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Hi Annie Gill is the one to keep you right but I do know if you have more children including step children living in Oz then you would pass the BOF test. You would be able to apply for CPV but i beleive they all have to be permenant residents which they can only apply for when they have lived in Oz for 2 years. Someone please correct ne if I am wrong Phoebe
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Got some nice bars too :jiggy: Phoebe
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Hi Gill Thanks for the link Gill I will pass it on to OH. Jupiters is an amazing building, we went there last time we were in Oz to see a show and only a 10 minute drive from where my daughter lives :biggrin: Phoebe
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Hi Gill We will look into the rates etc, it's just an idea he's thinking over ATM.:cute: I emailed the immigration people and they have confirmed what you have said, so thankyou. It seems if you want to study for more than 3 months you have to apply for a student visa rather than the usual visitor visa we normally get but the course woul only be 1-2 weeks :biggrin: it's definatly a useful thing to know. Good luck with that Yomvard :wink: Phoebe
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Hi Gill I posted this once but internet went down so forgive me if it is repeated. Hubby is actually a qualified joiner and commercial diver, but he is too old at 55 to start his diving career up again :laugh: He is actually interested in doing a locksmiths course and feels that if he did it an Oz qualification would be better than a UK one. He has always been good with lock, keys etc. Given that there isn't a lot of financial help in Oz as you get older it's also a trade he could carry on well past retirement age, even on a part time basis and it would add another string to his bow. :wink: Phoebe
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Hi I wonder if anyone can help/advise/point me in the right direction with this question. My OH is considering getting a qualification prior to (hopefully) making the move. The sensible thing would be to do get the qualification in Australia so he has an avenue to go down regarding working in Oz. I know when we go on a 3 month visa for a holiday we are not allowed to work but, would he be able to do a 'qualification course'?? We are going out there in April 2011 for the birth of our 3rd grand child and staying for 2 months so it would be the perfect time to do it. Phoebe
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And a bloody fantastic mine of information, without whom, I would never had the courage to apply for CPV143 on my own, so thanks Gollywobbler (aka Gill) :notworthy: Phoebe
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But only if you are going to Melbourne surely :biglaugh: Phoebe
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It's not rocket science really, just drink a full glass of water before you start to eat, so you dont feel as hungry, then finish with a piece of fruit like orange or apple. I did it when my kids were young so had to be a bit 'selfish' Still have your normal meal but use a smaller plate i.e T plate instead of dinner plate and fill it up :wink: One thing I did learn was, before I never used to eat a breakfast, sandwich for dinner then by supper time I was starved so ate a big meal. The best piece of advice I ever got was breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dine like a pauper.............it worked for me, but you have to stick at it :arghh: Good Luck girls/boys :tongue: Phoebe
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Hi Good luck with the weight loss, I managed 4 stone in 6 months 19 years ago and have never put it back on. I can't do 'diets' so I had my own plan and it worked. If you want to PM me maybe I can give you a few tips, but if you dont loose any weight, you are only size 18 after all, I have seen some pretty large women ix Oz :biglaugh: Phoebe
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Good grief:shocked: I didn't realise you had to go that far.....where we are is six of one and half dozen of the other travel wise. Phoebe Better set off now then :twitchy
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Hi everyone Just on this note of meds, we have just gone on the list this month but its something we will need to think about at some point. Does anyone know of any panel Dr's in the Tyne & Wear area would be grateful for any upfront info :biggrin: Phoebe
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Let's hope not :arghh: I've got a long way to go yet :frown: Phoebe
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Get Colin to tie the fridge closed but I'll let you have the odd choccy :jiggy: Phoebe
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I got your text but wanted to say a VERY PUBLIC CONGRATULATIONS :biggrin: Your case in particular I think.gives u's all in a similar position HOPE. After all the hassle is over, enjoy living the dream, you deserve it :cool: Phoebe
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Hi Cakey The agent my daughter used was brilliant with them and as I said only $1700, if they had quoted us the same I would have gone with them, but I thought $3700 was over the top. I'm sure Yomvard paid even more just to be told she wouldn't qualify, she did herself and the visa has been granted. It's certainly a case for shopping around :shocked: Phoebe
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Hi Sue My daughter did go through as theirs was a.sponsored working visa do she got a quote for us. They paid $1700 in 2007 but they quoted us $3700 so I read some stuff here and thought I would give it a try myself.:biggrin: Phoebe
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Hi Gill Thanks for the info. I can't honestly say I would be that interested in the ins and outs of all visa types. I run a business and do all of my own accounts etc but I think some sort of legal expertise would be needed unless as you say I was really interested. It leaves me stuck in an office as well and I don't want that I need the fresh air after 23 years :cool: There are proberbly better things I would prefer to invest the money in if I had it to spare :wideeyed: Phoebe
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Hi Gill Well they deffinatly did in my case :wink:. I wonder if that's something I could do for work once I was in Oz :jiggy: Phoebe
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Hi Sue We will have to find the 2nd VAC from the house which won't be much :frown: this is the biggest thing for us, well proberbly a lot of us financial wise, but if we find it is what we want, then we will go to OZ and do our best to make a living :biggrin: No we didnt use an agent, my daughter got a quote for us and it was approx $3700 :swoon: so after reading the forum and encouragement from Gollywobbler and Yomvard I went ahead myself. Once the forms were completed and we had all the documents, I sent them by courier cost £19.20. They were collected on a Friday and the tracker told me it had been signed for in Perth on the Monday, I was very impressed, we got the confirmation letter around 10 days later :jiggy:. I felt we were paying enough with the visa costs :arghh: Let us know when you get your date :wink: Phoebe
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:biggrin: No problem, like you say we are alll going the same route Phoebe:wink:
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Sorry that should have said you have to be a permanant resident for 2 years, not just be in Oz !!!! Phoebe
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Hi I'm fairly new here too, just got our confirmation letter last week for CPV143 :biggrin: We too were going to go for the 173 at first because we are not 100% sure but we talked it through and decided to go for the 143 straight away because you have to be in Oz for 2 years before you can get any kind of help i.e. medical wise etc, if we had gone for the 173 first then applied for 143 once it was granted it would have added another 2 years to the wait :goofy: We decided to pay the first VAC and take our chances. It's our intention to go to Oz next year for 2 months rekke (my daughter and grand children are coming here this year for my sons's wedding) to give us a better idea of how we feel, and were we could possibly settle because we have to find some sort of work :swoon:. Good Luck with it all, I love Australia too but there is a lot to consider for us all, we each have individual reasons for what we are/want to do. I would leave a son in the UK which will be hard so something else we have to consider, but at the end of the day, if we decide that Oz is for us, then we have to be a bit selfish and do it for a better life for ourselves. Obviously we wouldn't even be considering it if it wasn't for the fact that our daughter SIL 2 grand children and another due in April 2011 had not emigrated there 3 years ago because we would never have seen 'Paradise' and the life style our family have there :cool: We have been to the Sunshine Coast for a few days holiday and Australia Zoo of course :wink: it's also beautiful (we will be heading for the Gold Coast) my husband has a cousin on the Sunshine Coast a place called Upper Cabulcher (sp) This is the link for the list when you have your confirmation date, we have just gone on to it so we will be travelling the same road. You just contact Steve on this link and give him your details, he will put them on the list for you. :jiggy: Australian migration, contributory parent visa, information and progress tracker Phoebe
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Hi Gill Ha ha. We don't really know that's the problem :goofy: but given that we want to move to Oz for a more 'outdoors' lifestyle :cool: and we grow our own veg etc at home in the allotment, and we want to work together maybe something along the lines of growing and selling veg at farmers markets etc, or Ken is very handy and I like crafts, knitting, crochet, aromatherapy, I am a qualified Reiki practitioner, we can both turn our hands to anything really and just want to make enough to survive and pay the bills really :biggrin:. But what we would like and what we can afford is very different, our funds are very very limited especially after paying the 2nd VAC :swoon:, Any suggestions??? Phoebe
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Hi June That definatly sounds like one to put on our list :biggrin: That's why we are going for 2 months next year to have a look at different places. We have been to Mudge a few times and it's lovely but we also have to think of work. OH is only 55 ATM, so would proberbly only be 57 by the time visa is (hopefully) granted, I am 57 and pension isn't due now until I'm 63 :cry: so we have to do some sort of work to live :swoon: Phoebe