This whole week will be very vital to us as it is during this period that we will hear some news about my mother-in-law's visa application result. Just to give you a brief idea, my mother is currently on a one year visitor's visa. We applied for this long stay visa last year for her so she could look after our 2 year old son, Enzo. It's not that we don't trust other people to take care of him like child care or day care centres, but I know that most of the parents would agree when I say that you have more peace of mind knowing that your son is at home and being looked after by someone who really cares to your family like our own mothers. Nothing beats that feeling of convenience that you don't have to rush from work to pick up your son before he's been left alone at the centre with the carer by the other kids who were already picked up by their parents. You don't need to worry to much when he's sick as you know that he's in safe hands. With this, we decided that my and my wife's mother to alternately come down to Australia and look after our son. Isn't it more economical to spend 1000 to 1500 AUD for airfare and visa once to get your relative to visit and babysit for you rather than spend 900 to 1000 AUD per month to pay for the carers? We do believe that paying for child care centres is far more expensive considering that this amount has already been reduced by the child care benefit that you could get from the Centrelink.
My mother has been here for nine months now and she's booked to return to Manila on September. We cannot keep her any longer not only because her visa is expiring on October but two grandsons await her return. She has not yet seen the latest addition to the family, my brother's first son who was born in April while she was here in Australia with us. My Dad has helped us with my mother-in-law's papers and visa application. We did a letter sent out to the Embassy confirming the purpose of her stay and that we are responsible for her well being during her stay with us. She has also undergone medical examination particularly X-Ray. We attached on our letter a photocopy of my mom's e-ticket to serve as a proof that we really abide the rules set forth on the visa stay granted which we would also intend to keep with my mother-in-law's coming. It was really a long process for her as she never had any passport before because of her citizenship issue which was never fixed before.
We hope and pray that she will also be granted with the same visa stay to save us also from more work and more expenses as well. We do hope that the medical exam turns out good because otherwise our last option is only for 3 months stay visa, which obviously will be more expensive since we would have to re-apply the visa every after three months and spend the same amount for the airfare.
Thinking positively, we are now preparing for her arrival to Australia. My wife and I would definitely take a week or two off from work to tour her around Melbourne and let her see the wonders and beautiful scenes that amazed us when we came here. It's not only that we need her to look after our son but we also do want to share with her the beauty and convenience of Australian living.
My mother has been here for nine months now and she's booked to return to Manila on September. We cannot keep her any longer not only because her visa is expiring on October but two grandsons await her return. She has not yet seen the latest addition to the family, my brother's first son who was born in April while she was here in Australia with us. My Dad has helped us with my mother-in-law's papers and visa application. We did a letter sent out to the Embassy confirming the purpose of her stay and that we are responsible for her well being during her stay with us. She has also undergone medical examination particularly X-Ray. We attached on our letter a photocopy of my mom's e-ticket to serve as a proof that we really abide the rules set forth on the visa stay granted which we would also intend to keep with my mother-in-law's coming. It was really a long process for her as she never had any passport before because of her citizenship issue which was never fixed before.
We hope and pray that she will also be granted with the same visa stay to save us also from more work and more expenses as well. We do hope that the medical exam turns out good because otherwise our last option is only for 3 months stay visa, which obviously will be more expensive since we would have to re-apply the visa every after three months and spend the same amount for the airfare.
Thinking positively, we are now preparing for her arrival to Australia. My wife and I would definitely take a week or two off from work to tour her around Melbourne and let her see the wonders and beautiful scenes that amazed us when we came here. It's not only that we need her to look after our son but we also do want to share with her the beauty and convenience of Australian living.
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