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Hi Megs Does he have a tfn yet? You need to have this before you get an ABN. TFN takes upto 4 weeks to get but ours took about 2 weeks. You can apply for both at same time. If he does have a TFN and you need ABN very quickly, some online companies can provide it there & then. Not sure how reliable they are though or you could just wait for ATO. Tax returns are from July to June each year so as far as reporting, you have till October next year to file & pay across tax. Thereafter, I think it's every 3 months based on there estimation. Also if you invoice over $6800 per month, he needs to be GST registered. We're just in process of doing this. Hope that helps. Michelle

Hi to you all My hubbie is a fully qualified, experienced carpet, wood, vinyl fitter & looking for work. We arrived last Wednesday & looking for work NOR. Any help would be appreciated. Mobile no & CV by pm. Regards Michelle

Thanks Bob, have left messages for other kennels. The Rabies is all done and blood test was passed in November 2011. When will this expire? Michelle

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help? We were supposed to be flying one way to Oz next month, but due to our house buyer pulling out, have had to put things on hold. We now need to do a validation trip which we have booked. As we were flying our dog over we have not vaccinated him against Lepto as advised but now as he needs to be kennelled, our local kennels wont except him as he is not fully vaccinated. If I was to have him vaccinated now and we were able to move in 5-6 months time, would the Lepto have worn off enough to pass blood tests? Thanks Michelle

Hi all. we have our medicals booked for Friday. I have downloaded and printed our 26EH and 160EH forms but I haven't been promted to advise we are going to Maidenhead. Also there was no form to download for non migrating dependent. Spoken to CO and they have advisd to complete Form 26 for her. Will Maidenhead be able to find us on the e-health system? Really don't want to go down the paper route!!!!

Hi, we are having a few issues with getting my partners ex to agree to a medical for his non-migrating dependent. I know we can do statutory declarations, etc to get round this problem, but does anyone know what the benefit is for the future, in regard to the child doing the medical? Regards, Michelle

Woo Hoo, we have a case officer. Only requested a recent detailed employer reference, medicals and police clearances. Michelle

If not heard this week, will call next. Still got a bit of baby weight to lose before we book medicals. lol Cheers

Hi. We are still waiting for a case officer. Received email from WA on 25/05/11 that they sent ss confirmation. Anyone else waiting who lodged about the same time? Regaqrds, Michelle

Hi Guys, Can we join the May gang and Perth BBQ. Finally uploaded the last of our documents (consent form from ex-husband), and patiently waiting for a CO. Keep checking online application and it says processing commenced, I can't remember if it said that to begin with or maybe I'm being optimistic. Good luck to all who are waiting and hopefully it wont be too long.

Congrats to all who have CO's. Can't believe how quick its moving. We have finally got good news this morning and received the email from WA approving SS. Policy change must have been granted. Woo hoo. Good luck everyone.

Wow, congratulations. That was so quick.

Hi all, just spoken to WA to find out what the problem is. Our application is currently on hold due to this policy change. When they take into account the work experience, they exclude any informal trade apprenticeship, so although OH was working and being trained on the job (so to speak) this hasn't been included within the seven years experience. (Oh bugger, should have reworded CV). The policy change is hopefully going to be take into account these training years which should be implemented in the next few weeks. So fingers crossed should have a positive outcome in the next month or so. Hope this helps any future DIY applicants as I suppose if we had used an agent they would have known about this. Cheers, Michelle

Not sure if anyone can help? Due to the delays we have been experiencing, I sent an email to WA last night attaching CV, passport page and TRA letter in case of problems uploading on original application. I also expressed our anxiousness in hearing outcome as soon as possible due to future points changes. We received an email back stating sorry for delay but they are waiting for the outcome of a policy change which will affect our application. I cannot see any problems with our applicatioin at all, my OH has 8 years work experience as a floor finisher, holds a UK passport, we have funds of over AUD$ 110,000 after relocation costs including AUD$ 25,000 savings. Gone over reasons for choosing WA and although haven't written huge amounts included enough as far as we can see. Absolutely stumped and feeling extremely downhearted about it. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Perth42, thanks for the reply. I emailed on the 20th December making sure all documents had been received as we had the problem of CV not showing as attached. I received an email back saying that the application had been submitted successfully that day. When I called last week, they looked up our application and just said should hear by Monday, Tuesday this week. I didn't ask any further questions. If we don't hear tomorrow, will call again or try emailing maybe attaching the documents again with our reference number.

We still haven't heard anything. When we submitted our application I was worried that the scanned passport page was too large a file but it seemed to accept it, now due to ed and jen's news, worried it may not have uploaded properly which is why we haven't heard yet. Getting to the point that we just want to hear some news even if its not a positive outcome, so that we can resubmit and maybe take abit more time and include even more info. Whats even worse, my wifi on my phone seems to be playing up and I'm not getting emails regularly. Arggggghhhhhhhhhh. Congrats to all those who have CO's. Really scary that it can be so quick when you have been so used to waiting and waiting and waiting.

Congrats Perth42. Fab news for the weekend. We received email this morning saying apllication is currently being assessed again. Same email as back in December. Just called WA and they have said should hear outcome by Monday or Tuesday next week. Another weekend of waitiiiinnnnnnggggg.

Brilliant news Brides. We still have not heard anything. Each time I get up in night still keep checking emails, even the deleted and spam ones just in case. I think I may find the phone no for wa and give them a call early tomorrow morning and see if there are any problems. I may even prove some more research and financial info and see if I can email it to them with our application no. Not fretting too much, lol. Good luck anyone else waiting and fingers crossed we will be able to celebrate this weekend.

Hi. No news for us today. But if they are quoting 4 weeks assessment time, I'm really worried its been over 6 weeks since our assessment email from WA. Is anyone else waiting who applied in December?

Congrats Paulswin. I so hoped we would hear today, so I had an excuse to have a glass of wine tonight: but still no news. Hopefully will hear next week, really starting to get frustrated. May still have the glass of wine anyway. Have a good weekend everyone.

WA Jezza - I used the online enquiry form on the WA site. I sent it at 3:30am and received a reply at 5:30pm. I'm up at stupid times during the night, seven months pregnant, and now have a habit of checking emails everytime I get up. lol

We have still not heard anything yet. Really starting to get nervous and doubting the information and financial bits which I wrote on the application. Sent an email yesterday and received a reply saying that we should hear outcome shortly. Fingers crossed, and congratulations to all who have received positive news.

Just checked WA's site and they have posted that they will be open to applications from Carpenters, Electricians and Fitters from 1 Feb 2011. Hope this helps.

Congratulations to all of you who have received WA SS. I applied for ours at 11:30pm on 19/12/2010 (our time). Received being accessed email on 23rd but still not heard anything yet. Keep checking emails every morning, my nails are getting shorter day by day. Is there anyway to check progress online or shall I just send an email? Cheers, michelle

Hi. We completed our state sponsership application last night as well. We also had the email stating that our application was partially completed even though we had paid the AUD$200. We went back into the application to check and make sure there wan't any highlighted areas, made a few changes. Also made sure that all documents had uploaded as it stated that the CV wasn't uploaded on confirmation (as per Woodymcfc). Once all saved again, it then requested payment again. I sent an email to WA asking about the partially completed email and why it was asking for payment again, including my payment reference number. Not yet had a reply to that specific email but we have had an automated email confirming that our application has been received for processing and a case officer will be contact if any additional information is required. Hoping we don't have to wait too long and there are no problems.