Sooty
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We spoke to our case officer by Phone/email we arranged to leave for New Zealand on the Monday and return on the Friday once she knew our arrival time in NewZealand she issued our visa. When we re-entered Australia the customs officers took us to one side for a few minutes and then it was all systems go I hope this helps it was a lovely feeling for it to be all sorted. Good luck.
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The Mornington Peninsula 1 hour south of Melbourne is lovely, not the Temperatures of Noosa but not the humidity either. But don't let on as it's rather special ?. Lots of lovely winery's & restaurants plus miles of uncrowned beaches, except for the 6 weeks or so over Christmas.
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When we brought our car to Melbourne 9 years ago, we had to have owned the car for 1 year. So buying just before leaving won't work, unless the rules have changed. We were very pleased we brought our car over, we had enough things to sort out when first arriving without having to decide on a new car, some models are different. So it was a good move for us. ?
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I took my nearly new HP printer 8 years ago they make the same model here but the print cartridges are not compatible.. you might like to check it out HP said sometimes a new code would work, but it would not. A new printer is under $100 so not worth the bother.
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We brought bedding with us. It's more expensive here and we wanted to get new when we had our permanent house so we could match it in with the decor. Even when we got our house it took us a while to find the right bedding/Manchester which is what they call it here. Sent from my iPhone using PomsinOz
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My GP gives me up to 6 repeats on a prescription. I'm in Victoria. Before I was permanent my prescription costs could be anything from $6 for antibiotics to $58 for migraine tablets, my medical insurance covered anything over $32. Now I'm permanent the costs are less but not much less because I can't claim anything back on insurance now. But there is a yearly cap I think it is $600.
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Hi geoffandgill. We shipped my Jeep inside our container and really wish we had shipped my husbands jag as well we came in 2008 PSS helped us and it was very straight forward we sold the jag in the U.K. for £5k and would have got $60k here ?
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We packed a lot ourselves but found that the removers had to repackage everything for custom purposes they mark the shipping note with anything that the customs should look at, so it's better to let them do it all. Sent from my iPhone using PomsinOz
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Shipping furniture In 2008 we used PSS and they were excellent. We shipped a month before we left and it took about 12 weeks altogether. We shipped my car as well. All worked very well. Most rentals are not furnished but we had holiday accommodation for the first 6 weeks then a pertly furnished house. Good luck everyone I hope the parent visas come good soon. Sent using Poms in Oz mobile app
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SBS reporting on new temporary parent visa
Sooty replied to Alan Collett's topic in Family / Partner Visas
MEDICAL INSURANCE Beware of the cost of medical insurance, temporary visas are classed as tourist visas for medical insurance. The cost can be as high as $17k per couple per year. Whereas a permanent resident with access to Medicare pays about $6k per couple. -
You will have to advise your case officer that you are onshore, and she/he will advise you. We went Monday to Friday as they won't issue a visa on Sunday not sure about Saturday. This was in 2014, I'm so sorry your CPV's are taking so long now.
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We sold up and moved to the Mornington Peninsula Victoria nearly 9 years ago it was very hard leaving 2 sons and my elderly mother and our only granddaughter. But our daughters and husbands were heading here and we felt that it would be a far better life for them. We were right in the last 6 years we have had 6 new grandchildren here and 1 more in the UK. We have never regretted our decision, it is hard being so split but we usually go back each year. We got our CPV 4 years ago and are now citizens. We have a lovely lifestyle so different from what it would have been had we been still in the UK, our little grandchildren keep us very busy.
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Hi our CPV visa took 16 months to go through, granted October 2013. We've lived on the Mornington Peninsula for nearly 6 years and never looked back, we miss friends and relatives but not the UK weather or traffic, good luck with your visa, the non contributary visa has now been closed so only the expensive route for parents available now. [quote=juliew1499;1936541758 after some last minute wobbles finally sent off the docs to PVC in Perth. Having great fun watching DHL processing our document parcel. Has now left Heathrow.......From what I can gather it's now a long waiting game. :arghh: Any other parents recently applied? We will be going to Mornington Peninsular so would be good to know of other parents in the area.
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Hi genie 1 We were already here in Oz and pre loaded our American Express Card and earned enough Singapore Airlines points for 1 return ticket to the UK which worked very well for us but if you are off shore you might be able to do the same with a credit card, there was no surcharge. I think we had about 28 days to pay. Good luck Sooty
