Guest JonnyNI Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Hi everybody - it's been a while since I've been on here so I'll begin by saying hello again!!! My wife and I were due to make the move out to Perth on a WA sponsored 176 this time last year but about a week before I was due to hand my notice into work we got the news that we had twins on the ay!! We decided to have the babies at home and needless to say it's been a bit of a roller coaster since. Now that we have the babies settled (they are 5 months old) we are discussing making the move out around September of this year. Does anybody know the options we have for getting the babies a visa and costs/time-scales involved? All help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks in advance, Jonny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MigrateAustralia Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Hi Jonny, Congratulations on the twins! Nice to hear everything is going well there. You need to apply for Child visas for the two of them. Processing times for UK are around 9 months and the lodgement fees are currently AU$2370 per child. Hope this helps? All the best. Philip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oppyddrum Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 wow... sounds like it might have been cheaper to have them here... cost + time. Congrats on the babies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JonnyNI Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Flipping hell - is there definitely no other option? I remember considering this at the time and being told that we could bring them over on a holiday visa of some sort that was valid for a year and then change that to some other visa while we were in the country... Does this sound right? Jonny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lebourvellec Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Yes you can apply onshore for child visa which costs around $1000 more each. The other option is to have the children in Australia and they will be Australian citizens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JonnyNI Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Thanks for all the info guys - last question - once granted how long is a 101 visa valid for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lebourvellec Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Thanks for all the info guys - last question - once granted how long is a 101 visa valid for? It will be the same as the 176, it will be required to be validated within 1 year of medicals or Police Checks (adult sponsors will need police checks). Visa will be 5 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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