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    <p><p>Thanks for the friend request.</p></p>

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    <p><p>Cheers</p></p>

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    <p><p>Karen</p></p>

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    <p><p>Happy Belated Birthday Petals !!</p></p>

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    <p><p>Thanks for the friend request</p></p>

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    <p><p>Hi, all good in Canada, on hols at the moment, been a very hot and dry summer for us, reminds me of a Perth summer, but more humid, so prob like a brissy summer. My twins are good, all done high school now, going for a gap year before they decide what to do for further education. Just got to get them a job now, so they can save for college. Did you ever go to the Maze in Bullsbrook??</p></p>

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    <p><p>Hi Alan, Mandurah is lovely, I could have easily lived there, loved the foreshore, I think it is better than Perth IMO. Have you done the cruise of the canals yet, go at xmas, it's lovely, all the houses have lights up. Just so pleased that you were able to find something, I was worried about you. This emigrating lark sure is fun sometimes.... NOT lol</p></p>

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    <p><p>Will take care of the down under thread for ya</p></p>

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    <p><p>Hi Alan, was just thinking of you, and looked up your posting. So happy that you were able to secure a rental. How are the doggies settling in???</p></p>

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    <p><p>Karen</p></p>

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    <p><p>Jeff and britt are good, Jeff went back to his old company, poor britt has to go to summer school for one credit, as she was one credit shy. Wow sounds like life is going good for you all, so pleased for you all</p></p>

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    <p><p>Hi ya, long time no speak, things good here, summer has been hot and dry, our pool is 84 degrees. Girls graduated high school, and Katie is off this weekend to lake field for two months.</p></p>

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    <p><p>How things at your end, all going well I hope</p></p>

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    <p><p>Hi Sunni, yep Canada is glorious at the min...summer is here sunny and blue skies and bloody hot. I am glad to be home. Looking at buying a new car a 2007 vw passat, only $13k...I bloody well paid $8k for a 1997 Saab in Perth. It is so nice to have a choice again shopping. Good luck with your move back and keep in touch</p></p>

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    <p><p>Cheers karen</p></p>

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    <p><p>Hi ya Shell, we are all fine... enjoying a very mild winter !... Jeff and I are both working, back at the same companies.... the girls are in their last year of high school, both learning to drive. How are you and Dave and the girls doing</p></p>

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    <p>Sue</p>

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    <p>Hope you and your family are safe during the bush fires !!</p>

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    <p>Karen</p>

     

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    <p>Hi Ya Sharon,</p>

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    <p>Yep would be up to a barbie in April.... Whiteman Park sounds great too.... some lovely areas there for a barbie.</p>

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    <p>Just let me know when.</p>

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    <p>Cheers</p>

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    <p>Karen</p>

     

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    <p>Merry Christmas Neil & Julie and Family</p>

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    <p>Hope you enjoy your first Australian Christmas</p>

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    <p>Cheers</p>

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    <p>Karen</p>

     

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    <p>Merry Christmas Sharon and Family</p>

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    <p>Hope you have a fab one !!</p>

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    <p>Karen</p>

    <p>xxx</p>

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    <p>ps... barbie in the new year sounds great !!</p>

     

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    <p>Hi Mark,</p>

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    <p>Just wonderng how you made out with your online application</p>

     

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    <p>Mark,</p>

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    <p>I will be home tomorrow around 5:30 eastern time (around 10:30 p.m. your time) if you want to chat. I should have some time, as my kids are away until 8:00 p.m. tomorrow (school trip).</p>

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    <p>Karen</p>

     

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    <p>Hi Mark,</p>

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    <p>Are you still awake???</p>

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    <p>Karen</p>

     

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    <p>Hi Mark and Helen,</p>

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    <p>Please PM me I am in Canada and therefore 5 hours behind you. Let me know what you need help with and I can try and advise as best as I can.</p>

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    <p>Cheers</p>

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    <p>Karen</p>

     

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    <p>Hi Dave,</p>

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    <p>Back home now after being at work. Okay when I applied foir the SSV I put down, that I had researched WA on the internet. As far as cost of living goes, I put down that rent for a house would be anywhere from $1,300.00 to $2,200 a month dependent on area, petrol prices I estimated at around $500.00 a month/ again dependent on how far house to work is. Groceries for a family of four I estimated at approx $1,000 a month. I said that I got the figures from going onto REIWA and looking at rental prices and that I also had a friend in Perth who had informed me of the cost of everyday living.</p>

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    <p>As far as the minimum amount required for WA, the amount is $25,000.00. This is basically to cover yourselves for the first year until you can find employment. As a PR you are entitled to medicare, however, you are not eligible for other benefits for two years, these benefits included unemployment insurance.</p>

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    <p>What type of work are you involved in, this is just a personal question from me, not peratinaing to the SSV application.</p>

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    <p>When we got our approval back, they picked three areas for us, one of them being Peel. It actually worked out better as Manurah is the fastest growing regional city in the whole of WA, houses are a little cheaper than Perth Metro and it now has a direct train link to Perth (only takes 45 minutes to get into downtown), also it looks a great city to raise kids in, it has a canal system and the bottlenose dolphines swim in from the Indian Ocean. It looks like paradise.</p>

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    <p>Don't go by the forums, one person said that you needed like $150,000.00 as the minimum, I acutally called down to the WA state immi department and that is where I got the figure of $25,000.00 from.</p>

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    <p>Actually the process of doing the application by yourself is not that hard, I must admit I am very organized and I love to research so that is maybe why I am not finding it difficult, also as you can tell by my timelines things happen to fall into place very quickly for us.</p>

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    <p>TRA - Sent application to Australia Feb 1/08, Received Postive Acknowledgment Feb 25/08 (letter dated Feb 12/08)</p>

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    <p>WA State Sponsorship - Applied May 5/08, May 9/08 received email from WA government looking for OH's cv as it didn't come through with the application (blame Windows Vista for that one), May 15th received email confirming our state nomination.</p>

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    <p>Police checks done May 20/08 - issued on the spot, medicals done May 21/08, received confirmation everything fine May 29/08, Meds sent to Sydney by Courier May 30/08 received in Sydney June 2/08, finalized June 5/08.</p>

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    <p>I don't know how much Agents are charging right now, but I think we have saved a ton of money doing it ourselves.</p>

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    <p>If you need more information, just PM me and I will help you out in any way.</p>

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    <p>Thanks</p>

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    <p>Karen</p>

     

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