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Hi all, Today we had our son's medical completed for his child 101 visa. We were initially told his visa could take 8-12 months to be granted - we applied in August 2014. Has anyone else had experience of applying for the child 101 visa recently and could let us know how long the process took? How long after the medical until the visa was granted? Any info would be greatly appreciated! Cheers!

SOOO jealous of you all who are already there or going pretty soon! Will be another 12 months for us - it can't come quick enough!

thanks anyway guys! We do like the idea of doing it all through them as means they'll pick our beloved boy up too and get him settled!

Great to hear Denni! Where abouts in WA are you? Keep this posts coming....keeps those of us still in snowy UK motivated to get there asap!!! xx

Hi everyone - i posted this on the PETS form yesterday but didn't get any replies so thought i would try it here! Thanks in advance! Hello all, We are looking into the prices of taking our beloved doggie over to Oz with us...there's no question about it he's coming down under with us! Just wondering if any of you who have already taken your dog over could advise on a couple of costs. We've been quoted two prices for two different packages and there is approx £1K difference in them. I wondered how much it would be for the following things if we were to organise it ourself...so whether it would be cheaper this way, or if it just makes sense to get the pet transfer company to do it all....any help would be much appreciated! * Application and payment for import licenses from Australian authorities * RNATT declaration completion * All veterinary fees for blood samples to be taken within 30 days of the flight (including sampling fees and lab test fees – we will send your vets notes and advise on the best dates for you to take Barney to the vets * Lab fees for veterinary testing *Required Tick and Tapeworm treatments *Completion of Part A of the DEFRA paperwork including pre travel veterinary health examination THANKS!!

Hello all, We are looking into the prices of taking our beloved doggie over to Oz with us...there's no question about it he's coming down under with us! Just wondering if any of you who have already taken your dog over could advise on a couple of costs. We've been quoted two prices for two different packages and there is approx £1K difference in them. I wondered how much it would be for the following things if we were to organise it ourself...so whether it would be cheaper this way, or if it just makes sense to get the pet transfer company to do it all....any help would be much appreciated! * Application and payment for import licenses from Australian authorities * RNATT declaration completion * All veterinary fees for blood samples to be taken within 30 days of the flight (including sampling fees and lab test fees – we will send your vets notes and advise on the best dates for you to take Barney to the vets * Lab fees for veterinary testing *Required Tick and Tapeworm treatments *Completion of Part A of the DEFRA paperwork including pre travel veterinary health examination THANKS!!

thanks for that - it's really helpful!

Hello all! My husband and I have our permanent residency visas and are hoping to move to WA in the next 12 months...it's all we talk/think about! Just in the process of drawing up a comparison spreadsheet and wondered if anyone could advise on the cost of council and road tax in Oz - if there is any? Seem to find mixed feedback on the internet/forums. Much appreciated! xx

wow you must be so excited Rohit - we can't wait to get over there for good, but got to sell our house first thanks for the info kimanda - shall look into that

wowsers, this all sounds amazing and exactly what we are dreaming of. I can't wait to visit in December to check everything out. We know that once we've been for our trip, we'll be more eager than ever to get out there for good!

Hi all, I previously posted this in the WA forum but not had any response, so thought i would try again here! My husband and I are coming to Perth in December (7th - 16th) to activate our permanent residency visas. We can't wait. We want to spend the trip meeting with local recruitment agencies, real estate agents and looking around local areas in WA. Any advice on companies to contact and/or suburbs to visit it would be greatly appreciated. We are staying with some contacts in Dalkeith for the majority of our trip but would like a couple of days of relaxation....any suggestions of a nice hotel or similar near the beach/someone pretty would be most welcomed! We look forward to hearing from you WA-ers! Lx

Hi all, My husband and I are coming to Perth in December (7th - 16th) to activate our permanent residency visas. We can't wait. We want to spend the trip meeting with local recruitment agencies, real estate agents and looking around local areas in WA. Any advice on companies to contact and/or suburbs to visit it would be greatly appreciated. We are staying with some contacts in Dalkeith for the majority of our trip but would like a couple of days of relaxation....any suggestions of a nice hotel or similar near the beach/someone pretty would be most welcomed! We look forward to hearing from you WA-ers! Lx

We have our WA SS visas so are all set to go. We initially wanted to go within the 12 months but decided to be a bit more realistic and take our time sorting things out over here first. So we're off to Perth in December to activate our visas and then plan to move 18 - 24 months after that. We are getting our house up for sale now as that can take a while and figure we can just rent in the meantime. We'll only book our flights once everything is in place and nothing to hold us back!!

totally agree with the above comments, we too considered leaving our adorable boxer Barney behind....but as I watch him snuggled up on the sofa, we know that if we didn't take him, our big exciting move down under would be dampened by having to give him up. He is one of the family, and I also know how much he will enjoy leaving out there and with much more 'outside' time...I'm sure we'll all find somewhere to rent with our adorable pooches!! I've just had a quick look a real estate in WA and lists a large number that will allow pets fingers crossed!

Hello all! My husband and I are coming to Perth at the beginning of December to activate our VISAs...we can't wait! We've both been to Oz before but never to WA. Found a wonderful little B&B by Coogee Beach which we think is going to be a great base to travel and discover WA towns we may want to make our home one day! Looking at checking out Fremantle, Rockingham, Mandaruh, Joondalup, Bunbury possibly, any suggestions of good towns to visit? Our plans at the minute are to get over there for good within 3 years, but i have a feeling after this trip we will want to get there even sooner!! Lx:cute:

Hi all, My husband and I are beginning to look into our options for activating our visa within the next 10 months. We have a couple of options: 1) Fly to Perth (our visa is WA state sponsored) and spend a week or so here. 2) Fly to Brisbane and stay with OH's family for a week. 3) Do a combination of Perth/Brisbane. We really want to keep costs down - we know we'll have all the time in the world to appreciate the country once we move for good. We like the first option as flights appear cheaper and a shorter flight time, but we would then need to find some reasonable accommodation(any suggestions?) But if we go to Brisbane we could atleast stay with family. The final option would be ideal but most costly. Any suggestions, ideas to keep costs down? We really want to save all the pennies we can for the big move in a couple of years! Lx

Hi all, My husband and I are beginning to look into our options for activating our visa within the next 10 months. We have a couple of options: 1) Fly to Perth (our visa is WA state sponsored) and spend a week or so here. 2) Fly to Brisbane and stay with OH's family for a week. 3) Do a combination of Perth/Brisbane. We really want to keep costs down - we know we'll have all the time in the world to appreciate the country once we move for good. We like the first option as flights appear cheaper and a shorter flight time, but we would then need to find some reasonable accommodation(any suggestions?) But if we go to Brisbane we could atleast stay with family. The final option would be ideal but most costly. Any suggestions, ideas to keep costs down? We really want to save all the pennies we can for the big move in a couple of years! Lx

Whoop whoop! We heard the news yesterday....after months of following everyone else's journeys on here, it's wonderful for it to finally be our turn. We get married in 11 days so what an incredible wedding present! Once the honeymoon is over we can get focused on our move down under!!! I wonder what we'll spend the honeymoon discussing?!

good luck lou! thanks smithnioz - did you get to go in together?

Evening all! My fiance and I have our medical checks in Manchester tomorrow - can anyone tell us what to expect and how long it takes? Excited that will take us another step closer to getting the VISA but also nervous about the blood test....such a wimp Laura x

Whoop! Our WA SS has been approved!! Now onto the final stage of applying for our Visas - all of a sudden feels like the dream could become a reality!!

Update - our agent received the VETASSESS paperwork today and our WA state sponsorship has just been lodged! Fingers crossed for a quick turnaround. Will keep you posted. JARS - have you submitted yours yet?

Hi Oz/Jars, Our agent has been great, both our WA state sponsorship applications and the Visa application are all complete and ready to go as soon as we get each step closer!!! To be honest, we've made life easy for them as my fiance is pretty efficient and articulate!! So touch wood been nothing we've missed this far! Jars - we too have to wait for the paper copy of VETASSESS back for WA so its not been submitted just yet...but in many respects we're glad for the delay because as soon as the visa is granted the 12 months to activate it begins...which will either mean going for a holiday or going for good!!

thanks oz2012!! fingers crossed we are one of the quicker ones all incredibly exciting - looks like you are well on with your WA visa!

Can anyone give us some indication of how long it took from submitting your WA state sponsorship application to receiving some news? Our agent is submitting ours in the morning...one step closer!