bry45
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Hate to be the bearer of bad news but we applied 31/5/2016 and are still waiting to be appointed a case officer.
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Hi gafuk Firstly, huge congrats on your visa news. Regarding money transfers, we used Westpac and can not fault them. They advised us to open an account with their london (UK) branch, which we did by phone. We were then appointed a personal bank rep who still email every month or so for an update. He guided us through what to do when we landed and we duly opened our Westpac oz account at our local branch. You can transfer as much or as little as you wish, but the minimum to get the best rate is £5000. As we didn't need all our pounds at once, we decided to watch the exchange rate, so all we have to do now is transfer whatever amount we want to their london branch and they will automatically transfer it into our Westpac OZ account at 1 point below current exchange rate, with no fees. We personally cannot recommend them highly enough. Regards
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BLOODY BELTIN kATH
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Welcome back to OZ Kath, Hope all goes well for you.
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Well done to you both, let the fun begin
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Congrats on the new addition Kath, beltin news
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Hi Ian We used PSS and they were spot on. Their prices were also very good. Told us our goods would be here within 12 weeks from them picking them up and we received them 10 weeks later. Only extra cost to us was the customs charge ($250 I think). Highly recommend them.
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Us too Kath,
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Hi all Sorry for not having posted or a while, been following all your posts and keeping up with the progress, just been very busy since we landed. Regarding this topic, we use Westpak and I highly recommend them. All we had to do was open an account with their London office, which we did on line with £5000. In fact, they did it for us, all I did was call them.This gives you a Westpak Uk account. We then went into the local Westpak branch to where we are staying in OZ and registered for our Westpak AU account and bank cards. The London branch gave us a personal account manager who handles all our money transfers and you can transfer as much or as little as you want to without charges. The London account does not earn interest, so we leave our money in our original Uk bank until we need some cash and all I do now is keep an eye on the exchange rate as I don't want to transfer all our money at once and when we need some AUD, we transfer the equivalent GBP amount into our Westpak Uk account, they then transfer that amount into our OZ account and providing we transfer a minimum of £5000, we get an exchange rate at 1 point below current and no fees and the money is in our AU account the following day. They could not be more helpful and considering the fluctuating exchange rate, this works great for us as we don't need all our money transferred just yet. I realise we are all in different positions however, whether you need to transfer all your monies or not, its free. By the way, Its great reading that allot of you are at or through the exit door of the waiting room.
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Hi Fisher We too are hoping they will be just as good in OZ, we're headed to the gold coast, hope everything goes well with your second bambino, I'm sure all will be OK
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Hi everyone Sorry I haven't posted for a while, things have been hectic for the last few weeks. I've been reading all your posts with the various ups and downs and its good to see at least some of us poms are no longer waiting. Anyway, our latest update shouldn't change, flights are booked and we're off on Sep 5th. PSS (brilliant) picked up everything the boss said had to be shipped last Friday and the bags are packed. Looking forward to the new adventure and our granddaughter is now crawling, so me and her grandma will be kept fit and active for the foreseeable.. That's it I suppose, I'll post again when we get there.
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We have also gone with PSS. Very nice on the phone, told them we'd had a quote from seven seas for a move cube. Our "move manager" emailed us almost immediately and was very helpful, explained that as long as we have a visa that allows us to stay in OZ for 12 months, there will be no issues with shipping. Even better was the fact that they were £300 cheaper. So far, so good, I'll update again when our stuff has been picked up.
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Hi all, not posted for a couple of weeks due to some family stuff, but all Ok as our daughter and 7 month old granddaughter are back in the UK for a month visiting, Grandmother is ecstatic and I've now got a new walking buddy. Anyway, we've been talking about our caravan and possibly taking it with us. Its an older model (1995 Abbey Vogue 215 GTS) and only worth about £1500 , but we love it and its in great condition and ideal for our little trips. We were wondering if anyone has any info on whether or not we could take an older model and how much to ship.
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I'm also interested in this 60K investment visa if anyone has any info
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Beltin info Catlady, but I'm a tad worried about the squat bit, having just had a replacement knee. That said, we're only a year in to our wait, by the time our medicals come round, my new knee will be old
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When you put it like that, on the other hand, had we been Ten Pound Poms, I assume we'd be worm fodder by now, so as frustrated as we all are at the queue times, at least we're in it and one day we'll all be there enjoying our new adventures.
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Sorry to say Gafuk, unfortunately, your absolutely right, We've all been banging on about it since the news broke
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Not sure I agree about "Ten Pound Pom" ticket holders being lucky, when they were being offered, the trip involved a two month+ boat trip and worse than that, I assume when the Ten Pound Poms landed, they wouldn't have had the luxury of air conditioning or a car.
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There are many aspects they consider before making their decisions, travel history being one of them and we must remember they don't know us from Adam. I could be wrong, but I think the fact that our immi account showed we have been on 4 previous occasions over the last 5 years without breaking our visa conditions helped us.
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Hi all There seems to be a fair amount of confusion between us all regarding who gets what conditions applied to their 600. So before I applied for ours and knowing we ideally wanted visa's without a no further stay condition, I did allot of reading before I applied to see how best to go about it to give us the best shot. For the benefit of others who are thinking of, or are about to apply, this is what I did for ours. Firstly, I found out that there are differing types of the 600 visa, 3 of which come with a mandatory 8503 condition (below) Condition 8503 is a mandatory condition on the following visas: Visitor visa (subclass 600) (Sponsored Family stream) Visitor visa (subclass 600) (Approved Destination stream) Visitor visa (subclass 600) (Tourist stream) if sponsorship has been imposed on it I then found that there was a fourth option, Condition 8503 is discretionary on the following visa Visitor visa (subclass 600) (Tourism/visit family or friends) I therefore chose this option when filling out the application via our immi account. Luckily for us, the 8503 was not imposed. Having done some further reading, we can apply to extend whilst onshore. At the time of applying, we had hoped to have our 143's by the end of our 12 months, but reading Wishfull's latest post stating the 143 queue is now at 39 months, it looks like applying for an extension will be inevitable. Hope this is helpful
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Hi Suzyq Our 600's state: - Visa Conditions - 8101 - NO WORK 8201 - MAXIMUM 3 MONTHS STUDY
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That's exactly what we've decided to do, we too have a multi entry visa valid till 31/5/18 so we're going in Feb, then will leave and return just before May 31st which gives us a further 12 months, if we haven't got our 143 by the end of May 2019, we will apply to extend because we don't have the 8053 no further stay condition on our 600. Or at least that's what I understand we can do according to the immi 600 fact sheet. Whether or not they will take in to account our 143 queue time (which by then will be 36 months) is another matter. But hey ho, its an adventure, so if we do have to leave for whatever period, we'll consider it part of the adventure. Truth is it will probably be time for a grandma/granddad holiday by then anyway. What will be will be, as long as we keep waking up breathing every day, the rest is a bonus.
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Hi Suzyq I applied for our 600's on line via my immi account, took about an hour an half to fill in. It was immediately acknowledged and issued within a week. It maybe taking longer because you are using an agent, but hang in there, I;m sure it will come.
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Hey Suzyq Did your 600 come through?
