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    Hi, I have shipped a car from Melb to the UK back in 2006 and it cost around $2,000 from memory, plus another £200 or so to get it converted from km per hour to miles per hour. It seemed pretty straight forward, and took about 3 months. We had owned it for just over a year though so didn't come up with any of those issues. We didn't want to sell it at the time as we thought we would have lost too much money on it, but from what I can gather (my ex kept the car when we split) the car has spent most of it's time in a garage in storage in London so I don't think it was worth it in the end.
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    My partner and I stayed at Spring Hill Gardens Apartments, fully self-contained and really friendly and helpful couple on reception, who migrated to Oz themselves (about 20 years ago). We stayed for about 3 or 4 weeks but they were very flexible (we had originally asked for nearly 7 or 8 weeks, but they only asked for two days notice to cancel the rest of the reservation). I was working in the city and it was easy to walk there, and there are grocery shops nearby etc. http://www.springhillgardens.net/ The other place we considered was http://www.brisbaneholidayvillage.com.au/ which does short/medium term accommodation. It's a little further away from the city, but actually just 2 mins from where we live now, and looks nice. It's very close to a bus interchange (Garden City) and it's about 20 min on the bus to the city from there. Good luck.
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    The paperwork for my OH subclass 100 visa, which he received in Jan 2013, only asked for stat decs from him (applicant) and me (sponsor) and contact details for two Australian citizens. We posted the application to the Brisbane office (they supplied an addressed envelope). We got the acknowledgement card back in the post on the 4th March, just waiting to hear back from them... but officially they said 6-8 months processing time.
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    Hi fosseboy, when did they send you the paperwork for the second stage? I heard it's about 22 months after you first applied for the 309 visa. Do you just have to prove that the relationship continued for the two years, so more bank statements, stat dec etc? So you've been waiting for 5 months now... I wonder how long the second stage takes?
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    Got it, got it, got it!!!! Visa granted today. Four and a half months (case officer was DP).
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    Congratulations on your visa Gunshow! So sorry to hear about your mother in law. Congrats also on soon-to-be-born Mini-Gunshow. My OH and I are wanting to head to Brisbane... all depends on where we both get work, the process of which can start when he gets his visa!! Hopefully soooooon. Aim to move over around April 2012. We're liking the look of Brighton and will rent first when we get there to check it out. I'll be checking out PIO when we get there to find some British pals for my OH so he doesn't miss home too much.
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    Congrats Tracy! And thank-you. Tomorrow is the four month mark and must admit that this week I've been a little edgy!! (only cracked and checked OH's email once though) Not heading out till early-ish next year, but will be nice to have the visa in place all the same, and then OH can start looking for work (scary). We've just finished all the diy on the house, and it will be hitting the market on target for 1st September, I'm sure that'll be a whole other bucket of stress.
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    Congrats Tillyloola!! My heart was thumping as I read that, c'mon DP grant my OH a visa too! xo
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    Hi Sinead, Congrats again and hope you had a nice time celebrating! Hopefully my OH's visa approval is just around the corner. xo
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    Wow DP must have had a busy March! My OH applied at the end of March and we've got DP too. He requested some information a few weeks ago and we've sent that and not heard anything since. I'm thinking along the lines that no news is good news, so am just sitting it out until the magical email appears. Probably not worth bugging him to find out exactly when it'll arrive as we'll probably be here till Feb-May 2012 (well, it would be *sensible* for us work wise to stay here till then, my sanity however may have made off by then).
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    Bridge Clinic in Maidenhead are quoting £200 for full medical, HIV blood test and chest x-ray. OH has his med booked for 9th of May. xo
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    Hi, we received a receipt. Case officer has to send back one of the pages of the application as we forgot to answer a question, and the receipt was in the envelope. He had also returned two of the passport photos and said to use these for the medical.
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    Congratulations Sparklesocks, that was really quick! Good luck packing and all the best for the future :-)
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    Yes! Question 82! Similarly double checked everything but it's the one that got away. I guess coz he's not lived anywhere other than England we just assumed that he didn't have to answer. Oh well, we weren't the only ones :-)
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    Hi Sam! Hi Everyone! We got our CO today (DP) :jiggy: My OH was asked for police and medical checks and to fill in a question we must have missed, doh! I'm guessing this means they're satisfied with the relationship side of things. Has made my otherwise dreadful day brighter (got a bout of gastro last night). Sam, I've been in the UK just over 4 and a half years. Atty
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