Permanent residence in Australia
[b]About Seniors[/b] subscriber Dennis is looking for your comments on the following:
Hi All,
I am an 80 year old Senior and my wife is 70. We have been residents in Australia for six years. We are here on a retirement visas and we applied for permanent residence five years ago. At that time we were placed in a queue and our position was approx 4000. After six years of waiting we are in position 3000. We are told that at the present rate it will take a further 8 years for us to reach the top of the queue. I am further told that the waiting period for Seniors applying today is nearly 20 years as the intake of Aged Parents is 500 per year.
I have four children ( and their spouses ) and eleven grandchildren and all are Australian citizens. All have signed the required certainty agreements to guarantee our financial support should it be needed.
Do you think the Government is being fair to Seniors ? I am sure there are many other Aged parents in a similar position.
Regards,
Dennis
I didn't even know there was a waiting list - so thanks for letting us all know.
I take it they renew your visa whilst you wait?
Interested to know which country you used to call home before trying to call this one home.