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Hi Lorna, yes I'm still in the UK. We're moving to the Gold Coast soon. I was thinking if you were on Gold Coast I could help you xx

Hi Lorna, where abouts in Aus do you live? I am due to Revalidate for the first time even though I'm emigrating soon. I don't want my UK registration to lapse either so I could do with doing mine soon too. X

Hi, Go on NMC online, complete the application to request a COGS then you will be sent a letter and details of how to pay the fee. Once this is done the NMC will send the COGS directly to AHPRA.

Hi Louloubelle, I rang AHPRA and was told you do not need an appointment and you can go to any branch in any area. Good luck with everything, keep us updated with your visit.

Hi Charlotte, How did you get on today? What evidence did you show? Any tips for me? We are heading over to validate end of December. Any advice will be greatly welcomed. Hope you're enjoying it?

Cheers Priscilla, I will start applying for jobs ASAP then. Do you think they will refuse to register me if I don't get a job offer in time? I wasn't sure if they would accept such a short term let as a temp address, but it's great if they do! The passport situation is a nightmare! It states they want original passport so I've delayed getting it renewed. I was thinking if I could manage to present earlier than anticipated, I could use the original for this and to also validate visa with, then renew and on re-entry I could use new passport but show old passport too. Nothing's ever straight forward with me! All of this is taking away the excitement of moving. Thanks again for you reply.

Hi Priscilla, What ID did you have to produce? I know the Aus visa and passport need to be shown, just wanted to know if you had to show a Aus job offer etc? I need to present before 11th Jan to AHPRA and my letter in principle states that I need to supply either a job offer or ID that shows Aus addresses. As we can't move to Aus until our house is sold, I haven't applied for jobs as I can't give employers a move date, therefore no job offers to and we don't have an Aus address. I'm just wandering how people that have presented to them have got around this? Also it states that I must show original passport. My passport is due to expire in March so i would need to present ASAP, if not I won't have my original passport but a new passport! Sorry for all the questions.

Hi Loulou, As you have already presented to AHPRA, I wonder if you could help me. I have recently had my visa granted and need to present myself at an AHPRA office within the next 5 months. (we were hoping to validate jan). In my notice in principle letter it states that I need to provide my international passport containing Australian visa, an updated version of COGS (over 6 months old) and either 1) a signed statement from a prospective Australian employer, veryfiying my identity OR 2) an origional offer of employment. The situation is that we need to sell our house before we move to Australia (Its taking longer than expected). I havent applied for any jobs because I have no idea when we will be able to move there, therefore can not provide AHPRA with either a statement from employer or offer of employment. Did you have to show a job offer or employer statement on presenting to AHPRA? If no were you asked to provide them? Thank You

Our visas were granted at 4am this morning. I can't believe it! So excited. Just got to sell the house and arrange pet shipping! My husband's notification email shows one of our old Australian addresses, I'm going to ring them and ask if this is a mistake. Good luck to everyone, I'm sure there will be more today xx

Hi everyone, We're still waiting too. Extra docs were requested 25/2/16, I uploaded them on 18/3/16.

Hi, sorryforthe late reply... Pom Queen, hopefully not much longer, fingers crossed. Bri45 the medicals were as cjenky said, plus chest X-ray if you're a nurse.

Hi, I'm a bit late posting this but just wanted to let everyone know what a great service we received when we went for our medicals. We decided to travel a bit further from home to Manchester to the government approved clinic and I'm glad we did too. It was over £200 cheaper than the two clinics closer to home and the service was excellent. We arrived an hour early and was greeted straight away, taken for coffee and told they would do our medicals earlier. Everything was very professional and the doctor was great. He made us all feel comfortable and at ease. I would definitly recommend this clinic.

Great to hear things are going well. All the best xx

Lovely post. Hope you continue to enjoy your new life in Aus. We hope to move to the Gold Coast. Which other suburbs would you recommend for a family with 2 children aged nearly 16 and nearly 10? Cheers.