carol123

It was a long and arduous journey but I'm here now with my 2 UK born boys and married to an Aussie. Mind you, having said that I'm an Aussie now! My citizenship was granted last year. 

Stay strong. It's not easy. Aussie immigration don't make it bloody easy!!  

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Yea. The case officer will let you know when and where to have all your medicals done. And also, just so you don't start to worry, if anything doesn't fit into their exact tick boxes they ask for a second opinion off the doctors at immigration. My example being my height to weight ratio isn't correct. (Ok. I'm a bit fat!)  so they needed to look into it more.  All fine though. It was just the way they work. The tiniest thing and they need a second opinion.  It's all red tape and nothing to worry about. And it doesn't hold up the grant date either. Just thought I'd mention this as I know it's a very testing time. Been there, bought the T-shirt as they say and any minor hiccup can seem disastrous! 

Good luck!

Well thank you!!! Now I'm craving Lancashire cheese.. or Cheshire cheese? Nom nom nom..  

Been trying  to describe the delish cheeses from my home country to my Aussie hubby but making do with imported cheddar.  

Coffs harbour!  beaches, sun, humidity, sharks (hey! But they're everywhere, right?) A brilliant base hospital and community nursing for our aging population. Aged care nursing is what attracts the most interest here.  

And people who still say "gu'day to passers by. 

Yep. Agree with all the above. The base hospital is one of the biggest employers (catering, nursing, allied health etc.) but other than that coffs has an aging population so aged care is always a good'un!