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Have you heard of couchsurfing? We used to regularly host 'surfers' for years and was an ambassador but due to work demands we decided to stop hosting - plus the scene has changed to most of them looking for a free accommodation (and use it for hookups!) instead of knowing their hosts.. But anyway, there are greats hosts out there still, do give it s go as it's a nice way of knowing people and other travellers

Egrek, sorry to hear about that. What field are you in - you mentioned banks, assuming you're in IT? If yes, what are you skillset (sorry if too nosy!). I can refer you to some recruiters.

An ex-colleague of mine was on a WHV then defacto 457 while working with us (bank), so it was a surprise that they wouldn't want to hire you on a 3-month contract.

Congrats!!!

Congratulations! I remember you applied around the time I had mine granted!

Yeah I was freaking out back then! By the way, it says that I "must not arrive after 12/02/2018"... Do I have to do anything about it? What is the next step after I've been granted subclass 100?

OH MY GOD I AM A PR NOW!!!!!!! Logged in to VEVO and saw BC100 SO HAPPY! Sorry for all the caps, but i am so happy now

I called DIAC weeks ago, no CO assigned yet. But she did mention about 6 to 9 months (I applied offshore). I am just worried about the PCC that has a name error, waiting for my ''CO" to ask me to resubmit another one. Driving me crazy. :arghh:

More than 3 months since I've submitted my second stage docs... Still no news yet. Very worried

We just secured an apartment, and the application for the rent is a major pain in the a$$. Since the OH is Australian, he just needs to supply his photo ID, and for me, passport, and another supporting photo ID so I gave them my driving license. Plus, they would also want your proof of income, to see if you're able to pay the rent apparently? Isnt that what the bond is for? So we gave them OH's offer letter and they're pretty happy with that, i haven't receive my offer of employment by that time, so can't give them those. But they approved our application anyway... Paid bond, 1 wk of rent in deposit during application and remaining 3wks rent as first month's rent.

Had to call up direct connect (http://www.directconnect.com.au/) to get our electricity/gas/water/etc hooked up as well - means we can't move in the next day (in malaysia, they never cut off the electricity/gas/water and it remains under the landlord's name all the time!). So it's a new experience for me!

We're moving in tomorrow, hope there's electricity and water LOL.