I was able to include her on a 136 independent visa. Basically, I
provided documentary evidence of her 100% financial dependence on me
and also the fact that she has been living with me for over 10 years.
Gill Palmer wrote:
> gruhaudyog@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Have been lurking for over five years - this is my first and probably
> > last post....
> >
> > Got THE email from my agent (George Lombard - absolutely fantastic with
> > a fantastic staff) - that our visas had been granted.
> >
> >
> > Applied: July 31, 2005
> > PCC / Meds req: April 19, 2006
> > PCCs sent: June 6, 2006
> > Meds sent: July 3, 2006
> > Grant: July 19 2006.
> >
> > Our application was unusual in that I included my aged, widowed mother
> >
> > as an adult dependant / dependent parent (making it easier for future
> > searches to find this post).
> >
> > We are headed for Sydney.................
> >
> > To all those waiting - I wish I could get into your CO's mailer and
> > send out that email!!! :)
> >
> > All the best for everything - see you all Down Under some
> > day.................
>
> Hi there
>
> Congratulations!
>
> May I ask what sort of visa you have obtained? The reason I ask is
> because a friend of mine from another forum has been unable to get her
> own mother into Oz with her on a subclass 136 visa.
>
> It is possible that you might already know the lady I am referring to,
> because you both used George Lombard. My chum has told me about
> another couple who had succeeded in getting one of their mothers into
> Oz with them on a subclass 457 visa, but she says that the criteria for
> the mothers is identical with both visas.
>
> If she is right about this, then I am puzzled about why some of the
> dependant parents succeed but others fail. Obviously, there are all
> sorts of possible reasons, degree of dependance, age of the parent,
> availablity of family and other support elsewhere and so forth.
>
> However I'm just wondeing whether you might be prepared to explain a
> bit more about this. Quite often I've seen posts by people asking
> whether their aged, single Mums can go too, and the Agents all say it
> is very unlikely. They say the same about the Aged Dependant Relative
> visa as well.
>
> If you are willing to shed some light on this I would be very grateful.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Gill
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