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Hi,

We are about to move to another unit in Sydney and we have the chance to choose a new electricity and gas provider. We are currently with Origin and we've had no major trouble. However, I've read plenty of scary reviews about them and wanted to know if I should try my luck with a better company.

Any input is much appreciated.

Thanks Lorri2011, we are headed for Sydney and need to move there or validate by march 2012.

Where are you planning to live over there?

Hi everyone,

I woke up this morning and my email-checking reflex finally paid off! It's been 12 hours and I keep opening the inbox now and then to see if it's still there. Also I've been grinning like an idiot all day at work, but keeping the news to ourselves until we finish to rearrange everything and get the one-way plane tickets sometime next year.

It's took us more than four years to get to this point, two applications (our first 136 lodged in august 2007 got capped and ceased, after being sent to the last priority queue back in the Evans era), two IELTS (one remarked), a skills assessment re-issue and the whole SMP waiting calvary. After this long, emotional rollercoaster, it feels like being at the top of a mountain, with sanity slowly crawling back into place.

Thanks to the helpful advice and good energy of PiO members, I know I wouldn't have glided through the last visa application without your help and insight.

Here's our details:

Name: Malbec

Date of Visa application: 08/12/2010

Nationality: Mexican

High/Low Risk: HR

Trade/profession: Industrial Engineer

Visa type: 175

Onshore/offshore: offshore

Pre-14th July 2010 Category (If applicable): N/A

Post-14th July Category: (old 3, new 4)

Medicals submitted: April 2011 (got march 18 letter)

Police check submitted: April 2011

Date CO assigned: don't know

Date of employment verification (If applicable): N/A

Date visa granted: 13/09/2011