If this waiting period does not get reduced, we have to make a decision to go back permanently, closing all matters here to our home country to take care of our parents.

by mariannagiordana@gmail.com | Apr 12, 2022 | departure of workforce, Stories

I would like to explain the above points with some personal reference. We have filed a Contributory Parent Visa (subclass 143) for my in-laws in Dec 2018. My husband Sannat and I are the only people who can take care of them in their old age.  We both are IT...

We have demonstrated that we are contributors rather than burdens to Australian society.

by mariannagiordana@gmail.com | Apr 12, 2022 | Stories, workforce attrition

In Nov. 26th 2012, my husband (at that time 55, now 65 years old) and I (at that time 50, now 60 years old) moved to Australia from South Korea with our two children with the 457 sponsorship from one of global IT companies. I was doing my job well and I hoped for our...

The depression of not having family support around for a young couple, a young mother is very real!

by mariannagiordana@gmail.com | Apr 12, 2022 | health detriment, Stories

We applied for my mum’s 143 visa on the 14th March 2017 at the time we were told that by paying so much the visa would only take 18 months here we are five years later with nothing just waiting time behind us.  We are a mixed family, me being from Ireland and my...

Due to the very long processing time, we were unable to celebrate our grandchildren’s 21st birthdays or see how our youngest granddaughter got her first 50 runs in a cricket match.

by mariannagiordana@gmail.com | Apr 12, 2022 | health detriment, Stories

We applied (visa 173) the last week of June 2018 and our application was then date stamped 3 July 2018. On 27 July 2018 we were instructed to make the first payment which we made on the same day. When we applied, the processing time was communicated as an estimated 38...

My daughter wants to start a family and wants to have her parents in Australia but at this stage sadly for all of us, they will have to do this without us being there.

by mariannagiordana@gmail.com | Apr 12, 2022 | Stories, workforce attrition

My daughter lives in Brisbane and is married to a lovely Australian guy that she met about 5 years ago when she went from the UK to Australia on a working/holiday visa after university. In November 2018 we moved to Australia on a temporary skill shortage visa as my...