Aileen
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As part of my leaving gift from work I was given a 700ml bottle of Absolut Vodka. The packers arrive in two days and I'm just wondering if this can go in the container? It is unopened and there is no way I can get the bottle drunk before I fly a week on Monday. I already have an opened bottle of vodka that is unlikely to be drunk in that time. All I can find out on the interent is that there will be duty to pay on any alcohol within my "unaccompanied personal belongings", but no indication of the cost or likelihood that customs will let it through. I know it is not an item of any importance, but seems a waste to not take it with me. I could put it in my baggage, but this will add weight that I don't have to spare. Any thoughts/suggestions? Cheers
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Congratulations!!!!!!!!!
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Name: Aileen156 Date of Visa application: 23 May 2011 Nationality: British High/Low Risk: LR Trade/profession: Software Engineer Visa type: 175 Onshore/offshore: Offshore Pre-14th July 2010 Category (If applicable): Post-14th July Category: Medicals submitted: 28/11/2011 - but referred Police check submitted: Request submitted Date CO assigned: 22/11/2011 - team 2 Date of employment verification (If applicable): Date visa granted: Visa granted today - 21/12/2011 - Yeah!! :jiggy:
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Name: Aileen156 Date of Visa application: 23 May 2011 Nationality: British High/Low Risk: LR Trade/profession: Software Engineer Visa type: 175 Onshore/offshore: Offshore Pre-14th July 2010 Category (If applicable): Post-14th July Category: Medicals submitted: 28/11/2011 - but referred Police check submitted: Request submitted Date CO assigned: 22/11/2011 - team 2 Date of employment verification (If applicable): Date visa granted: Visa granted today - 21/12/2011 - Yeah!! :jiggy:
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H, it was suggested I add myself to this thread following a post about the latest developments in our application so here is the info :-) Although I think we are actually category 3 as Software Engineer was still on SOL after 1/7/2011 so maybe I should be posting elsewhere? Name: Aileen156 Date of Visa application: 23 May 2011 Nationality: British High/Low Risk: LR Trade/profession: Software Engineer Visa type: 175 Onshore/offshore: Offshore Pre-14th July 2010 Category (If applicable): Post-14th July Category: Medicals submitted: 28/11/2011 - but referred Police check submitted: Request submitted Date CO assigned: 22/11/2011 - team 2 Date of employment verification (If applicable): Date visa granted: Thanks Aileen
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When we put in our visa application at the end of May we resigned ourselves to the fact that it coud take 18 months to 2 years to see any progress. So we got a bit of a scare last Tuesday when we got an e-mail asking for our medicals and police checks in the next 28 days. Lots of OMG and SH**, this is all getting a bit real and scary and a lot sooner that we had anticipated or planned for. So Police check applications have been sent off and we had our medicals last night - very impressed with the process and service at Spire Hospital in Manchester who only started doing these medicals in October. So now we are waiting again, but with the realisation that if there are no problems we could be taking a trip to Oz by the end of next year to validate our visas - so now for some frantic saving to pay for the flights and accommodation so we can at least make it feel like a holiday/chance to see places when we get there. Aileen