关于settle的定义：
A person is considered settled if they are an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or an eligible New Zealand citizen who is lawfully resident in Australia for a reasonable period. In normal circumstances, two years is considered to be a reasonable period. For Australian citizens this period may be reduced to at least three months.
看你如何解释咯...你可以理解为是现在是PR，然后TR+PR住满两年了。也可以理解为要求以PR身份住满两年...
如今只能试试了，去问这个移民官
1.能否提供关于移民部长修改更新的原文
2.辩论一下，因为你完全符合143申请的条件才去申请的。
--an Australian citizen, an Australian permanent resident or an eligible New Zealand citizen
满足
--lawfully resident in Australia for about two years (a shorter period can be considered for Australian citizens if there are compelling and compassionate circumstances)
也满足啊，难道TR期间就是非法居住么？要求co给予解释证明那里说TR不能计入lawfully resident 了
Generally, you must be sponsored by your child or step-child, or that child or step-child’s cohabiting partner. A sponsor must be:
• aged 18 years or over; and
• a Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or an eligible New Zealand citizen at the time the application is lodged.
To be eligible to sponsor you, your sponsor must be able to show that they are settled and usually resident in Australia at the time you lodge your parent visa application.
‘Settled’ means that your Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen sponsor must have been lawfully resident in Australia for a reasonable period. Under policy, 2 years is generally considered to be a reasonable period. Periods of lawful temporary residence are counted towards the ‘settled’ requirement. There may be exceptions, however, and the facts of each case are considered on an individual basis by the officer of the department who is making the decision.
A shorter period of lawful residence may be considered for Australian citizens for settled purposes if there are compassionate and compelling circumstances. As a matter of policy, the eligibility period for Australian citizen sponsors in such circumstances is at least 3 months’ residence. 如果你是澳籍的话，这里貌似可以申诉特别情况。作者: herenchang 时间: 2014-10-12 13:59
1129.pdf在移民局的官网上好像已经没有连接了... 是不是不再生效了？
如果这个现在还有效的话，那么说得挺清楚的
Periods of lawful temporary residence are counted towards the ‘settled’ requirement.作者: 辰默笙 时间: 2014-10-13 01:14
帮你顶。
同关注。
我自己是留学好多年，再加同居3年。这期间多年都没回过国，一拿到PR一个月内就申请了父母143，如果在这合法住了这么多年，伴侣也有了，自住房也买了，永居也拿了，最后跟我说我不算settle，那真是醉了。作者: ±2°C 时间: 2014-10-13 11:00
非常感谢楼上各位热心的同学。
我朋友的case是他们在澳洲已经有10年+，但他最近才换了护照，所以之前的记录是否就查不到，所以移民官才质疑这个2年settle，未知。他们现在因为时间比较紧迫了，所以就定了那个5000+的律师去解释，那个律师就是说这个必须pr2年的是移民局的policy而不是法律，所以是可以有的辩论的。但鉴于移民官多是一些不懂法律diploma毕业的人，他们还是可能会被拒签，但这样的话就需要上诉，那样就是和懂法律的人来辩论，所以胜算还是很大的。
ps他们也是买了房子，小孩也有，公司也有。但移民局的信上就是说pr需要2年。作者: lapoleon 时间: 2014-10-13 19:21
Periods of lawful temporary residence are counted towards the ‘settled’ requirement.