Visa Processing Time and Options: A Concise Letter of Advice

Running head: CONCISE LETTER OF ADVICE
CONCISE LETTER OF ADVICE
Name of the student
Names of the university
Authors note

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CONCISE LETTER OF ADVICE
To
Amy and Frederick
Singapore
In the letter, I would be directly helping you both to get a clear idea of the different aspects,
which are linked, to the sector of Visa processing time and what are the different options,
which are available from your end. Hope this letter would be very much beneficial for the
planning purpose. There are different forms of options, which are available for permanently
residing in Australia, which is stated, and explained below.
Non-contributory
One of the visa options which can be an option for both of you is the non-contributory visa
which would be costing them around $6000 for the main applicant and $ 2000 for the
dependent spouse1. One of the areas, which can be stated to be crucial in this type of
application is, that limited amount is granted each year so that wait which is related to the
approval is quite high. The tenure in can range can be up to 30 years.
The main eligibility criteria which are linked to the sector is that both of you must be having
a spouse in Australia, meet the condition of mental health and character requirement and pass
the balance test of the family2. In order to pass the balance of the family test, it can be stated
that half of the parent’s children must directly reside permanently in Australia, which in your
case it is eligible criteria.
Contributory visas
1Hirsch, Asher Lazarus. "The Borders Beyond the Border: Australia’s Extraterritorial Migration
Controls." Refugee Survey Quarterly 36.3 (2017): 48-80.
2Dehm, Sara, and Anthea Vogl. "Migration law and women: Gendering Australia's migration
program." Precedent (Sydney, NSW) 144 (2018): 22.

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CONCISE LETTER OF ADVICE
The part which is linked to the application format which is linked to contributory visas
mainly includes quick processing which is under the tenure of 2 years span3.On the other
hand, it can be stated that the visas are very much expensive which cost almost $50000 in
total for a permanent resident visa4.
The main eligibility factor can be stated to be very much linked to the Non – Contributory
that can include that the parents must have a spouse, character requirement and meet the
health standard the assurance. This is linked to the legal commitment from the sponsors
which is also essential which affects the factor of financial support which can be very much
beneficial for you two5.
Contributory parent visa (subclass 143)
This Visa would be directly allowing the parents to permanently settle in Australia and
become a citizen of the country, Australian citizen eligible for resident permanent
The main application of the visa would be done for the Contributory parent (temporary) visa
(subclass (173) before this visa6. Application for the temporary visa and next to the
permanent visa would be costing extra but the cost, which is related to the application, would
be spread across two areas over an extensive tenure of time (Australia and New Zealand).
Taking into consideration your requirement, the main eligibility factor, which is linked to the
process of contributory parent visa (Subclass 143) is that the parents must be having children
in Australia and who must be a citizen of Australia7. He can be either a resident for a New
3Papadopoulos, Peter, and Kathryn Viegas. "Migration: Shifting goalposts in Australia's skilled
migration program." LSJ: Law Society of NSW Journal 36 (2017): 75.
4Moore, Heather, et al. "Australia’s Response to Human Trafficking Nationally and Regionally: The
Question of Impact." The SAGE Handbook of Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery (2018):
434.
5Howe, Joanna. "Regulation of Australia's Labour Migration Program: Is There a Case for Including
Fairness?." Australian Journal of Labour Law 29 (2016): 58-77.
6Reich, Sudrishti. "Great Expectations and the Twilight Zone: The Human Consequences of Linking of
Australia's International Student and Skilled Migration Programs and the Dismantling of that
Scheme." Unintended consequences-the impact of migration law and policy. ANU Press, 2016.
7Howe, Joanna. "Regulation of Australia's Labour Migration Program: Is There a Case for Including
Fairness?." Australian Journal of Labour Law 29 (2016): 58-77.