ToowoombaBlue

I took your advice and called as soon as they opened, managed to get through after only ten minutes. So glad I spoke to them, apparently they hadn’t received the documents that the ATO supposedly sent them in January! We start again!!

After holding on the phone for 1hr on Monday and being cut off by my telco provider, holding for a further 55 fruitless minutes tonight, I’m at my wits end! Does anyone know an easier way to contact HMRC? Ive tried logging on to the app, but it requires identity verification and it asks for details such as UK passport, UK driving licence, UK postcode, none of which I have as I’ve been in Australia for ten years! Im trying to check the status of a tax refund request sent from the ATO to HMRC following work carried out by BDH Tax. The completed documents left the ATO in January. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated!

Has anyone else had this issue? I have a private UK pension on which I pay tax on the occasional lump sums I take at HMRC standard rates. This is despite them being aware that I am an Australian citizen residing permanently in Australia. I completed a form declaring Australian residency back in 2015. Now in accordance with Australian tax laws, I also declare these lump sums and my tax is adjusted accordingly here. I’m in the process of claiming the UK tax back, but it is proper inconvenient! How can I get them to play ball?

Any idea how long they are giving the customer to get their UK financial resources sorted before the account ceases to function?

Haha,, I tried in IKEA, the sales assistant said ‘sorry mate, I’m not on commission’ No point asking in Freedom, Fantastic Furniture or Early Settler, but the commission margins are reasonable enough in Harvey Norman and Natuzzi. Amart are not the greatest quality, but they can give good discounts. For good quality, I enjoy going to James Lane, and they will do you a deal.

I must admit I’ve enjoyed watching Frayed. Some really good cameos to look out for!

Julia Bradbury is the presenter, I read that she had to have an emergency mastectomy last Monday, hope she recovers fully.

Hi there im in the process of organising a house move within Queensland from Toowoomba to Bargara and have sought a quote from some local removal companies. So far only one has come forward with a quote, this came out at $4100. Now I know it’s a five hour drive so they would have to either have a very long day or do it over two days, but is $4100 realistic? What experiences have others had and what is a reasonable price? Any recommendations from people who have done similar would be appreciated.

Bluey, I think that’s about it!

I called Toowoomba Regional Council and was kept on hold for ages while someone tried to find the information you are requesting. Sadly they are driven by Brisbane and were unable to provide any worthwhile information. I was told to ring them instead. All I can say is that ceremonies are still going ahead in Toowoomba, just not huge amounts. I have called Home Affairs who are quite frankly useless and also emailed, but no reply to date.

Every day I read posts from people getting more and more impatient that the date for their citizenship ceremony hasn’t been set. Whats the rush? Why are people so keen to get the process completed, the test has been passed, most likely the status on the Immi account has been changed to approved, so why are people so desperate? Id be interested to know other peoples views, I’m waiting for my ceremony, but am not expecting it to happen for at least 6-8 months and that’s being optimistic!

My approval letter arrived nine weeks after sitting the test, not Australia Posts fault, my letter was dated three days earlier.

My son was born here and I didn’t need to include him on the application. You are getting conflicting information on this forum, best to ring Immigration or find the answer on your immi account. From memory there wasn’t a section I could put his details in, and because as he is a citizen of Australia, he didn’t need to be included in the application.

So I guess you know now, I hope you passed. As you and the many others on this forum have no doubt found out, the questions are more or less identical to the government practice test and all the answers were in the ‘Our Common Bond’ literature.

We have too! Hows the revision going?