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Originally Posted by The Mackie's
Hi Heather
I am exactly the same! We have sold our house and exchanging tomorrow! We are going into a holiday home costing £300 pw so we hope to have our visa by end of Nov - we prey! My hubby thinks I am obsessed about everything and anything to do with Oz! I research every night accomodation and jobs etc! Where are you heading and what is your timeline? Zeta x
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Hi Zeta
I've decided that 'being obsessed with all things australia' is the new 'hip' thing.
We are a family of 5 (oh, me and 3 boys aged 14, 12 and 9) heading to melbourne - diamond creek/eltham area.
We are intialling going to stay in doncsater near friends
Hope to be there around 20 oct.
Time line is
Jan 07 - TRA application
Jan 07 - TRA unsuccessful
Mar 07 - 2nd TRA
MAr 07 - TRA successful
May 9th - post Visa application - 136 modl inc PC's
May 15th - rec'd at ASPC
May 31st - fee taken
July 7th - case officer allocated
July 7th - meds asked for
July - house on market and luckily sell in couple of days
July 18th - family xrays
July 28th - family meds
Aug 117th - sent meds off
Aug - lots of shouting at rubbish solicitor over house sale
Aug 21st - meds signed for
Sep 19th - meds being processed
Sep 20th - meds cleared
sep 21st - Case officer asks for our 100k investment bond
Sep 25th - exchange on house sale
HOPEFULLY THE FOLLOWING
Oct 5th - complete on house
Oct 5th - leave work
Oct 5th - invest our money
A week/2 weeks later get our visa
Boys last day at school hopefully - 12th oct
fly out to melbourne and begin our fantastic adventure.
Good luck with your adventure and Aus will see you in November - where do you plan to go?