Hello there
From what I know, they take a detailed look at your finances using your NOA and other pay slips. The issue with your situation, and I am not judging, is that you are kind of a financial liability for the government since you are living at government housing and have a kind of job aligned with a contractor job that is rather unstable and unpredictable. The big factor for these visa situations is that the government wants to make sure that when you bring your parents that you can fully fund their expenditure in addition to yours. In other words you have to have a healthy financial portfolio. My bitter and sad experience with government is that they don’t want you to rely on them for anything. So I would be very cautious applying on the basis that they will deny your request on not meeting the LICO requirement. So save yourself that $200 please.
