Fashionably Late

My kids and I are eligible to apply for citizenship on 30/06/15. But we have to move in mid August to Dubai for work and for the kids to start the new school year there. Could I apply for Australian citizenship from the Australian embassy in Abu Dhabi as soon as we arrive there as I would have just left Australia or would it be possible to apply for Australian citizenship on 30/06 from Brisbane and hopefully be invited for the interview and test before mid-August and then fly back for the ceremony? Obviously it would be less hassle and less expensive to be able to apply from the UAE.

The market is horrible. My husband, with over 20 years in this field, has had to take contract work back in the UK as there is nothing here. Other friends here in Brisbane in the same field have had to take much lower paid work in Perth or Melbourne as the jobs dried up here unfortunately.

A friend was recently told that they were told that unless they lived in cachement, their kids weren't getting in. The school was apparently over-subscribed.

I haven't heard of state schools charging such extortionate fees. Shocking. We have many friends who live in Jindalee and they choose to send their children to a Catholic school in Indooroopilly. We have had numerous French and Italian families coming in and the children speak no English and are completely fluent within a year and the fees are less than 1/2 of what you were quoted.

Both my husband and I went to boarding school and both had very good experiences. We seriously considered sending our daughters and if it didn't cost twice as much as being a day student, then we would definitely do it.

I have been taking 50mg thyroxine for about 6 months now. It has helped quite a bit and I started feeling a bit better within 2 weeks.

We pay $314 a month for a top notch policy and we are a family of 5. We are on quite a few meds and rarely spend over $100 a month on meds. The top price is around $36 for a PBS prescription and only one of ours actually costs that.

We moved here on a Friday and booked temp rental for 6 weeks. Found the perfect house on the following Tuesday. Then ended up paying for both houses for the 6 weeks.

I work at a uni in Queensland and I went asked the Student Centre. The Uni doesn't have a choice in whether they would accept the English GCSE from the UK. They said your best bet would be to contact QTAC http://www.qtac.edu.au/ and ask them as they are who would would end up applying through.

I would think that they would definitely require an A level as the GCSE is only the equivalent to Grade 10. This is how UQ explained it to me.

ETA: Definitely worry about the fees too. She wouldn't qualify for HECS-HELP and would have to fund the student contribution.

New Zealand citizens and all other Australian permanent residents must pay their SCA up-front without a discount – they cannot obtain a HECS-HELP loan.

http://www.uq.edu.au/study/?id=21165

Both are recognised but Prince2 seems more desired. It also seems that a lot of recruiters aren't as aware of PMP and therefore reject applicants that are thoroughly qualified.