Clarkes
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We are on a 160 business visa and now want to apply for residency but don't really know how to go about it. Been trying to call the immi number but you never get through to anyone. Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Transferring money from UK to Oz... Currenciesdirect??
Clarkes replied to Hoola's topic in Money & Finance
We are using HiFX to change our money and they have been brilliant. What is concerning at the moment is the falling rate because of the Euro situation. Would be useful to hear opinions on that as don't know if best to change sooner rather than later! -
Great thanks will look in to that then. We are also flying in to Brisbane and then going up to the sunshine coast. Good luck!
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We leave the UK on Boxing Day and busy trying to make sure we are all sorted. What do we need to do about insurance for the first couple of weeks. I guess we can't take out holiday insurance like we would if we were just going on a holiday. We are coming over on a business owner visa and so not sure that we are entitled to medicare. Any advice you could give us would be great! Thanks, Natasha
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Great thanks for your help.
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We were told not to put anything heavy in any drawers but we are only taking bedside cabinets with drawers anyway. With bed linen etc we have been asked to leave it all folded on the beds so they can use it with the packing. How has all the cleaning been? We are hopefully being packed next week. Good luck!
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House being packed up next week but what paperwork is useful to bring? Do utility bills / credit card statements help at all? We are going to be in temporary accommodation for 4 months in a holiday let so will get them to give us a reference which might help when we sort out a rental when we arrive. That also means any utility bills will be a bit old? The paperwork I will keep hold of when travelling are passports and driving licences (obviously) and photocopies of, copy of visa letter, birth and marriage certificates. Anything else I should think about? Sorry know it's a bit longwinded but just trying to get myself sorted and you guys know EVERYTHING!
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Have you joined the Sunshine Coast Expats page on Facebook? The seem like a really nice bunch and are always arranging things and lots of members living in the areas near you.
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I saw about feathers on the form today guess that includes feather duvets?
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Did you have to do anything special when booking the flights to get this extra allowance? I know that now you don't get anything in your passport, do you just bring you visa granted letter with you and the airline can check the visa when they scan your passport? Just trying to clarify as we will be looking to fly with SIA as they have had lots of positive reports on PIO and I know that we can get a migrant fare with Qantas through our removals company which gives us all an allowance of 40kg.
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Thanks for all your help. Looks like they will be finding a new home somewhere!
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Thanks, know what you mean but don't really want to bring things for them not to work when I could have given them to a caring new home.
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Will my cordless phones work in Australia?
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We've got two little tikes cars which are a bit grubby from being outside and one you can see sand inside the frame from where it tipped over before. Would we be better off buying and assembling new ones and shipping them instead? Have seen that they are twice as expensive in Australia! Dont fancy shipping them to be told we have to pay for them to be destroyed and end up buying new ones anyway. Was also going to buy the kids a play kitchen for their birthday and ship it in the box in the container but declare it as new and keep the receipt handy. Does anyone know if this would be ok?
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what happens to my luggage on a 2 day stopover in singapore
Clarkes replied to yumimumi's topic in Shipping and Removals
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, love the other thread extremely helpful! -
what happens to my luggage on a 2 day stopover in singapore
Clarkes replied to yumimumi's topic in Shipping and Removals
Thanks. I'd rather do the same as you as I just want to get there but my husband wants to stop off for a decent sleep. Not that I think he'll get one with three young kids in tow! -
what happens to my luggage on a 2 day stopover in singapore
Clarkes replied to yumimumi's topic in Shipping and Removals
So I'm a bit behind with this one but very useful topic and relevant as we are thinking of a stopover at the transit hotel at Singapore. Was looking at flights on the SA website earlier and one of them had a 14 hour stopover. Would this be classed as "transit" and so luggage would be checked all the way to Oz? -
Thanks, we did like it when we went to Coolum last year and we are going to get a holiday let when we arrive in February. Think we might be able to get a bit more garden in Buderim but will have a look around both areas a bit better. We did go to Perigian Beach one day and liked it there too as it seemed fairly quiet but with shops etc and very friendly.
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Hi Fellow PIOzzers! We stayed in Coolum last year for our reccie trip and really loved it there although weren't too impressed with the rude and drunken youths we saw louting about on a Sunday morning! We have 3 year old twins and a 1 year old and would like to be near the sea but want a house which has a decent garden. We've heard that Coolum has the highest number of single mothers in the country. Not really a problem but if anyone could tell us a bit more of what it's really like there or would we be better somewhere like Buderim? Want to be able to walk to restaurants etc if possible. Thanks for any help!
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wish you took with you and what was not worth bothering to take
Clarkes replied to a topic in Aussie Chat
John Lewis should start delivering in autumn too. -
Will take your advice and test drive your recommendations when we finally come over. We have three very young children so need the extra seats. Thanks again!
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Thanks for your help! Quite like the look of the Toyota Kluger or Holden Captivia. Will have a look at your suggestions too and I guess when I have found one I like will get a rental when we first arrive to give it a good test drive.
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Hi all, just looking at cars for when we move over. Need a seven seater really as have three young kids. Want something reliable but also nice looking dont want to feel like I'm driving a bus. Any suggestions?
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We've been on Market for about 4 months and only had 4 viewings so far. Just dropped price again so fingers crossed get a buyer soon. Really want to be able to move over November but need to sell first. Really frustrating
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Might go back to original plan of getting new bed out there then thanks x