Nimra86

Hi Nimra86,
You are right. You husband can fulfil the visa condition living and work both, and apply for 887 as the primary applicant.

You are welcome SRKNA.
Only main applicant needs to fulfill 2 years regional/designated area stay requirement and 1 year full time (35 hrs work) requirement. But your wife & kids (if any) must be present in Australia at the time of applying for 887 PR visa.
Moreover, while on 489 visa; your wife won't be able to live in any Metropolitan/city or outside of regional/designated area. She must have to stay & work in regional/designated area depending on the type of visa you are on. 
Hope this clarifies your question. [emoji4]

2 hours ago, Baki2016 said:

Hi Nimra86,

While we were on 489 visa, concrete in Victoria, Melbourne, we didnt pay anything for my kids - they learn in governmental school. 

When we came my youngest was 4 and we enrolled him in kindergarten (we paid around 360$ per term). (note that in kinder they can stay only 3 days for 4 hours). Lucky that after 6 months he became old enough to start in school (full time), so I could start with work - full time.

Hope this was helpful.

 

All the best

 

Absolutely wonderful to hear congrats on your PR. I can imagine your happiness at this point!

12 hours ago, cliffy said:

The rules for payment of international school fees for temporary visa holders appear to have changed fron Jan 2017 to bring SA into line with other states. 

Full international fees are payable for new temporary visa holders from that date and from Jan 2018 for all existing temporary visa holders

Response I received for my email .....

For visa subclass 489 you are only required to pay local fees which varies depending on the school, however it is around $450 if in a government school.

School card information (which supports the payment of school fees) can be found athttps://www.sa.gov.au/topics/education-and-learning/financial-help-scholarships-and-grants/school-card-scheme

Your children  will be able to enrol in a school within the zone of your residence.

On 23/09/2017 at 12:56 PM, 16 april said:

Hi nimra....

I was on 489 visa and got PR last week.

I got 2 kids 14 and 10 years old and i didnt pay any international fee for both of them. All i provided was a copy of 489 visa to school and i was charged same as domestic students ie. around $300 -400 annualy for both at public school. So it is same for PR students as well.

hope it helps

thanks

Hi.. sorry for another trouble.. could I have the name of the school.. just reaching out to a few to check..

Many thanks.. I was just hoping to hear the same.. many congratulations for your PR

Thanks for your response.. no where in my post have I mentioned I expect education to be free. I have read in a few forums earlier about SA charging the same fee in public schools as for PR holders. So my question was if that is true or have you all be paying much higher than that. Hope that is clear now

Hi all, I know this is the most irrelevant post on this thread but couldn't find anyone more appropriate that you all who have spent 2 years in Adelaide to answer this. While on 489, do we have to pay higher school fees compared to the PR holders? Is there any email id I can drop an email to confirm this ?

And is this only for the functional English part of assessment or applies to the primary applicant s Pte results as well 

When was the validity of IELTS reduced to 12 months. Is PTE also the same?

Hi, am new to this forum. Can someone help me with a clarification. If a family is on 489, is it necessary for all members to fulfil the 2 years stay in regional area criteria to be eligible for 887. Alternatively, will it be OK for just one of the applicant to live and work in the regional area  and rest of them staying in the home country and while applying for  887 adding the others as dependents and ensure all of them in the 887 application are present at the lodgement. Sorry if this is a repetition of question