area.
We lodged our final visa application in March
of this year and we are hoping to be processed before Christmas.