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[quote=EXTASSIE,261249]I am totally out of ideas.
I think all I can do is send the application and hope.
I will talk to Centrelink when I return to Australia.

For those who don't know about the Assurance of Support sceme I have put some information below.

Assurance of Support

The Assurance of Support scheme enables certain people to migrate to Australia who wouldn’t normally qualify.  This is possible because a person has agreed to support the new migrant (and their family) for a period after they arrive in Australia.

An Assurance of Support (AoS) is a legally binding agreement between an Australian resident (the assurer) and the Commonwealth Government. The assurer agrees to financially support the assured person (the assuree) and repay to the Commonwealth certain social security payments if they are paid to the assuree during the period of the AoS. Depending on the type of visa that the migrant is granted, this can be for a period of 2 or 10 years.

The Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) decides when an AoS is required and whether an AoS bond must be lodged for a particular AoS case.
Centrelink decides who can be an assurer, and determines an assurer’s financial capacity to provide support to the assuree.

Period of coverage
The AoS period starts from the date the assuree arrives in Australia, or the date the relevant visa is granted, whichever is later. If the assuree needs support, the assurer is required to provide the support for the full 2 or 10 year AoS period. Even if there is no contact or there is a breakdown in the relationship between the assurer and the assuree, the AoS remains in force for the full period. If the assuree receives one of the following payments from Centrelink during the AoS period, the assurer will have to repay Centrelink the total amount paid:

Special Benefit	Newstart Allowance		Youth Allowance
Austudy Payment	Widow Allowance		Mature Age Allowance
Partner Allowance	Crisis Payment		Parenting Payment (Partnered).

Eligibility for all other Centrelink payments is not affected by an AoS.

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