Re: retiring to australia

>On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 23:26:52 +0000, Rog Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>You can go for a -410 retirement visa but that's "temporary" and has to
>be renewed after 4 years then every 2.

And has only limited work rights, no access to PR, no access to
citizenship, plus a variety of other limitations.

If you forget to apply for a new retirement visa when you should,
you'll become an unlawful non-citizen and be in a whole lot of bother.

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>If you only have the one child you can go for a Parent visa: eithet go
>on the (long) waiting list for that or else apply for the new
>"contributory parent" visa. With that you "buy" yourself into Medicare,
>but it is permanent. 

There is also a 10 year assurance of support for the contributory
parent visas, 2 years for the standard parent visas.

The permanent visa also gives you unlimited work rights, the right to
study at local fee rates (you're never too old), the ability to
sponsor other relatives for PR, and the option to apply for Australian
citizenship after two years.


>You do have to have more than half your children
>permanently in oz though.

It's actually half or more, not more than half :)
There is another concession in the balance of family test that may
help those with five children or more.

The sponsoring child must be 'settled', ie have normally been resident
in Australia for 2+ years.

Jeremy

This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction