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Location: , United Kingdom | Hi
I am hoping someone can give me some advice! We are very keen to emigrate to Oz and the one thing that is holding me back is leaving my folks! They have said that if we go, they will come as well, which is fantastic, problem solved you may think, however my parents are 55 and 57 years of age, have no formal qualifications between them and my Mum is registered disabled due to spinal problems. Her spinal probs have resulted from many failed disc ops and she is on prescription painkillers, which she has to take to manage the pain, but basically she could not have any further surgery as there isn't really anything else they can do.
My Dad is a salesman (wood machinery) and my Mum is a Nanny both having many years experience. Mum is still able to work part-time and is registered with a baby sitting agency and does a few hours a week for them.
I desperately want to go, but am just really worried we will get accepted and they wont! We have family out in Oz (my Mum's sister) would that help? The other questions I have are, if my aunt is sponsoring our application, could she also sponsor my Mum & Dad too? Could we all apply under one visa?
Does anyone have any experience applying for visas with parents?
Hope someone can give us some advice!
Zoe
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Location: Worcestershire M5 jc 6 | Hi Zoe,
Wow your post is very complex with many different issues.
Applicants on the same visa must be either partners etc or dependants.
I think its best if you contact the guys at TA, using their CALLBACK feature.
Fill in your details and they will call you back to have a chat....theyre real friendly and full of the right information.
make a list of your questions so you manage to get them all in.....but saying that, youre not lin=mited to just one call back you can use it as many times as needed.
or call them direct [see below]
good luck
keep us posted
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Location: Perth Wa | There is a visa which is something like an only family visa. Where if you are the only child then the biggest part of your perants family is out of the Country. I'm not totaly sure on all the details but I would give these guys a call to get the facts straight.
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Location: , United Kingdom | Thanks everyone, I think I better just call the TA folks as you suggest. It's such a major thing for me, so I really need to have some assurance that my parents are in with a chance of coming with us!
Will keep you posted!
Cheers again!
Z
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Location: Worcestershire M5 jc 6 | good luck Zoe
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Location: , United Kingdom | []ZoeA304 - 18/8/2008 10:10 PM
Hi
I am hoping someone can give me some advice! We are very keen to emigrate to Oz and the one thing that is holding me back is leaving my folks! They have said that if we go, they will come as well, which is fantastic, problem solved you may think, however my parents are 55 and 57 years of age, have no formal qualifications between them and my Mum is registered disabled due to spinal problems. Her spinal probs have resulted from many failed disc ops and she is on prescription painkillers, which she has to take to manage the pain, but basically she could not have any further surgery as there isn't really anything else they can do.
My Dad is a salesman (wood machinery ) and my Mum is a Nanny both having many years experience. Mum is still able to work part-time and is registered with a baby sitting agency and does a few hours a week for them.
I desperately want to go, but am just really worried we will get accepted and they wont! We have family out in Oz (my Mum's sister ) would that help? The other questions I have are, if my aunt is sponsoring our application, could she also sponsor my Mum & Dad too? Could we all apply under one visa?
Does anyone have any experience applying for visas with parents?
Hope someone can give us some advice!
Zoe
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I would contact TA.
But I have heard that anything that draw's on Oz resources, then it goes against you.
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Location: , United Kingdom | Hi
Well I have to say, I have not found the TA peeps very helpful!
I have called them three times over the last couple of weeks, and each time I have called I have been given different information and the person I spoke to yesterday basically ignored what I said about my folks and just said we need to concentrate on getting me, partner and son out there first...the point is I don't want to go if they can't come!
All I wanted was a chance to speak to someone properly, but they seem very reluctant to give you a consultation unless you already have an application in process and I felt like they couldn't wait to get me off the phone!
Very disappointed! :-(
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Location: Worcestershire M5 jc 6 | Zoe, please dont let this experience put you off.
who ever you spoke to needs a lesson in communication.
If you had spoken to Darrell he WOULD of DEFINATELY given you the time and fully explained your possibilities....he did with me...ive spoken to him numerous times, even after midnight..the poor bloke never stops.
I suggest you either email him direct or use the call back asking HIM to be the one who contacts you.
He WILL reboost your morale Im sure....please dont give up....try what I suggest please!!!!! |
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Location: Perth Wa | You would have to get yourselves out here first and then think about your parents. At least I would have thought anyway.
You have to go through a little pain to get to the gain.If you really want it then surely you would try anyway to get here and then have your parents join you at a later date???????
Like I have already said somewhere else on here, these guys only have your best interests at heart and if you can't execpt what they are trying to say then don't bother trying to get into this Country. If you tried the process on you own and you don't have a straight forward case then the immigration department make it dambed hard for you.
Just try to take in the advise you are being given and accept it.
Debs WA
[]ZoeA304 - 22/8/2008 6:26 AM
Hi
Well I have to say, I have not found the TA peeps very helpful!
I have called them three times over the last couple of weeks, and each time I have called I have been given different information and the person I spoke to yesterday basically ignored what I said about my folks and just said we need to concentrate on getting me, partner and son out there first...the point is I don't want to go if they can't come!
All I wanted was a chance to speak to someone properly, but they seem very reluctant to give you a consultation unless you already have an application in process and I felt like they couldn't wait to get me off the phone!
Very disappointed! :- (
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Location: Worcestershire M5 jc 6 | Heres dedication for ya Zoe,, just been speaking to the guy himself and its 0140hrs..how many other Migration Agents on UK time would do that?
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Location: mansfield | i must say zoe i had the same thing here at ta one saying one thing and another saying somat else talk about do ya head in anyway i am off to se the top man himself on monday (darrell that is)
so he can put my mind at rest
stick with it zoe and good luck
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Location: , United Kingdom | Thanks for your advice Daren & Susan, glad it isn't just me and I will give Darell a try.
To me, it's about being helpful and if I feel that the person on the end of the phone is giving me advice to be just that, then I can just accept it, but when someone is basically being rude, not listening and talking over me it's difficult to accept when you put the phone down and don't feel as though you have even been listened to. It's also harder when you are given conflicting information each time you call!
Some people find it easier than others to up sticks and leave their family behind, but it's not something that I feel I can do, especially as I would be taking their only grandchild. I would have to know we could go out there together, not necessarily on the same visa, but just around the same time, otherwise there is no point even starting an application. If that makes me a sad case in some people eyes, then hey ho, I can live with that :-)
Thanks again Daren & Susan and good luck to you both!
Z
Edited by ZoeA304 22/8/2008 1:30 PM
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Do you feel you were spoken to rudely by someone here or not listened to?
If so, please send me a private message with who you spoke to or when and I will investigate. We expect all our clients both existing and potential to be treated with respect and courtesy at all stages of the process and if this is not the case then I can assure you I will look into this personally.
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Location: mansfield | i dont think it makes you sad zoe that you want them to come with you
but i carnt comment on how it would feel
i leave behind my older son and daughter who are 23 and 22 and 2 sisters
but this is my dream not theres
i would never stop my kids from living there dream
and i dont care how many thousand of miles away you are from your loved one
you know they are called that for a reason becouse in your heart is were they will always stay so you carry them with you hun
and i am sure your family wont let a few thousand miles away stand in there way
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Location: , United Kingdom | It might be worth your while to pay the £100.00 and have a one to one with the guys from TA. You and all your family could sit in for 1 hour and try and clear it up if it's going to be posible to get out to Oz.
If you had dealings with some of the other sharks out there you would soon get know that TA are one of the best in helping you get to Oz.
Andrew
[]ZoeA304 - 22/8/2008 1:06 PM
Thanks for your advice Daren & Susan, glad it isn't just me and I will give Darell a try.
To me, it's about being helpful and if I feel that the person on the end of the phone is giving me advice to be just that, then I can just accept it, but when someone is basically being rude, not listening and talking over me it's difficult to accept when you put the phone down and don't feel as though you have even been listened to. It's also harder when you are given conflicting information each time you call!
Some people find it easier than others to up sticks and leave their family behind, but it's not something that I feel I can do, especially as I would be taking their only grandchild. I would have to know we could go out there together, not necessarily on the same visa, but just around the same time, otherwise there is no point even starting an application. If that makes me a sad case in some people eyes, then hey ho, I can live with that :- )
Thanks again Daren & Susan and good luck to you both!
Z
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