Gayle1976

It took 6 months for them to initially refuse (which I knew they would do) in order to refer me to the bridging course. You would think I simple no would be quite a quick and easy thing to say!!! Having ti travel to Melbourne and do the bridging course was easier than dealing with APHRA!!

Hi, Just wondering why you thought they would refer you for a bridging course? Im waiting to hear from them and have limited experienced so thinking they may say the same to me

Thanks and congrats!

We are staying in a holiday rental which we have booked for 2 and a half weeks in dicky beach just as a base so we can find out what is what with hubby's job. We are going to have to use that 2 week period to look at areas we may like to live so we can commit on a longer term rental. Thank you again patw, I'm looking forward to starting our adventure and meeting new people!

Hi Maria,

We just moved out from the UK in march and are in Wurtulla which is near Dicky beach if you fancy a coffee/wine one day!

We got the notification!!!!! Subclass 100!!!!!!!!! Omg omg omg omg i can't breathe...

I just saw this!!! Congrats!!! Not been on as been celebrating/organising flights etc!!! QLD here we come!!! eeeek exciting!!! When are you heading out and where are you off to? oh and just incase anyone doesnt know singapore airlines do a migrant luggage allowance of 40kg xx

Gayle, I'm so happy for you. Lets hope that there are no more case going over the 9 month mark. Good luck with everything.

Thanks!!!! hope you hear soon! x

What time last night? Just so i know what time to look until. Congratulations tho!!!

 

22.27pm! think the agent chasing up the CO gave them a wee nudge! Hope you hear soon!! And Thanks! Xx

Got my visa through last night! Straight to the 100!! that's 9 months and 4 days! Totally happy and away to look at flights!! Hope everyone else that's due hears soon thanks for all the info and advice guys!! :-) x

I still haven't heard anything either, fingers crossed we both do tmrw Whos your CO? mine is KP... there dont seem to be a lot of mentions of grants lately, Im wondering if lodging them last may they have a backlog with the may holidays... even so it shouldnt be huge surely xx

Still nothing today from our CO re granting however my boyfriend has emailed them to chase it up so hopefully we should hear tomorrow...altho tbh I did say that yesterday so who knows lol xx

when did you apply Elzawelza? x

Still waiting too

we got a migrant agent who i've emailed this morning and this evening pointing out that 9 months would have been fri, he says he has chased it up but nothing so far... tad concerned when others are getting theirs before the 9 month mark! hopefully hear something tmrw . little one hasn't seen her daddy since the start of dec as his travel visa ran out on the 7th! nightmare... just want to get the flights booked

Im still waiting longest. week. ever!

Its confusing with 2 Gayles posting at the same time lol. I trained at Dundee uni. And the hours quoted are for aphra x

I tweeted them and emailed. The tweet and the email state diff total amount of hours (tweet 456, email 480) but I would go with the larger to be sure. Don't want to miss out for the sake of 24 hours. Also It states the equivalent of 3 months work, I had hoped to do some extra shifts as to speed up the process but it has to be done over a minimum of 3 months xx will dig out screen shots once I'm home for u x

Hi! I'm also waiting patiently, haven't seen the OH since the start of Dec and the little one is missing her daddy! Applied at the start of may so hopefully not too much longer! X

Hi just a wee note for those newly qualified - in regards to the recency of practice requirement where is states 3 months full time, this is 3 months of 40 hour weeks, not 37.5 like we do in the UK xx

Oh and a very big tent with separate poles, and two small tents!

Wow! Good packing skills!! Thanks for letting me know xx

Hi misstatt, can I ask what else you managed to fit in the large cube? We were thinking of using a large move cube in January but I'm not sure it will be big enough . Thanks x

Hi, I can't help but will be in a similar senario soon so I'm keen to see any replies . Hopefully someone knows the answer x

Hi jac2011, I've been holding off my Aphra application as I thought you had to be qualified to apply... Is that not the case? Thanks and sorry for jumping on your thread

Thanks for the replies.. I am UK trained but from what I gather from the Aphra Web site if your trained and have no experience you may have to do the bridging course hopefully not but.... X

Just came across this post... Hope you got there and got a job okay!

Hi, thanks for getting back to me. I have zero experience. I graduate this November and my partners travel visa attached to his PR visa runs out in december :/so he's heading over then and we are hoping (fingers crossed) that my partner visa will come through in January.

The bridging programs are sooo expensive Is it possible to gain registration with Aphra another way?

also on looking at the Aphra site it states I will need my ilets but someone else mention on here once apon a time that ilets are only needed for Anmac... Any ideas?

Sorry for all the questions, Thanks for your help xx

Hi everyone, does anyone know if it's possible for a newly qualified degree level nurse without experience, to gain employment in oz without doing a bridging course?? Thanks

Just an update. Been allocated a CO and advised to organise police checks and medicals for August! They also confirmed current processing times is 8-9 months....

Just emailed our agent yesterday to see if there was any progress on being allocated a CO and its apparently taking 6-8 weeks at the moment after looking at everyone's stats I thought maybe 4 or 5... Feel this may be a very long 8- 9+ months! Patience is a virtue I'm lacking lol

Congrats again! So when are you gonna go? Do you have lots to wrap up here still? X