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If you are taking your dog (I'd never consider leaving mine behind), the best thing you can do is get the dog used to a crate if they are not are already crate trained. This would make the whole experience a much more pleasurable one. My dogs see their crates as their safe den, and will take themselves there if they're unwell or have a sore paw. They are quite content in being locked away in the crate, and as such, I don't believe a long journey in one would be stressful for them. They are calm in their crates. You also need to make sure they are on top form from a health perspective to get through the journey as well as possible - if they are overweight, put them on diet! If they have health issues, research and make a decision on what is best for the dog. If you're not prepared to put that sort of effort in to your dog, then in my mind, the dog is probably better off re-homed to a loving home. Flying with dogs internally is common place in Australia - we take ours on holiday with us. $75/dog/each way and we find dog friendly holiday accommodation (some of which is absolutely gorgeous) makes for a fabulous holiday. And there are plenty of rentals who allow dogs - as one agent said to me "dogs tend to do far less damage than children" - people are much more geared to it here than in the UK.

Would you both mind confirming which Parent Visa subclass and process you have followed and indicative costs? I am looking at kicking off the process for my mother. She meets all the requirements, just looking into best option to go...

Got our 175 grant this morning after just 3.5 months. So thrilled. What a ride.

1) We had to get medicals done for my step-daughter (non-migrating dependent) and they were paper based. Annoyingly, the panel doctor took a week to post them off, and they then took a week to be received! As she is non-migrating dependent, she is not listed on our application and therefore we can't see if Medicals are in process at all. Our CO said that paper based ones tend to take a couple of weeks to be finalised once received by HOC. (about to post a thread to hear of people's experience with this and actual time lines) 2) Sydney is correct. We are also 175, being processed in Adelaide, but medical results are posted directly to HOC in Sydney.

We got our CO assigned yesterday - 2 days after Meds were finalised. I went ahead with Meds and requesting PCC based on the time frames that were being posted - a calculated risk as far as I was concerned. And hey presto, appears to have paid off with a CO assigned just 2 days after Meds were finalised. We do have some work to do yet and have some info requested by the CO and some translation of documents to arrange, but I much prefer to be actively working on this than just sitting around waiting for a CO, so chuffed to bits!

Thanks Craig, if you can send me your contact details, as soon as we know when visa's are through I will surely contact you! What would be your view on taking this car - which category do you see it in, and how easy would it be to resell as an import? Also, do you cover motorcycles at all? Bike in Question is a 2010 BMW F800R with 4000 miles on the clock?

Hi There, 1) 2010/peugeot 308cc SE/24000 miles/aircon/convertable/1.6/manual/5 gears/superb condition 2) UK Value: £12000 3) Market value in Australia : Private: $29k - $33, Trade: $24,5k - $27k Moving to Melbourne Also, if you could give me an idea of cost breakdown, have been looking for exactly this!