What are the requirements for applying for parents to visit relatives in Melbourne, Australia?

Recently, an old LP lady came to visit her relatives for half a year. Actually, I can apply for one year. It's silly to share with you the whole process of our visa application. I hope I can give you some reference. Our application is divided into the following stages: 1. Invitation letter 2004.11.102. Preparation of application materials 2004. 12.05 3. Application and application fee 2004. 12.438+00. .06 5. Physical examination 2005.0 1. 1.6. Visa 2005.0 1.23 7. Air ticket processing 2005.05438+0.30 1. Invitation Letter Because LP's mother has never left China and has no passport, we need to save time. Send a letter inviting her to visit relatives in Australia, and apply for a passport first. However, it seems that many big cities can already apply for passports with ID cards. If there are any, you can skip this step and send the invitation letter and visa materials back together. Our invitation is written like this: Chinese (for passport application) RE: Invitation Dear Mom and Dad, I have been in Australia for nearly 65,438+00 months, and I like life here very much. Geelong is a very beautiful city with quiet life and beautiful environment. LG and I often go to the famous Ocean Road on weekends. The beauty of Dayang Road can't be described in words. When we drive to the seaside, we always like to stop and sit on the beach or shoot rabbits on the rocks to talk about dusk. What's the matter with you? Are you lucky and jealous of neon? Br> tell me more about myself. I am now working in a nursing home run by Catholicism, and I also volunteer in a large private hospital in Geelong when I have time. I really like my present job, because I am very happy at work and have made many good friends. Mom and dad, I miss you very much, and you must miss me very much. But we haven't had time to go back to reunite with you recently, and LG's studies haven't been completed yet. He is busier studying now than before. Mom and Dad, we haven't seen each other for more than 9 months. Although we can listen to each other's voices on the phone, I still miss you every day. So I hope you can come to Australia and stay with us for a few months. We have made full preparations for your travel and accommodation, and I believe you will enjoy your trip to Australia. In addition, I hope you can prepare all the materials for applying for travel as soon as possible. Here, it should be the most beautiful summer in Australia. I really hope we can meet soon. Love your daughter 2004. 1 1.8 English (for visa application) Date: 2004 1 1 month 8 Re: Invitation letter for my late mother and father, I was in Australia for about1month. I am very satisfied with my life in Australia. Geelong is an amazing city, quiet and beautiful. Aohu and I often go to the famous Dayang Road on weekends. We like to sit on the beach or on the rocks. The magnificent scenery of Dayang Road is hard to describe. Simply watching surfing or just the surging of the sea will bring us so much fun. Back to myself, I am now working in a Catholic sanatorium and volunteering at St. John's God Hospital. I like my job and enjoy the friendship with many friends there. At the same time, I miss you and dad very much. However, I don't think I can go home soon, and Aohu needs to continue his project. He is busy with his research at the moment. Mom, we haven't seen each other for over nine months. I miss you very much every day, although sometimes I can hear your voice on the phone. So I want to invite you to visit me and Aohu and live with us for half a year to relieve my homesickness. We will provide accommodation, travel and living expenses. I believe you will have a good time in Australia. I hope you can arrange your visa as soon as possible; We will meet in summer in Australia. Love you, 2. Preparation of application materials I have prepared materials for my mother-in-law in Australia, sorted them out, and left some materials that are not here for domestic supplement. There are mainly these (of course, you must use the tone of your mother-in-law): 1 Attach the application fee for remittance by post office (4 10 yuan, with a copy of the receipt equivalent to 65 Australian dollars) 2. Complete Application Form 48R (Chinese Version) 3.54 List of Family Members (one in Chinese and one in English) 4. Passport and two recent photos. My daughter's invitation to visit relatives and legal statement. My daughter's birth certificate. Relevant supporting documents of my daughter and son-in-law (including copies of their passports and permanent residence visas, payroll, bank deposit certificate, house lease contract, etc.). 8. My family-related economic documents (including bank deposit certificate, stock list, unit certification letter of personal pension, notarization of house ownership, etc.). 9.6 self-adhesive strips with return address. Others should have no other needs. But the specific situation of each family is different. Individual files may need to be adjusted. For example, naturalization, of course, only need a copy of the Australian passport. Note: Although 48R is a Chinese form, it must be filled in English. After all, it's for the embassy. How much is enough in the bank depends on the individual, but at least you can ensure that you can live in Australia. In addition, the living expenses of parents coming here. The minimum standard of living in Australia seems to be a year 12000 Australian dollars. 3. Send the application and application fee. Because my parents are in the south, I was sent to Guangzhou. The main building of Guangdong International Hotel 140 1 Room, No.339 Huanshi East Road, Australian Consulate General in Guangzhou, with zip code of 5 10098 Tel: (020) 8335 0909 Fax: (020). 833 1 1224 E-mail :dimia-guangzhou-visaenquiries@dfat.gov.au Australia Consulting-General Visa Office 140 1, and the application fee for the main building of Guangxin Plaza, No.339 East Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province is 65 Australian dollars. Depending on the exchange rate, the RMB may be different. Because the embassy only accepts RMB, it's better to change it into RMB and remit it to them through the post office. (The website of the embassy can calculate the RMB value corresponding to that day. Telephone survey It seems that there are not many telephone surveys of visiting relatives. Anyway, we won the lottery. It took about two weeks to submit the application, which should be in the afternoon. My father-in-law's cell phone rang, and the other girl said she was a staff member of the Australian Embassy in China. She wants to ask some information, which makes my father-in-law very anxious. The girl asked me where my mother-in-law was. My father-in-law quickly put my mother-in-law on the phone. The general idea is to ask how old you are, how many children you have, how long you have retired, why do you want to visit relatives, and why do you want to visit relatives for half a year? Later, it was like talking about family. My mother-in-law said that she missed her daughter and son-in-law very much and spoke some Hunan dialect from time to time. I don't know if the other party understands. It's easy to visit relatives for physical examination, so the old man has a chest X-ray. We received the physical examination form about a week after the telephone survey. The weather was cold, and my mother-in-law ran to the designated hospital in Changsha, which soon ended. Unfortunately, it cost more than 400 yuan ... 6. The visa was signed on June 65438+ 10/9, and was received on the 26th. We didn't understand it on the phone either, because the old man told us that the passport had been sent back, but we didn't know whether it was passed or stayed. We asked her to open it slowly and turn pages to see if there was a small piece of pink paper stuck in it. Yes, that's a visa. I think the Australian Embassy should consider the situation of the elderly and put a Chinese word "pass" or "no chance" in front of each passport, so that many elderly people in China can better understand it. Haha, a suggestion. There is also an episode in which the elderly at home don't understand English and say that there is an April on the visa. Ah, what makes our hearts sink? Doesn't that mean there is only a three-month visa? What do you mean? What is this? Later, I realized that the visa for visiting relatives is different from others. It has a three-month landing period, which means that the visa issued in May 438+1October must land before April, and then you must leave the country six months from the time of entry, subject to the customs seal. 7. The ticket is handled because of Spring Festival travel rush, and the ticket fee is very laborious. At first, the domestic price was about 9000 yuan. No mistake, where can I find so much money? So I decided to go to Melbourne to ask about the price. First of all, I asked Changqing, because I thought her service was good. As a result, I met a woman with a bad temper that day and I didn't have a ticket. If I ask again, I won't make any noise. All right, I'm leaving! Then there was Hongcheng, and there was no one there. Strange, there is no clue. Later, I saw little ears on FREEOZ, so I tried them and got in touch. I didn't expect it to be quite enthusiastic. For various reasons, we changed the date several times, which caused her a lot of trouble. Ha. Finally, I decided to try to set the date as February 18. I didn't know if it could be repaired. ) For comparison, I tried dialing another number in Melbourne. It is said that there is another one in February 18, asking price 1 175 Australian dollars. Later, I asked Austria-China Travel Agency, which was also 1 170, so I decided to be on the safe side and booked it first. When I came back, Xiao Er told me it was February 18. I felt very satisfied, so I called Aozhong to cancel it, lest people still hang there. Finally, what you need to do is to be familiar with the airport road and prepare for the arrival of the elderly (this is beyond the scope of this article) ... End ... Collect and share Melbourne, parents, visit relatives, declare and apply at different levels.