Hi
We've been on the Gold Coast fot four months. I sent all my paperwork a month and a half before we left - well I thought I had all my paperwork but had cleverly missed the transcript bit - there was a lot going on at home at the time!!
Two days after arriving I got an e-mail asking for transcripts for my application to continue. It took me two months to get any sense from my uni back haome - didn't help that it has been taken over by another uni since then. It took that length of time for the uni to tell me that they only keep transcript records for 6 years as this is the legal requirement and I left uni over ten years ago. I contacted the Queensland college of education and they told me exactly the information I would need as I couldn't provide the actual transcript. I got in touch with the English uni and they sent a letter with all the required info on quite quickly.
Once that info had been certified it was processed really quickly and my registration was complete on Dec 14th - the day the schools broke up for 6 weeks
I've also been told it's hard to get a job but I only want supply work for now and see how things go. I've been in to my kids school for a bit of a nosey. The staff have all been very encouraging and helpful.
Good luck with your transcrpit hunt
Emma