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Hi Have you moved to the Bay yet? I live in Corlette so would love to catch up

Hi Jennie, I'm 34 and also live in Corlette - we recently moved here after being in Melbourne for 5 years and as I work in Newcastle I am struggling to meet new people. If you'd like to catch up let me know

Morning, I had everything ready prior to submitting so we all had our medicals and our uk ans Australia police checks and form 80. Yes it's a risk to spend the money but its worth it in my opinion and I believe that's why it was allocated quickly as it was an easy one for them good luck and let me know if I can help in any way

My update: Applications submitted on the 30th May and Employer and Employee both granted on the 26th July - nothing further was requested. So happy :biggrin:

The employer has put in for the PR with the 186 temp residence stream so we're just waiting but it takes forever!

Thank you guys, I've since found this link and you're right, I'm not entitled to anything. Oh well http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/childbenefit/start/who-qualifies/live-work-abroad.htm#4 I didn't have a baby to get benefits so it's no biggy, I was just wondering.

Hi Guys, I am hoping someone can either help me out or at least point me in the right direction. I have been living in Australia for 5 years and am on a defacto 457 visa (My partner is English too). I have a 17 month old who was born here and another baby due any day. Financially things are tight as we're kind of in limbo and aren't entitled to anything here in Aus like the baby bonus or child care rebates as we aren't permanent. My friend today suggested that we should be entitled to child benefit from the UK as we are citizens there. Does anyone know if this is true and how we go about it? Thank you so much in advance

Thanks Guys, Does anyone know which 'type' I chose to upload the form 80 to? I was thinking identity but none of the drop downs list form 80.

OK It's a bit of a long winded story but I'll try to shorten it as much as possible: I'm on a 457 Visa with my current employer Last August 2012 we put in the 186 Visa and they paid for it all (Over $3500) but I was told to submit the documents myself. Paid and had all medicals done and UK and Aus police checks Didn't really know what I was doing but did my best and thought I'd uploaded everything correctly Received a call a couple of weeks ago to say I'd submitted the Employer part using direct entry stream and my part using theTemporary Residence Transition stream which is the one I should have chosen for both. Basically told it was either withdraw and lose the money or she'd have to refuse it. Obviously I withdrew and my employer is happy (ish) to do it again but I am obviously having to pay for my part this time We submitted everything again on Friday My questions are; As I can't afford a migration agent (And am pretty confident I'll not be that stupid again) am I able to submit a decision ready application on my own? Do you know what the current wait time is for these applications as I already feel we've been waiting for so long and I don't feel safe if you know what I mean? I feel like there's a huge weight on my shoulders until this is final. We want to buy a house and actually settle in the Country we've called home for 5 years and it's all our son has ever known. The last person at the company gave me the last 3 month bank statements but I'm now been told that I can't have these due to privacy - will this be a deal-breaker. If there is something missing will this put us back down the list? Has anyone else been this stupid and had to start again?