claramanda

<p>Hi sorry I haven't gotten back to you sooner - I've been working in the Middle East all summer and haven't had time to do anything fun.</p>

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<p>Well done getting your visa in - hopefully by now you're most of the way through the process. Ours was really fast! </p>

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<p>Our visa stuff was pretty much on hold the whole time I was away, but we did our medicals on Monday at Spire, Shawfair - yeah £290 each for not very much. I think I've had more invasive procedures at the airport! Anyway, when I checked the progress of our app yesterday everything has now been met! Just waiting on the official approval to come through with that all-important validation date. </p>

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<p>Been keeping in touch with some of my friends who have already moved to Oz and they say this is the easy part over. We started to plan out all that needs to get done to actually move ourselves and our worldly possessions down under and it's a bit daunting. But so exciting - we're both mentally ready to go!</p>

<p>Got the skills assessment through today and scanned it through to Victoria. I'll update you once I hear back from them.</p>

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<p>My colleague was surprised at the rejection - he'd spoken to a regional migration advisor who indicated funds weren't a huge issue, especially for someone willing to relocate to a regional area. He had been planning to get the visa granted and start lining up work opportunities from here, or going over himself to get work before bringing the kids over. Unfortunately they didn't seem to account for that.</p>

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<p>We're just the two of us as well, so funds shouldn't be a huge issue. Just hoping to get this visa app off before the point system changes so I don't have to sit a English exam, LOL!</p>