Arnie1975

Its been about 9 months in total from first calling my agent.

Thats just bizzare , dont see the point in it really. Who wants a cat licking out your frocha choca mocca chino, lolll

Its certainly a big boy

Hiya , ive asked a friend who lives in Sunbury. Apparantly its a big area for foreign settlers not sounding racist but i imagine chinese? its a bit of a hoon area too , boy racers to us. Dont take this as gospel just thought id pass on what they said

I basically sent everything i could get my hands on to prove all the years in employment, luckily my wifes a hoarder and i had shed loads to show. gd luck mate

I would keep onto them, if its anything like my agent you gotta keep poking them along...well done to hubby and gd luck

Just been told my medical results have been uploaded onto the e-health system?? aint gotta clue lol . But i passed with no problems, police checks all done skill and ielts all done, anyone know what happens next and how much longer before someone puts me out of my misery lol. ive applied for a 189 visa. :wacko:

I thought the title would grab some attention lol...so it looks like giving my tool(s) a good scrubbing for inspection. That should be fun, good job i already keep them in cleanish state. thanks for the heads up guys and the giggle to myself....dirty beggers

Sounds like you have a good solid starting point mate, take up your friends offer and take a few weeks out there. try live like you would normally i.e. go food shopping , weigh up how much the cost of living is there. As its all not that cheap. Funny cuz i looked at a job being a mechanic for Veolia in melbourne,

I hear you mate, have either of you visited Oz ? Maybe a holiday there would seal the deal with wife, get a taste of what its like over there perhaps.

Hi Willie G. I take it your depending on your wife as the main visa applicant?

Im 37 years too old for the uk , need to be 37 years young in Aus!

Hi all, im near the end of my visa process (subclass 189) coming over as a HGV mechanic. As you can imagine i have a large arrangment of tools to bring with me. As its just myself migrating i decided the cheapest option would be to box the tools im taking and ship them over and selling my tool chest in the uk. Buy a new one in Aus once sorted. Ive heard that they all have to be cleaned?? prior to boxing up ? anyone know about this, or any ideas which may be better than ive described. Cheers guys

Its been 8 months now since i first started the process, havnt had any issues its all been plain sailing so far . just running out of finger nails to bite now lol

i flew with Emirates and Qantas, but i must say i found the stop off at Dubai was far easier with Emirates as appose to Hong Kong with Qantas. Lots of walking and catching trains to get to the next plane. But aircraft wise i must say i flew in the new A380 airbus with Qantas and that was amazingly comfortable even in economy, so if you can get that plane for emirates then i would go for that option. gd luck