when you arrive?????

johnd · 08-06-2007, 04:46 PM

quick question for all those on poms in oz,
when you arrive in oz for the first time, (as we will on june 27th), do you just need your passport+visa, or do you also need acknowledgement letter or anything else.

also what happens? , do they just check out your visa and stamp it?, or is there more forms to fill in?...as if we haven't done enough already!.

so anyone with recent experience of their first 'foot fall' in oz, let us know what happens.

i only ask as i'm running out of things to worry about!.
johnd

johnd · 08-06-2007, 05:10 PM

thanks for that, thats what my wife says, 'just take the passports', i do have most of the paperwork,ie grant letter , but i have binned all the medical forms and other asscociated paperwork, as i'm not a clutterer by nature so out it all went!!.
johnd

ali · 08-06-2007, 11:41 PM

You only need your passport to get through immigration and you fill in a card of the plane regarding if you're declaring anything, where you're staying and how long for.

There isn't any sort of fanfare - but we left the desk with massive smiles on our faces (which quickly faded when we joined the Q to have our cases x-rayes lol).

Ali

calNgary · 09-06-2007, 03:58 AM

The good old case x-ray ,,what a nightmare,i remember the ques being horrendous ,we were there for about 40min if i remember right,and thats after you que for passport control!!!
Cal x

koala12 · 09-06-2007, 07:00 AM

Hi,
Your passport is fine. I will never forget when I arrived here, proudly showed my passport to the guy who looked at it (and my visa stamp) , looked at me and said 'welcome home mate!' - priceless!!!!

ali · 09-06-2007, 09:01 AM

Our immigration guy looked at my son and said "you gonna play for the Dockers mate" - Tom hadn't a clue about AFL then and said no Manchester United!!

He also said to me and hubby that if we stay 2 years - we'll never go back.

minlady · 09-06-2007, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ali

Our immigration guy looked at my son and said "you gonna play for the Dockers mate" - Tom hadn't a clue about AFL then and said no Manchester United!!

He also said to me and hubby that if we stay 2 years - we'll never go back.

Oh Ali.... that sounds so nice.... what a nice bloke!!!!.... oh i can't wait!!!

min x

samozsoon · 09-06-2007, 09:56 AM

Ooohhh, cant wait now, we go next Saturday.
I never thought of taking any paper work as we're just going to validate, might just put the grant letter in, just in case.

Sam xxx

fatpom · 10-06-2007, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by koala12

Hi,
Your passport is fine. I will never forget when I arrived here, proudly showed my passport to the guy who looked at it (and my visa stamp) , looked at me and said 'welcome home mate!' - priceless!!!!

The immigration officer who dealt with us was aboriginal decent. She looked at the visa and said "so you're intending to reside permanently?" with a look of 'why don't you bugger off back to where you came from' :).
I guess she had a point?

SAINTHURLOCK · 10-06-2007, 03:57 AM

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Originally Posted by johnd

quick question for all those on poms in oz,
when you arrive in oz for the first time, (as we will on june 27th), do you just need your passport+visa, or do you also need acknowledgement letter or anything else.

also what happens? , do they just check out your visa and stamp it?, or is there more forms to fill in?...as if we haven't done enough already!.

so anyone with recent experience of their first 'foot fall' in oz, let us know what happens.

i only ask as i'm running out of things to worry about!.
johnd

ha we could be on the same flight,who you going with we are with singapore. I havent got my visa in my pp,just the acceptence letters, the way i understand it is you have 4 weeks once you get there to get your visa actually put in. hope this is the case otherwise its going to be the shortes emmigration known to man.