I applied for a contributory parent visa in Sept. 2016 and still haven’t received any news

by mariannagiordana@gmail.com | Jun 30, 2022 | health detriment

I applied for a contributory parent visa in September 2016 and still haven’t received any news and can’t get any updates from Immigration Office. My parents are both getting old. They have missed out lot of time with their grandkids due to covid and...

We are close to 68 months… our life feels like a mess. My advise to anybody applying today…. DON’T!

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

We applied on September 6th 2016 for a 143 Parent visa. At the time, the processing time was 12-15 months. We came over to Australia in December 2017 thinking it would be a short wait, our first grandchild was due and we wanted to be with our family. We moved around...

That was more than ten years ago and I am still waiting.

by mariannagiordana@gmail.com | Jun 30, 2022 | Stories

I have lived in Australia now for 20 years and am a respected member of my community. My husband and I came to Australia to look after our grandchildren when my daughter separated from her husband. We were able to come on a temporary retirement visa (410)* and I am...

We are welcome to come to Australia with money and contribute to the taxes but no one in the government cares at all for our parents who are living alone by themselves.

by mariannagiordana@gmail.com | May 29, 2022 | Stories

I am the only child in my family and we have submitted 103 non-contributory parents’ visa 12 years ago. My husband and I are both working since we moved to Australia 17 years ago and we have been paying taxes since then, even during the lockdown and pandemic. We...

If they said the partner is considered as an immediate family, then for me, a domestic violence victim, my parents are my family, my life.

by mariannagiordana@gmail.com | May 29, 2022 | health detriment, Stories

My parents applies for 143 in June 2017. At this time, the waiting period is only 24 months and now after 60 months, we haven’t heard anything from the immigration, even a single word. My parents have only 2 daughters and both come to Australia to study and work...

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-...