that parents who are contemplating applying within 2 years of a sponsoring child's arrival in Australia should ensure their child's attachments to Australia are reasonably significant and established. These might include:
- entering into the purchase or long term rental of property in which one will reside in Australia
- personal goods and effects in Australia
- purchase of a motor vehicle
- children enrolled in school
- employment in Australia
- registration with the Australian Taxation Office and paying one's taxes in Australia as a tax resident