My daughter actually wants to sell up and leave Australia.

by mariannagiordana@gmail.com | Jun 30, 2022 | departure of workforce, health detriment, workforce attrition

Applied for 143 Visa September 2017 at that time the waiting time was 18/24 months. My eldest son emigrated to Perth, 21 years ago, now an Australian citizen. As a family we regularly visited him, as a consequence my younger son, some years later, went backpacking for...

Very disappointing that after years of being here, now we are thinking of moving to another country with a better Parent Visa policy.

by mariannagiordana@gmail.com | May 19, 2022 | departure of workforce, Stories

I moved to Australia as a skilled migrant in 2013 and one of the reasons I chose to apply for PR in Australia at the time was the quick processing time of parents PR- 18 to 24 months. This despite a hefty amount of fees was the deciding factor to make Australia home-...

I have contributed so much to the pandemic in Australia as a frontline worker, risking my life and the life of my husband and my unborn child at the time, that the lack of a clear path to bring parents over to Australia makes me feel used and unappreciated

by mariannagiordana@gmail.com | May 10, 2022 | departure of workforce, Stories

I am a scientist from Russia, whose dream ever since I was a teenager was to move to Australia. I came here 8 years ago as a Skilled migrant and am now a proud citizen. I met my husband here in Australia, and we now have a beautiful baby boy who is almost 2 months...

Considering the ridiculous waiting period in spite of the staggering visa fees, I am seriously contemplating moving back to India, or to another country like Canada.

by mariannagiordana@gmail.com | May 8, 2022 | departure of workforce, Stories

I applied for the subclass 143 Contributory Parent Visa for my mother in 2019, with my sister as a dependent in the application. As per the information provided on Home Affairs’ website at the time, the visa was supposed to be granted in 3 years. However, at the...

My husband and I are reaching the stage where we are seriously considering leaving Australia for good

by mariannagiordana@gmail.com | May 2, 2022 | departure of workforce, Stories

My parents have been spending 3 months in Australia for the last 11 years, ever since I moved here from the UK to marry my Australian husband. We have no other family in WA.  After years of trying to work out which visa options were available to them, they decided to...

My mother’s mental health is suffering from the very long processing time, and I, a registered nurse, blame myself for choosing to migrate to Australia

by mariannagiordana@gmail.com | Apr 30, 2022 | departure of workforce, health detriment

My mother’s mental health is suffering from the very long processing time for her visa to be granted, and I blame myself for choosing to migrate to Australia. My mother applied for a 143 contributing parent visa in 2019, she is on a bridging visa and currently working...