mandjay

Hi Joan01 Thanks for the welcome and the reply, a meet would be lovely. Amanda and I arrived about 4 weeks ago and were steadily getting to know the area, it's beautiful. Apart from the first week and a half we've rarely seen our 19 year old son as he seems to be finding his own social group of friends, which is reassuring but we would love to meet friends ourselves so a meet would be great. We are pretty flexible as we are still to find jobs so could fit around your schedule. Any way let us know , Regards Jason

Hi guys and girls my family and I are newbie arrivals in cairns and were wondering if anything was going on socially ? It's a bit daunting and lonely when you first arrive and could really do with a good old pep talk with folks from blighty.

We've newly arrived in Cairns and are looking to find our feet and were wondering if there are any expats in the area we can socialise with, to get to know the area and community. We ave taken a rental in Redlynch and feel a little bit isolated .

The wait is so frustrating, I really feel for all of you still waiting. I know we now have our visa but I was so fed up of waiting, especially as my medical was referred and I don`t have any previous or existing conditions and you`re never told why it has been referred!

Just as I thought they had forgotten us.....got to work today and received email from Agent...... We got our visa grant. :biggrin:

Congratulations :ssign19: So they are still working on the referrals then! We were referred on the 20th November and beginning to think that they've forgot about us

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In my opinion I found the reading difficult and failed it twice. Although I am proficient in English as I am English it was still hard. I asked the moderator why in his opinion I kept falling short of the pass mark ( I needed 8 s and above) he proposed that I was approaching it in the wrong fashion and recommended that Ireland the questions first and then skim read the passages to extract the answers. Did that and passed with a 9.

Please someone quell our despair its gone dreadfully quiet on here! Lets hear some good news from someone soon PLEASE !

Congratulations and all the best for you and your family. :smile:

Lets hope it's a good celebration weekend and you get that grant tomorrow!

I'm not suggesting being dishonest at all. As I said he will have to declare it on the form when submitting it for the police check. I am merely summising that it will not show up when he receives the police check back because he was under 18 at the time.

I do not believe that cautions show up on police checks if it occurred under 18 years of age. Although you will have to mention it on the form when applying for the police check.

Things are certainly moving quickly, hope you get your CO this week.

We got a CO today, soooo excited......