kirra

Me me!

Im an Aussie and was in the UK 10 yrs and just moved back. From Newcastle NSW but we decided to move to Brisbane. My husband is British and my 2 kids were born in London but have Aussie citizenship by descent

Ive been home 2 mths and dropped $AUD51K. So money is flying out the account :goofy: That does include $18K on a car and my rent and bond and stuff

Its been a huge project getting us here and been stressful, but here we are. Its alot easier living here than London - less admin as its not such a **** fight to do the grocery shopping or find a park. Job hunting is frustrating. There is no sense of urgency and a permanent role can take months. brisbane also feels like a small town and you really get the sense the locals do all know each other!

In 2 mths I havent stopped spending, enrolling, enquiring...Im looking forward to when its all done....still getting there

In 10 yrs Australia has changed for me. Its alot more patriotic and it feels like there is alot of propaganda everywhere......lots of BS being spouted from all places "nows the BEST time to buy property [it isnt!]", and alot of "Australia ia the BEST place for X"...everyone sips from the 'australia is better than everywhere else' kool aid..that gets old. At least British people stop and question whether britian is good..Aussies just blindly bang on about being the best *yawn*

Hi all

I am pleased to say my husband was granted the subclass 100 (PR) visa today! Im an Aussie, so I sponsored him.

Below is our time line

16 Aug 2010 - application sent to AHC front loaded

14 Sep 2010 - additional docs sent as requested

20 Jan 2010 - subclass 100 visa granted

He has to arrive and activate the visa by 30 June 2011 , so we better start organising either a single trip for him or a holiday for us.

We probably will not make the actual move until late this year as we have jobs and houses to wrap up

Good luck everyone