laurab1987
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Hi everyone, has a meet been set up at all? I'd like to come along with my little boy who is 2 if thats ok? we live in Carramar and have been in Perth for about a month. We have finally got a rental and got ourselves back to normal (sort of) it me 25 and my partner Adam 38. We have a couple of friends in Perth already but they are SOR and we haven't really had the time to join any clubs or meet anyone yet, I work part time so would be great to meet with some other mums/dads with kiddies to have a chat and let the kids play!! My little boy LOVES babies and other little ones so he will be happy to make some friends too :-) let me know, Laura xx
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What documents needed for rental?
laurab1987 replied to Paula and Jay's topic in Renting & Real Estate
Hi, just wondering if anyone knows if they actually check the references? We arrive in Perth next week and are currently in Bali and all our stuff has been shipped! We will need to apply for a rental before all our documents arrive (stupidly we didn't think about this) we owned a house in the UK but maybe we could make up some references for a rental? We have passports and driving licence and a substantial amount of money already in Oz just dont have our mortgage statement! I know this isn't the done thing but we will need a house ASAP as got a 2yr old to get settled. Any advice appreciated :-) -
Hi, I can't see any of the pics, maybe coz I'm looking on my iPhone? We will be arriving in Perth in 2 weeks and will be looking for a rental property ASAP so will need some things around mid-late June. Would be interested in seeing the sofa, bed, table & chairs & chest of drawers?? I can pm you my email address if it's easier? Thanks, Laura
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Shipping High Value jewellery Items - Help needed pls
laurab1987 replied to laurab1987's topic in Shipping and Removals
Thats brilliant, thank you for the advice I will check out both those options. Does your company offer this sort of insurance? Thanks :-) -
Hi, we have had a quote with John Mason. London - Perth - 267cuft is going to cost us £1,100. We are going to haggle them a bit on the price though hopefully when they have actually picked up our stuff as we think we might have less than that. £1,180 for 359 is a good price!
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Hi, Hopefully someone will have a solution for us! We are emigrating to Perth on 9th March 12, however, we are going travelling around Asia for 3/4 months prior to arriving in Perth. We will be backpacking with just our rucksacks and I have an engagement ring, bracelet, watch & my partner has some watches and in total the value comes to about £6,000. Obviously we don't want to wear these items or take them in our backpacks incase they get lost so we were planning to leave them with family here and get them to send it all over to us once we are in Perth. I have looked into sending with Fed Ex etc and they only seem to insured up to a value of £1,000. Does anyone have experience of doing this or know a company that we could send with? All advice is appreciated! Thanks in advance : )
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Hi Nic, Me and my partner and 2yr old son will be arriving in Perth in June. We went out last year for a reccie and had also decided on Duncraig but then went to Mullalo and really loved it, the beach is beautiful! Plus we found it was cheaper and closer to the beach! That is where we are going to try and find a long term let before we buy! Our flights are booked for 28th March as we are going to travel Asia before we head to Perth. We are so excited and can't believe it's finally happening! We should keep in touch as we might be neighbours one day :-) how many of u are there going? Its me Laura 25, Adam 38 & Zachary 20months. Laura x
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Thank you! We hadn't planned to go until about this time next year but the visa says we have to validate by 27th June 2012 so it's going to be all hands on deck! Need to sell the house and business!! Good luck to everyone who is still waiting, I'm sure you will hear soon :-) xx
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Hey everyone, just to let you know we have our Visa!!!!! The email was sitting there when we woke up this morning. Can't actually believe were going, I'm a bit scared but very excited! Looks like I will have to tell the family properly now........ Good luck to everyone else, hopefully you will hear soon! X
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Oh maybe we will be waiting longer than we think then! Who knows, only time will tell! When did you submit your application? Also where about in Oz are you headed? X
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Hi everyone, big congratulations to those of you who have now got your visas!!!! Just to update you on our situation, we have been in touch with our CO and she has said all she is waiting for before its finalised is our birth certificates (which we had to order replacements for) they should hopefully arrive tomo! And the only other thing is my blood test for the medical, I have already done it once but the stupid doctors forgot to label it and it got lost so I have to go back up to London on Monday to re do it, which is a real pain in the bum!!! I reckon we might have good news soon tho once those bits are done :-) fingers x'd, hopefully we will be as lucky as all the others who have theirs now!!
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Congrats everyone who is progressing a bit further! We now have a CO as of this morning : D hooray!!! We needed to supply a few more bits of evidence and weve got our meds booked for 29th and then hopefully we are done. Then we just need to wait!!!! Can't believe the first of the gang have had their visa's granted already, that was so quick!!! huge congrats to them : D
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<p>Hi Michelle, believe it or not I have only just seen your message!!!! Congratulations in you visa!!!! How is Planning the move going, are you still off next month? We have submitted our 176 visa now and are eagerly awaiting a CO :-) we only started the process in May, it's going so quickly! We decided to go without an agent and it's been fine so far :-)</p>
<p>We absolutely loved our reccie in march, can't wait to get back there! We love the hillarys, duncraig, mullalo area, I think that's where we want to settle. Where are you of too? Have you got accommodation sorted?</p>
<p>We live in Sutton in Surrey in the Uk. My OH is a gas engineer and I'm an accountant so fingers crossed we will find work :-)</p>
<p>We are off to an Expo in London on Sat with our CVs to see if we can get a job through them!</p>
<p>Have you had to organise shipping etc, was it expensive?</p>
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<p>Sorry so many questions !!</p>
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<p>Xx</p>
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Well done that's great :-) sounds like you got a good price for the meds! We submitted 13th June so exactly a month ago, not got a CO yet but have received an email saying we have been moved to a higher priority group which is quite exciting :-) So is the validation period 12 months from when you submit the visa or when it's granted or neither? We have got to sell our house too and are half way through doing a loft conversion at the mo! Lots going on in our household :-)
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Cool, we have booked ours for the 29th July. Knightsbridge is really easy to get to for us so not really worth the stress of the M25 to travel Maidenhead and plus once you've allowed for petrol costs it's probably no cheaper. Good luck with yours :-) I can't wait for them to be done and then hopefully that's everything submitted for us !! Still no CO but we've been assured we will have one soon so when we get one we should be decision ready! When we submitted we were given a time frame of 12-24 months but people on here seem to be flying through. Are those time frames not valid anymore? It feels like it's all happening so quickly !!!! It's great but a little scary too. We don't really want to have to do 2 trips so if it comes back in the next few months we might just bite the bullet and go within the 6 months. For validating the visa does anyone know if it is the main visa applicant who has to validate or can the dependent do it instead? Thanks :-)
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This was with Knightsbridge Medical in London. It's £260 per adult for medical, blood and X-rays and £60 for our 1 yr old. Will have a look at Panel Doctor to see how much they are. Thanks guys :-)
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Hi all, looks like things are getting exciting for some of you :-) we are still awaiting a CO. We have been pestering them And they said that our application has been moved up a priority group. We were in group 3 so I'm guessing we will be in group 2!! They said we will be allocated a CO shortly (who knows when that will be though) Just looking into booking medicals and for 2 adults and 1 baby the cheapest iv found is £580 in London. Does this sound about right? Thanks, Laura x
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Ok brilliant thanks very much for that. Iv just checked the email we received and they did ask for it so we have 2 days to get form 80 and 1221 in.....arrgggg!!!! Form 80 is ridiculous the amount of info they want :-( Good luck with everything!
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Ok we will wait then :-) thanks for your help. Don't suppose you know anything about the Form 1100, 80 and the other one iv heard mentioned? We don't have an agent so are going it alone! I'm getting worried that I have missed some important forms..... Thanks again :-)
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Hi gang, can we join your thread please. We lodged 176 SS visa on 13/06/11. We have received conformation of receipt and uploaded all supporting docs. We don't have an agent as we are doing it ourselves. We have attached police checks and are just about to book meds. We don't have a CO yet and not sure when we are expected to get one, any ideas? I am also a little confused about these forms I keep seeing mentioned...form 80, 1100 and 1211 (I think that was the number) could someone please explain these to me and let me know if we need to submit them? Many thanks in advance :-) Laura
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Hi everyone, So far we have had our skills assessment approved and WA SS was received on 10/06/11. We submitted the main visa on 13/06/11 but haven't heard anything from a CO yet. We have attached all supporting documents apart from medicals, would you advise to get these done so that everything is complete?? Also, when we look at the status page online it still has required next to everything so maybe it hasn't been looked at yet? Any thoughts? Thanks in advance :-)
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176 Visa which part takes the longest?
laurab1987 replied to laurab1987's topic in Repealed and Closed Visas
Thanks for the reply guys! I guess the next stage is the one that takes the time then! We are going to submit today so we will see when we hear anything! We aren't using an agent, we decided to do it ourself so won't have any guidelines on times but the sooner the better I say :-D Good luck everyone !! X -
Hi everyone, We sent off our skills assesment on 30/04/11 and received them back within a week. We then sent off the WA SS last week and received it back today saying we have been succesful. Does anybody know how long the main visa takes to come back as I think we have been VERY lucky so far!! We are still in shock that it has been approved so quickly. Also, we stated that we would be taking $80,000 with us which was based on the sale of our house, however, we were planning to keep the money in this country until the exchange rate is better, our SS acceptance letter stated that we have to transfer the $80,000 to cover our living expenses.........are they going to check this and kick us out if we don't transfer it? Look forward to hearing your replies : ) Thanks
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Hi, me and my family are in Perth at the moment on a reccy!! The weather is gorgeous, at least 30 degrees most days! We have been here for 5 weeks and have got another week left, we have got loads done in the time we have been here. We are staying in Bicton however, we have decided that we want to live NOR, the suburbs we like are Duncraig, Carine, Sorrento and Hillarys (however the latter 2 are pretty expensive as they are closer to beach) Hillarys is really lovely we have been there loads as there is a great beach if you have kids. Our 11 month old son loves going in the water there. Depending on what schools you are looking for, private or public, St Stephens is highly recomended as a private school. We are still looking for decent public ones, but dont really know where to start!! We would recommend the zoo as a day out, Perth city is lovely with the parks and can have a nice lunch down on the river where we saw dolphins : ) the aquarium was a little disappointing but the underwater tunnel was good with the sharks in! As for NOR or SOR I am pretty sure you will come to your decision about what you prefer pretty quickly, we thought we would prefer SOR but fell in love with NOR after our first visit up there. The beaches are amazing, city beach, cottesloe, scarborough, hillarys, mullalo....the list goes on!! The general feel is totally different to SOR so it is just personal preference really. We really dont want to go back to England, we absolutely love it here and cant wait to start our visas when we get back!! Enjoy your trip and hope you find everything you want too : ) let me know if you have any other questions!
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Hi, could anyone tell me if you go through the visa process without an agent and do all the forms yourself, if you get rejected are you able to re apply or is that your chance gone? We are thinking of doing the process ourselves to cut out the agent fees. We have been told that the forms aren't that daunting and they are possible to complete without an agent, however we dont want to make any stupid mistakes and risk out chance of a visa. what are your thoughts? : ) Thanks in advance!!