CChapman

When you buy a house or land you will need to pay an extra 7% in stamp duty to Revenue SA, and this is only refundable if you get your Pr visa within one year of paying the stamp duty. The best thing to do is ask for an extra long settlement with the vendor as this is when its paid. In our case we are building a house, so we purchased the land in May last year (when the PR approval time was 8-10 months!), and thankfully we got our PR with just 10 days to spare! So we get our 7% money back, we also had to pay $5,500 FIRB which is non refundable. Peter at Revenue SA is really helpful and happy to answer any questions we had along the way!

Yes I did and I got it without my daughter's passport! I emailed the below email address and they responded pretty quickly. Luckily I was booked to see our doctor the next day anyway so I got the health check letter written then. gsm.business.support@border.gov.au

Hi all, Our PR visa got approved yesterday! Applied 13/4/18, approved 14/5/19. Just a note for anyone wanting to know about documents: I re-applied for our AFP’s in March and uploaded them to make sure our documents were in line for a direct grant CO Nikki I did send several emails to immigration and made a call last week as we were on a strict deadline to get our visa approved before the 7% foreign investment stampduty would be non-returnable. This may or may not have helped our case- either way I hope you all get your visas approved soon so you can enjoy this beautiful country!

Hi Sharky0903, Thank you! It is a huge workload but so rewarding! I'm not sure if it's enough to get the medical invitation or not.. In my email I explained the urgency to get my visa so we can get our land surcharge refund. My daughter's UK passport will take up to 6 weeks so I hope we can get it beforehand, I'll let you know when I find out!

Hi All, been a silent follower for almost a year now. Had some problems creating an account but finally have access so here are my stats for your records! We are from the UK. - Applied for 887 13/4/2018 (waiting time was 8-10 months) - Purchased block of land 25/5/2018 and paid 7% foreign stamp duty surcharge as per new law (you need to get your PR grant within a year to get this amount refunded) - Visa timeline jumps to 12-15 months. We email SA revenue and local MP with fears of missing our 7% refund due to the immigration delay. We are told there is nothing that can be done to help our situation. - Welcomed our daughter into the world 9/12/2018 - Added Form 1022 and birth cert to immi account & applied for her UK passport - Emailed home affairs last week to ask for daughter to be added to our application and get the medical invitation. Still waiting for this to happen. Good luck to everyone waiting! The pain is real haha!