Elderly Thai Father Of Australian Citizen

[missymoo]

I am a Thai born Australian citizen who grew up and lived in Australia for over 20 years. My father is a 73 yo Thai retiree with 4 other children from previous marriage however there are complete f-wits who constantly scheme money of dad and neglects him. I can no longer stand this as dad now has mild Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. I am prepared to move back to Thailand although I have a great job in aust and considers aust my home. However I would like to see if there are any possibility of having him come and live with me? I understand retirement visa requires a phenomenal amount of money and parental visa is not possible due to the scums that I call brothers residing in Thailand outweighs the only child living in aust. Thank you for any responses in advance.

[gburns57au]

Have you looked at the 114 visa.......

requires 3 years of proven support from Oz side and also has health requirements that he may not meet.

Thats about the only one I can think of.

[missymoo]

Thanks GBurns! You have given me some hope after reading this. I will have to research some more into this. I might have to start a new topic enquiring about 114 visa. Thank you again.

[missymoo]

Just an update on this after a request, I did not pursue finding out anymore information on the visa as my father did not want to come over. I did have a look at some information online prior and apparently the waiting list is about 10 years anyway.

[David48]

missymoo, thanks for responding and coming back to the Forum and letting us know what happened

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[edwinclapham]

Just an update on this after a request, I did not pursue finding out anymore information on the visa as my father did not want to come over. I did have a look at some information online prior and apparently the waiting list is about 10 years anyway.

I also have a father in Thailand and these very thoughts have gone through my mind.

Yes the waiting list is 10 years or a substantial amount of money to be paid!

I have absolutely no objection to ensuring that my father would not be a burden on the Government but I would have thought a retiree would have brought something to add to the economy... seems to me that unless you are wedged up a retiree is usually onto a no win win situation.

There was a case http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-10/20110810-frail-96-year-old-faces-deportation/2833542 which actually did resolve itself in the end, and the lady probably arrived on the wrong visa initially.. family migration can be exceptionally painful at times.

Edited May 28, 2012 by edwinclapham