dani5

What a coincidence! what area of nursing are you in?

Getting on really well, love being in Australia and the jobs going really well too.

Do you think you'll stay at the Gold Coast? X

Really? I'm working as an RN in the Gold Coast! What are the chances? ? I love australia!are you getting on ok? ?X

Hi Steph, thanks for your message. How are you finding Surfers? What brought you to Oz?

loving Brisbane, I'm working as a nurse in the city at the mo full time which is going well. Do you work down at the Gold Coast too?

Hey, my partner (26) and I (25) moved to Brisbane on permanent visas end of last year.

Hoping to meet some new people in and around Brisbane area.

Let me know if you'd like to arrange a catch up.

Dani

Myself & partner (24 & 25) arriving in Brisbane on the 1st October! x

Our stuff is shipped in 3 weeks and i was just wondering if in hindsight anyone would have taken other things with them?

We are mainly shipping boxes, not much furniture.

Any advice appreciated

Im in a right pickle tonight and just can't sleep :chatterbox:: Lodged 189 visa on the 24th December, but no CO as of yet. House put on the market on Friday (as part of the project Australia plan)and a serious viewer coming tomorrow. If I get an offer tomorrow I could be making my family homeless. Talk about best laid plans of mice and men!!!

 

DILEMA: Should I put the brakes on until I have a 189 visa, or shoot down this migration path like a tobogganist with no brakes? YIKES!!!:nah:

It took 4 months from lodging our application to being granted our 189 visa. have you had your medicals and police checks? We hadn't done those when we lodged our application so that put ours back a bit too! Once the CO is allocated, it seems to be a pretty quick process although i have heard its taking a little longer now.. its a shame to hold back when you have a potential buyer..

Thanks for the post.. really interesting for people like us who are making the move to QLD in September!

So excited.. our visa has been granted today!!

such a strange feeling to think after all the worries, paperwork and constant online checking, the moment we have been waiting for has arrived..

so now to book the flights!!

Just want to thank everyone on PIO who have helped us through this difficult, stressful process.. you're all fantastic! and i'm sure there will be many more posts to come

Dani x

hi everyone.. we lodged our 189 on 23.10.12, CO requested medicals and police checks on 15.11.12.. had our medicals on the 3.01.13 and the hospital struggled to upload our documents but that was all cleared last week so now just waiting for the visa!! hopefully it wont be too long.. its amazing how impatient i have been the last week considering we started this whole process over 18 months ago.. hope all is going well for everyone else!

We have had our Meds, but I am unsure where to check the current status. On our Evisa the health link has disappeared. Could someone please point me in the right direction. Thanks

I had exactly the same question last week.. i thought they may have been somewhere else to check them but appears not. we still havent had any updates either. when did you have your medicals?

can anyone tell me if there is a different website to check your medicals status?

I was under the impression that our document status on evisa would just change from requested to received but we had them done nearly 3 weeks ago and nothing is on there so not sure I'm checking in the right place?!

I've spoken to the hospital and they have been uploaded?

I would appreciate any comments .. thank you!

i have now received a examination referral letter on evisa saying that i require a 503 - chest x-ray film examination anyone else had this?

Thank you KazG, that is good to know.. hopefully mine is the same! unfortunately i now can't speak to anyone until Monday!

Forgive me if there is already a thread going for this but thought it would be useful to keep track of everyone who has lodged their 189 visa.. i know there are plenty of 190 visa threads..

we have just lodged our visa and would love to see where everyone else is with theirs :biggrin:

it seems DIAC need to clarify this.. it is so confusing!

I have a positive skills assessment and have claimed the 20 points for IELTS and my partner has a positive skills assessment and an english passport, i just hope that will be enough..

thank you for your help :smile:

Hi Dani, Congrats on getting through TRA - Well Done.

 

If you hold a British passport you are automatically awarded 6.5 points in the IELTS table so to speak. This means that DIAC consider you to have competent English. I am sure a certified copy of his passport would suffice. Good Luck.

Thank you - you have made my day!! - .... seriously fed up with our agent!!

Wondering if anyone can clarify for me:My partner has a positive skills assessment for solid plastering from TRA.. our agent had previously told us that he was not required to do an IELTS for us to claim the extra 5 points on our 189 visa - however, they are now telling us that he does (great when we only have until the 30th november to submit our application!)we were told that as he has a british passport, completed all his primary and secondary education in english and his 2 years trade certificate and apprenticeship was taught in english he does not need to sit an IELTS..just checked the DIAC website and it says we need to evidence that he has competent english.. but i can't find any further info.. any help much appreciated!! thank you..

Yups..at least in October...

received our invite today

65 points.. lodged EOI on 3rd July.. have to lodge visa application by 30th November!