LauraF
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That's not fair. We've been together for 7 years this June so I'd say I'm incredibly 'low risk' for some sort of immigration conspiracy. I also have to put my career on hold as I can't study until I get it. I hope since we submitted before much of this happened, that they're overestimating the expected time just to be safe.
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Any news yet, or from anyone here applying at a similar time? Success stories are in high demand! I'd really like to start studying (PR= still upfront payment and no hex loan but not the hiked up international student fees.) I am hanging on my emails every day - the official site now says 12-15 months is standard which is depressing since this is the third visa I've had the pleasure of applying for (PMV, then temporary and now PR.) We all deserve medals in patience and such big parties. Any one else encountered the "you're just English so it must be easy" type of conversation? #noteasyforapom
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Does anyone please have a spreadsheet that includes wait times for those who hold a 820 temporary awaiting a 801 permanent?
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Yes it's about a month and a half now until the 2 years are up. Oh I'm soooo happy to hear that Nemesis! I was getting so grizzly, what made me wonder that is that it wasn't sent just after I submitted my application, but about 12 hours later. I think they need to change the wording of the email then for those people like myself trying to get ahead of the game Thanks again my evening is now happier.
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I'll say! Well I stayed up late last night scanning and submitting everything, thinking that was the last of it... Only to find an automatically generated email this morning telling me that "We require additional information or documents that cover your circumstances since you were granted the temporary partner visa." not citing anything specific and only providing general information I already know and the checklist I have already found and submitted everything in accordance to... Has anyone else had this happen? I guess all I can do now is call them up and wait in a long queue to know what's going on. Grizzle.
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I was having trouble logging in - but I've now been able to access the online application and am currently scanning (slowly) all the documents in
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Well I've been allowed to apply for the permanent stage as of mid this month (2 months shy of 2 years ago) and had no problem getting the police certificate, ordered and paid for onlne and it was sent out in the post the very next day! Now I've got all my papers ready and JP witnessed ready to be posted off - and this is a very little silly question but will it cause any problems if I sent it all off through registered post? It's going to a PO box so I don't know whether that means there will be nobody there to sign for it so that will just delay it... probably a silly question but after the hard work put into all these forms I want to make sure they arrive there safely! I will keep you all updated with any news of a (hopefully) grant once I hear anything. Not too much longer now....
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Thanks guys I will get straight onto it as soon as it hits 2 months. Hopefully it won't take months to approve.
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Thank you for the replies. The forms that you linked to, are they the ones that they should be sending out in the post soon? so if I don't have them at the 2 months prior stage I could just use the online forms and they are allowed to be submitted as early as the exact date of 2 months prior? And also... (damn that there is yet more evidence!) what sort of evidence are people using of a 'genuine and continued relationship' at this stage? and how long does the PR usually take to process and grant after the 2 years wait is up? This sure is a long, difficult process I'd hoped that this would be automatic. Hubby will be unemployed next month and at my casual job I am being given decreased hours. Not easy for a pom.
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Hello all, Haven't been here in some time, been enjoying my life here in Adelaide for the past 2 and a half years with hubby and our two cats I've found conflicting information online and know this is the best place to come so I would like to ask about when to expect my visa to become permanent? I came over on a prospective marriage visa in 2012, we got married in August 2013 and sent off the papers that month which were approved with a temporary 820 by mid-September 2013. I know that after two years of marriage this is supposed to become permanent but is there something I should be doing right now or just wait for them, do we have to fill more forms in and is there a wait time? or should I just automatically receive the notification of a permanent residency after our two year anniversary? Thank you, Laura.
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Yes haha, don't think I've ever seen a mullet in the UK either, strange how it's still so popular over here in Oz though! and those poor little kids with 'rats tails'.
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Hey guys. I've looked into this and it appears as though I can leave and re-enter Australia on my temporary 820 visa as long as my PR isn't granted while I'm away for 3 weeks in the UK? I just wanted to confirm whether anyone has done this and whether there were any problems getting back in? I tend to worry... a lot! and just want to make sure I won't be stuck back in the UK as that would be the worst possible thing that could happen! Cheers.
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There has been no connection found as of yet between the airline and the unfortunate things that have happened to those planes. It's going to be really bad for the airline and unfair too but no, I won't fly with them (I probably wouldn't have anyway, as I prefer to use the ones I've experienced before.)
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Since living in Aussieland, has anyone been told about any pom-isms you hadn't noticed you had before? Some I've been told about: - Apparently poms screw up our dollar notes in our purses/wallets rather than neatly tidy them away. - Poms from the north just can't say "nuts" or "bus" right no matter how hard we try. That sound is not in our alphabet! - We don't wash our bed sheets often enough. Plus it's not called a duvet it's a doon-ah, or something. - Sandshoes are just sneakers or trainers, apparently they need yet another word for them. - Aussies can't always tell when we're making a joke/being sarcastic. - We can sound English, Irish or Scottish depending on who you talk to - We automatically sound "proper" or posh even if we have a common-as-muck accent.
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It would seem it's my fault! Every time I'm in Australia (Noarlunga, SA) we get record breaking hot summers and cold winters - I'm here for every single one of them! I'd suggest you send me back now so you can get back to normal. Seriously though, I'm from Manchester and even I have been waking up in the night shivering, I even had numb toes after being outside for half an hour the other day. It feels cold yet I used to cope really well with the exact same temperatures back in the UK -is it just me or does 15 here feel a lot colder than a UK 15 it's crazy @_@ I think some of it's connected with becoming acclimatised to Australian weather and that the houses aren't set up to deal with cold weather. But still, something funky is going on!
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Aha it's looking good for us June'ers now! I applied on the 13th June and got my visa granted today - that was a 5 and a half months wait. If you've passed the 5 month mark I think it's worth phoning your case officer to check, as my fiance called ours today to check progress and it was granted within minutes of the phone call. 9 months of being apart and I'm just so nervous now it's finally happened! It kind of felt like a distant dream that whole time but now it's real, eek!
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My worst huntsman experience was when I went into the kitchen to make cups of tea. The tea box was inside another box but when I brought it out, it had a huntsman literally clinging to the side of it. So of course the tea was quickly dropped onto the floor while I called out for help. Boyfriend was useless though, he's more scared of them than me somehow, despite being Australian. I'm going to have to be the official spider catcher when we get our own place which is rubbish since I'm scared of English spiders. Two weeks ago I threw myself onto the floor outside to avoid walking into a web, I must have been an inch away from it when I realised. Muddy and wet jeans are better than spider face!
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Snap, we sent ours off on the same date. They don't seem to have started on June applications yet, I'll be keeping a hawk eye on this thread and that spreadsheet to see when our month gets moving. Good luck
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There is no air con in the bedrooms - so it's a bit rubbish that the fans will just be blowing warm air around. Last time I visited I didn't have much of a problem but then I arrived in spring so the change was gradual, I'm expecting to feel uncomfortable this time around until I get used to it as it's very cold and wet here in Manchester already. Freesia - it sounds like you've got an amazing time planned out there! you won't even have time to moan about the weather I don't think I'll be doing much moaning myself either as I get to spend Christmas with my fiance and his family (my new Australian family) what's better than that.
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Ha, it's true :laugh: we complain that's it's either too hot or that it's too cold with a veeeery narrow window of about 5 degrees that's 'acceptable' to us, people start actually dying if it gets too far out of our comfort range. We really can't seem to cope with changes of temperature, perhaps that's why the UKs decided to just have one merged season to teach us a lesson. I'm not sure about looking forward to an Aussie summer next month, the extremes of temperature are going to be tough to handle. I'm hoping to get over to Adelaide just before Christmas, so we're looking at going from sub zero temperatures to 30 plus. How will ever our delicate English bodies cope? :elvis:
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Although I don't frequent these forums, I don't find this place to be negative at all. Everyone I've come across has been helpful and fairly laid back... but I guess people like to moan wherever they are, we're human and it makes us feel better Anyway, I like Australia for many reasons other than the weather (I'm not a sun-baking kind of person and love autumn!) Firstly because my fiance is Aussie and him and his family are wonderful people, the wildlife and plant life there is pretty exciting to me, it's a beautiful place and because there's more space I find people aren't generally as miserable in quite the same way Brits are. At the same time though, Aus isn't this magical haven and moving there comes with it's difficulties; I think this is a realistic way to feel for those of us who are emigrating. There's hard work ahead for all of us no matter where we live, we're likely to struggle with homes and jobs even in the best economic situation.
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I've been thinking the same thing too recently! It's like our seasons have all merged without much distinction between them apart from a bit warmer/colder. I think it's because we haven't really had a proper summer in a while, I remember a few years back there were at least 2 weeks of continuous warm and sunny weather but recently it's just been the odd day here and there with wet and miserable in between. My mum reckons when she was younger they had proper summers too but maybe this is just with hindsight. I'm not sure whether it's down to global warming or our country being so changeable and rubbish though.
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Congratulations! After such a long wait (and I think you've been away from your partner all this time too) you deserve to be so happy and excited right now. I think it the difference between our weather and Adelaide's might take some adjusting to though, they've been in the 30s this past week (and huntsmans out in force my fiance reports!) On my front, it's 5 months since I sent my visa off on 13th June, so hopefully I'll have a date in enough time to get over there by Christmas. It will be interesting to know if there will be any difference between the May and June processing times since I applied only 2 weeks before the extended processing time came into effect so things might slow down a little bit for us June people. Hopefully not too much though! I'm keeping an eager eye out for the first June person to get granted now. SusieB were you told in advance when your visa would be approved? Definitely need to escape for Christmas with my Mr!