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Date applied: Sept 2015 City/Council area: Moonee Valley Victoria Online / Paper: Online Date received the acknowledgement email: sept 2015 Date of the Citizenship Test:8/10/2015 Date of ceremony: 16/03/2016 (awaiting letter but dept of immi and council confirmed on the list. Advised letters can come up to 1 week before ceremony ) Type of ceremony (Urgent/: normall
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On this, defintely check the address as my documents were sent to the UK. I presumed they would be sent to the Australian address I put on my original form as we had a house here already but nope........ Luckily I still own my flat in the UK and my neighbour sends me on any mail!!!
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Great thread, been stalking it for a few days and decided to write. Been in Oz for 2 years and whilst all going ok, I still miss Europe so this has got me thinking... What the UK has that Australia lacks? (My opinion solely) Christmas in the Snow……….Santa was not meant to have speedo’s Chocolate .............that doesn’t taste like 5 tablespoons of sugar in one hit......too sweet here. Variety of flavoured crisps................. i.e. Worcester Sauce /Monster Munch Crispy Duck Curry Chips Waitrose Marks and Spencers A public transport system that comes every few minutes (I will never ever moan about the tube again) Better Fashion Cheap dentists Free contraception RYANAIR (never thought I would say that) Pubs with no TAB signs Non agressive drivers Cheap Cars More than 20 days holidays a year Jobs which give you real benefits i.e. private healthcare and life insurance and bonuses!! Ability to be in another country in an hour ! More musical theatre More "big" live bands and festivals Green fields Squirrels :-) Spiders that arent the size of elephants..... Spiders than dont kill you... Less creepy crawlies in general..... No snakes Hmmm.........now I'm homesick
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Catriona I sympathise but can only advise on my own experience. I have been living apart from my boyfriend since june and I got my visa in October. we have been together since 2004 so we thought we would have issues but what we made sure of was that all our forms were date perfect and matched and we accounted for our time apart by providing evidence of calls etc. we werent interviewed either but we have a mortgage together and we had £30,000 saved so we submitted bank statements to show we werent idiots so account for every minute, send them flight details, did you send postcard to anyone and from both, show pictures etc. Prove you have lived together since 06 if thats what it is and leave no gaps, show them you are being truthful, give them cv's , give them your educational background, give them things they dont ask for but everything to show you are a good candidate and you will not be a burden on the country. Any questions - IM me. I got mine in 2 days which was a miracle but I sent spo much in that there was no doubt and no gaps and not sure what else they could have asked for as I sent supporting evidence for 5 years and not just 12 months. Good luck
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Janie, good luck and good luck telling your mum. I totally understand where you are coming from as I was so scared. My parent were pleased as they know I am unhappy here without my man but still sad. My mum is positive and she says "its not like years ago when people went on the boat and we never saw them again"!! They just feel it is so far away. I am dreading saying bye to them and my friends, going to have christmas here but dreading that day as know they will be upset but I have to make a conscious effort in my head to look at it like I am only away for a while and be home soon. Sometimes I think I look it it like their comparison to the boat but know I will be back soon. As i said, good luck with it and get her on skype with a webcam ! makes such a difference! sin:hug:
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hah....i thought the same....I was like...this looks like a flimsy sticker...plus it doesnt have a time limit on it so I thought they would have the 2 year temp time limit on it......Its all go go go now... 10 weeks left here now...woo hooo........good luck with everything too. :-)
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Ozburt, I mailed my passport in to them on Monday 2nd nov and got it back on thursday 5th - sent in a special delivery envelope but obviously was at work went they sent it back which was Thursday so I picked it up this morning from the local delivery office......what a relief now to have a lovely reddy/orange visa page. yeeeahhh!!
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Yeh!! same as me.....its a fab feeling.... have a wonderful time in Oz. Ive sent my passport in on saturday to get stamped so hopefully will get that back this week.!
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Just adding my stats as still in shock Lodged 23/10/09 in person at australia house, london Payment Taken - 23/10/09 by debit card Email received - 27/10/09 granting visa and asking for passport to be submitted for stamp. Got until 03/07/10 to validate by entry into oz (expiry of medicals). I was advised i would get an email from case officer within 7 days and was keeping an eye out for that and I just got one email saying it was granted. In complete shock. Submitted 40Sp/47SP/Form 80/UK police checks/birth cert/ passports for both of us/ austalian citizenship for sponsor/ Sponsors financial accounts/ sponsors current employment contract and payslips/My P60 and bank accounts showing I have money and showing transfers between us/ house insurance / council tax bills/ mortgage documents/ 4 stat decs/ 2 personal statements/ 40 photos/wedding invitations/cards/holiday itinieries/bt and gas bills (one for each year 2006-2009). / skype history showing we are apart for 4 months and in contact. Only certified passports/ birth certs/ p60's/ and 888 forms. If anyone needs any assistance please ping me. Still in shock at how quick this was. :biggrin:
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Awesome HL, bet you are thrilled! I am scared as you never know if you put in enough, I could have put in more bills and more evidence but didnt know how much....put in about 4/5 bills and our mortgage agreement and title deeds and about 40 printed photos and 20 holiday itineries and loads of bank statements showing money transferring across so hopefully it will all be ok. Im hoping our house ownership will be a massive bit of evidence! I am hoping I can get it before end of november but unlikely as I want to resign from work first week of december. MY OH wants me over beginning of Jan but we will see as will need to have loads of goodbye parties..... its scary and daunting as well as everything else. I havent seen too mnay being rejected as i think everyone on here seems to have good applications. Thanks to everyone for all the help over past 4 months.....and wishing you HL a wonderful life in oz! I cant wait to get to melbourne. Just off a 4 hour video call to my man and always makes me sad when we say goodnight....soon though.....
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<p>Defacto Visa Lodged London 23/10/09 in person</p>
<p>Payment takes 23/10/09</p>
<p>Front Loaded: Medicals/ Police Checks & Form 80</p>
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Lodged Defacto Visa in Person today 23/10/09 in person off shore at Australia House, London. Payment taken there and then. Advised that a case officer would be assigned within 7 days. Front loaded with Medicals (always sent to Aus Hse in July), UK Police Checks, Form 80. The waiting game begins..... I hope I have put in enough. FYI turned up around 9.15 and there was no one there apart from 2 people who were there for a 3 week business visa. I forgot my credit card pin and had to put on debit card £870.00, so hopefully I didnt look like a fraudster! Whole thing took 15 minutes. Such a relief to get rid of it! So glad to get rid of this
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congrats jenny, good time frame too!! hope mine is quick! I have seen a few comments re initials etc....is it a case that if your surname is a certain letter you get a quick CO??? someone before mentioned this ! just curious ! mine is F ...:-(
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Carorich, thats useful to see current speediness. Can i ask what further information was required? Also did you certify bank statements? thanks for help
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Laylay - quickie, did you send in original cards? i.e. birthday. /christmas/valentines day or did you photocopy? Thing is we could have easily jusgt written these now .....i have heaps and was going to just send in a sample and christmas cards from parents for us both etc and put in a stamped addressed envelope to get sent back? All my stuff has been certified now in oz, my boyfriend had to do some digging to find out when he arrived in oz as he was a baby and his family emigratred !! he is now 33! anyway all on its way back to london so should be submitting in next two weeks finally and hoping for a quick turnaround a i want to resign from job first week of december and obviously cant resign until i get this. getting nervous now....
