linda

Hello Gill, JBS and everyone else I was thrown into a blind panic this morning about the visa changes, in particular the removal of the e visitor 976. However after reading through carefully I think that the new sub class 601 will do the same job with regard to the possibility of applying for a further visa on shore as it does not carry a 'no further stay' condition. Has anyone looked at the changes and if so does anyone agree with me? In great need of your expertise! linda

Hi Gill Still here in the background benefitting from this thread. Thank you all so much, JBS who is a perfect mine of info. Have luckily been able to sell our house and downsize to a flat. This was due to happen regardless of any other matters. We are beavering away preparing for our long holiday with the family! Hopefully further along the line we will have something positive to contribute. So sorry Gill to see you refer to your Mum as your late Mum. Kindest regards Linda

Hi Gill Thank you so much for getting back to me. I feel a lot more positive about things. My husband has no natural children. His late wife already had a family when he married her. They are obviously grown up now. I think we should be ok from that point of view? Sorry about Mrs Thyagarajan! She was the subject of an MRT decision the link to which you sent to a member Syed on 21/01/2012 in connection with his own father's health problems. I need to remember that not everyone's head contains nothing but health issues! I'm grateful to you for pointing me in the right direction. Its so easy to get muddle headed with all this. Tomorrow when the house is quiet I will go through the links you have kindly supplied but for today the sun is out so I'm off to the beach with the dog - hopefully she will emigrate with us but thankfully her health is good!? Any further 'droning' you might do would be more than welcome. Thanks again Linda

Hi Gill I'm afraid I am one of the people you referred to in your recent post who regularly reads this thread but never says a word! Well here goes! Cutting a long and probably, to everyone else, boring, story short my daughter married her Australian husband 10 years ago and last year after a couple of false starts they finally emigrated with their children. My daughter has a spouse visa and is a PR.The long term plan was always that I would join them. I'm ok with the balance of family test as I have two children one here one there! Initially when talked about it the cost of the CPV would have been around 20,000 pounds for me which I could have managed using the funds from the sale of the house. In the intervening years I met a lovely man and remarried which eventually was one of the factors which made my daughter feel that she could leave. My husband married me in full knowledge of 'the plan' and was more than happy to go with it. However there were now two of us to consider and as we all know visa costs keep rising and house values keep falling so we were really worried as to whether or not we could afford the move. Then I discovered this thread which totally changed everything! I read and re-read the posts and the links they contained and I started to think that there might still be a way. I thought the only problem would be the practicalities of dealing with the house etc. I know it's been said many times Gill but you are a total inspiration. Instead if turning your back and forgetting all of this after so much hassle sorting out your own mother you have carried on giving excellent advice and help to so many people. Thank You I will be 64.5 next May ( Australian pension age for my date of birth) and therefore officcially aged. My husband is 65. Every box was ticked for the onshore APV until 2 months ago my husband was dignosed with Congestive Heart Failure. This is appaprently a blanket diagnosis for various different diseases of the heart. He is responding well to medication and as yet there is no mention of surgery. But it does now seem that our visa application, whether we are able to stretch to a CAPV or go with an APV, would not be successful. Also there is the ongoing cost of prescriptions and medical bills to consider. According to the DIAC the most common conditions which mean automatic visa application failure are HIV, Intellectual Impairment, Cancer and Renal disease or failure. There is no mention of heart disease except as a consequence of Obesity. In the case of Mrs Thyagaraja as well as heart disease she had diabetes and renal disease both of which are referred to in Para 4005 ©(ii)(A). I have tied myself in knots reading the Health Waiver regulations. I know you have said before Gill that you are not a doctor but I would really appreciate your take on our situation. Its come as a real blow. Best regards Linda