juliew1499
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Just dropped into Poms in Oz just over 3 years since our visa was granted. Very surprised to see some familiar names just receiving their visa grant. We had to wait 2years and 5 months for our visa and thought that was awful but the waiting seems to have increased substantially now. Good luck and lots of patience to all those in the queue.
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Hi Geoff and Gill
just dropped into the POMS site after a very long time just curious to see what is going on. So pleased to see that things are finally progressing for you. It is without doubt a stressful time as you get closer to the end of the process. I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown waiting for Centrelink!
Anyway, put the fizz on ice it won't be too much longer now! We will have to celebrate in Melbourne when your visa comes through.
we are plodding through our building permit application and hope to start on our new home in June this year, can't wait to start...
Julie
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Thanks for the good wishes. We’re convinced the whole exercise is purely designed to teach human beings the art of patience, which we realise now we have loads of ? Our daughter is now waiting for the letter of further instructions, don’t know how long that will take! Our house is about a month away from completion. Luckily we have a good building supervisor who tends to turn a blind eye at Geoff’s daily visits , which enables us to get errors corrected immediately. Definitely on for another meet when our Visa is granted ! Watch this space ?
Geoff & Gill
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Hi Catlady My goodness PVC have taken their time with your application. You should be getting the grant email at any moment. Good luck with your future life in Oz. The POMS site is a real life saver for all those in the waiting room, but for me it is now time to move on. Good luck everyone and let's hope the wait for all those remaining does not extend too far. Julie
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Hello wow wow wow fantastic news, so pleased for you both. You will no doubt be in a house hunting frenzy when you get back, hope all goes well. Will have to meet up again and celebrate. Julie
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Hi Amanda Had the most fab day, went with daughter and family to see the 20week scan of our grand daughter to be! So glad we went through the visa process when we did or we wouldn't have been here for this very exciting time in our lives. hope you are well and settled. Julie
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Hi Fisher great to hear that you are now on your way. It,s been a long time coming! Wishing you all the best for your new life in Oz. also nice to hear from .Amanda Jb great to hear that you have settled too. Julie
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Congratulations Fisher, at long last you are on your way. Julie
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Hi Fisher Congratulations, at long last it looks like you are on your way. You are right it is a funny feeling - when you finally do get the visa and house sold the pace of things really picks up and life becomes a whirl of packing, selling, charity shops, tip runs and goodbyes. take some time to chill out for a while after the move ( if you can) there is so much to do and organise when you get to Oz. We have been here a year now (officially since 30 Nov) and we are just starting to feel more relaxed and settled. Julie
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Hi Susie 347.30 AUD per person. Hmm...... the building project.........we are still waiting for a design, they came up with one design it was lovely but just not right for us or the block of land. It's just like waiting for IMMI all over again. Frustrating, just sick of constantly waiting and waiting and waiting! we are also in another waiting room but this one is very exciting - first grandchild due 2 Jan! julie
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Hi Susie i had my medical at Bupa in Melbourne, the Doctor there gave me a written referral to my GP as my blood pressure was slightly elevated, said I must have it rechecked within 30 days, she also stated that it would not affect the results and that all was Ok so far just waiting the results of blood,urine tests which would be a further 48hrs. Although they cannot give you the paperwork they have to tell you if they have found something wrong. Hope that puts your mind at rest. Julie
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Hi Jan congratulations on the request for medicals etc. I seem to recall having difficulties booking a medical on line, in the end I phoned them and got booked into Bupa Docklands within a few days. Just a word of warning, they will not let you thro the door at Docklands more than 2 or 3 mins before your appointment time. They say be on time but they won't let you into the building if you arrive early! They have a very efficient service once you are in. Julie
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Hi Jan Yes either day is good for us too, we will also come in on the train so can walk to South Bank area. Not sure of a venue so anything your kids can suggest would be great. Looking forward to meeting up. Julie
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Hi We live on the Westernport side of the Mornington Peninsular in Somers and our daughter lives in Safety Beach only 20 mins across to Port Philip Bay. We really like it down here and would not want to be closer to Melbourne. If we go to the city we either drive to Frankston and get on the train or if it is in daylight hours we can get on at our local Stony PointvLine station in minutes. as we don't travel to Melbourne very often the journey time of one and a half hours dorsn't bother us. We wanted to live by a beach and be fairly quiet. If you are commuting to CBd then I would suggest Bayside area Mentone and surrounding areas - much busier though. Can't help you with Point Cook as we don't know it. Despite what people say Frankston has a lot going for it and a good beach, good shopping centre, Arts Centre. It's one of those places that has grown on us. Trains run into CBD regularly and thro the night. At the end of the day we are all different and what suits one might not suit another. The only thing you can do is keep looking. Generally we have been pleased with the weather in Victoria, as someone said it's a bit Mediterranean style. Just freezing cold at night these last three days but the sun has been out most of the day. Julie
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Hi Nana Jan Welcome to Australia and the cold weather, great to hear that you are settling in, there is quite a bit to do when you arrive but even more when the visa comes through. Let me know when you are thinking of a meet up, we are away from 17th July for 5 days and then will be available most days. Julie
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Hi Fisher Not sure which authorities you mean.......HMRC?? We contacted the ATO and Medicare as soon as our visa was granted and we had re entered the country in December 2016. Our UK tax situation is somewhat complicated as we sold a business and our Accountant is still dealing with that........hence all the delay. Julie
