Originally Posted by
CurtainTwitcher
What this is really about is selling residency & citizenship in return for reduced rate contracts. The new Australian business model (actually most of the western world) is selling a pathway residency and ultimately leading to citizenship an AU passport and thence all the socialised benefits (healthcare etc) for elderly family and relatives through family reunion programs.
You seem to be ill informed about family reunion programs. If I can assume you mean parents and siblings you are definatly wrong.
Parents can come under certain conditions only and there are 2 ways. One is relitivly cheap but is capped and process time is a little better than the estimated 30 years.
The second is around $100,000 and processed from memory in around 18 months, medicals must be passed and I recall not eligible for Medicare (not 100% on that).
Failing that they can get visitor visas for longer than normal at around $20,000 for 10 years from memory - No Medicare.
As for the siblings - the only pathway is last remaining relative, this also has plenty of conditions.
If you are comming to get
PR on the 457, your starting a new life on your own (wife and kids excluded).