sandch
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Sorted!:spinny: Thank you. Best wishes Steve
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Well thank you for the update Audie, but good grief you're not getting the breaks are you? I admire your tenacity but you could certainly have done without this, sorry these additional challenges. :sad: Our best wishes for some sort of positive outcome to all this. Cheers Steve
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Hello I would make the enquiry. They tend to check files infrequently to see if the medical record has been updated, and your reminder could bring that forward. The email may have gone into junk mail. I've activated your record (username Linday) but I am completely confused as to why you want to be on there twice! Probably because I've not read something properly. It happens. So you have one record for a 143 and one for a 173. Let me know what you want to do and I'll fix it! All the best Steve
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I think Les is spot on Phoebe. Your SIL needs only to pass over the amount after tax, so there's no effect on his financial position. I can't see how he would be disadvantaged in any way.
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Useful information, thanks Phoebe. You can also get Skype for some mobile phone operating systems (Android etc) which releases you from your computer. Sadly my Samsung is not one of them! Cheers Steve
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Now that's just taking austerity measures too far! Anyway, going by that rule, by Friday I have 5 glasses to catch up on (feeling the effects now) :goofy:
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Very strong Country scene here Les. Have you paid the second VAC yet?:elvis:
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Just remember - four seasons in one day - you get to hear that a lot here :SLEEP:. Who said Marmite? Les? Was that you? Ah Fridays. Red wine at 9:50am UK time. That's one good reason to move here. You can get going a few hours earlier.:wink:
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Ah the shoes. I forgot the 40ft container. But apart from that.....
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17 degrees max forecast here in Melbourne Sunday. 27 today, 27 tomorrow. We're now equipped for the daily fluctuations, unlike when we first arrived. Cheers Steve
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We came out here with 3 cases using the economy flight allowance. Everything else is still in England. Amazing, but we've survived! Cheers Steve
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We moved out here last year and despite a lot of anxiety my wife found work reasonably quickly (legal admin in Melbourne). I still work for my UK company, but I would not like to have to put equivalent local employment to the test at my age (late fifties). The older you are, the more difficult it becomes, though I do think there is always something available if you are fit and depending on what you're prepared to do. Australia is a very expensive place to live at the moment, and we would have only lasted a year or so at this stage of our lives without local employment (meaning dollars). We've no plans to buy property here and will take it a year at a time, slowly working towards return visas and who knows maybe even citizenship one day! Best wishes Steve
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I've removed my misleading post in case it, well, misleads someone.....
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Hello Charlie That's an invalid link by the way.... Perhaps: http://www.lettonpercival.co.uk/emigration-insurance/ Cheers Steve
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Congratulations Phoebe!!
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And me the second!
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I can see some of us have rather lost control of our Quotes. Phoebe, that's really not fair, or logical. But we are dealing with bureaucrats remember, so the rules don't have to make sense out here in the real world. As for houses, they give me the impression of being rather cobbled together. Yes, they are now wedged onto plots which are becoming ever smaller. On the new estates, in so-called "detached" houses, the side windows are a couple of feet or so from the one next door. Probably their idea of a cavity wall. Under construction they look like big kiddie sheds, then it's all clad with a slick finish that makes you forget what's underneath; a rather flammable stick building. As for aesthetic design.... We're renting one that's 3 years old. As the temperature drops now, the interior of the house follows instantly - that's right - what's "double glazing" again? Noise from outside passes through the glass and the "walls" which are of course uninsulated. The prices, although they've stabilised, and interest rates, make property here a seriously bad investment if you didn't buy one a few years ago, especially if you have to sell sterling. However we've been through this in the UK. No plans to buy then, but although we're comfortable, the Australian rental market is not good for tenants with too many investors in it for a quick capital gain, not the long-term rental income. This means that every now and then you're at risk of having the general public wandering through your house when it goes on the market, followed by a forced relocation when it's sold. Is that the time? I can ramble on eh? Best wishes all. Steve
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No - but you're not the first one to alert me, so I've just been in and fixed a receive problem. Sorry about that. I do have it now. Cheers Steve
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Hello Have a look at Australian migration, contributory parent visa, information and progress tracker It may help to give you an idea. Cheers Steve
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Aha - makes a lot of sense then. Cheers
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Make sure you can access your money Sue once you've put funds into it. As mentioned by others, some banks will only allow this once you've arrived in Australia, which could be very frustrating. Try putting just a visa number in the field (leave out the "CPV") - that might work. Cheers Steve
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I find most things expensive over here, though at least we are now not having to fund ourselves from sterling, so it's less of an issue where the dollar is at the moment. Funding yourself from sterling - well we all know this is probably the worst time ever, but it won't always be like this. Cheers Steve
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Hello Phoebe Not sure which info you need, but with regard to Health checks see this page: Contributory Parent (Migrant) Visa (from Subclass 173 to Subclass 143) under Health Requirements and this checklist: http://www.immi.gov.au/migrants/_pdf/173to143-checklist.pdf And for character requirements: Character Requirement - Applications & Forms I hope that's of help. Cheers Steve
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Hello Gill - No that didn't arrive. However I've updated the tracker - let me know when the AOS is finalised. I've discovered that I cleverly programmed the input screens to accept only a Y in "agent used" so I'll fix that first then update your records. Hope the medicals go off OK. We were very glad to get them over with as it was very disruptive. Even more so now I understand, at least we didn't have too far to travel back then. All the best Steve
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You don't have to get them done again Phoebe as long as you are upgrading - it's just the AOS really. I think the only caveat to this if if there has been a significant deterioration in health, but others may know more about this aspect. Cheers Steve