familyof4

Thank you for all your comments, you have calmed my nerves a little!!!

The thought I had about that is, where we decide to rent, probably would be booked after our stay was up. I didn’t want to keep moving because it would be a lot for the children to deal with.

Thank you, I was going to do 4 weeks but then panicked it wasn’t enough.

My family are moving out in March next year. I am looking at properties to rent for when we initially get there. How long would people recommend I need to book this first rental for? We have not decided on a suburb yet, we intend on driving around until we can find where we want to live. Also I don’t know how long or difficult it is to find a rental once you are living in Perth. Any help would be really appreciated.

Hi Craigriach We still have not moved. Our initial entry date has passed. I have sent a 2 emails to Immigration to try to get it clarified but no reply yet. If I ever get a reply or when we make the move, I will update this thread to let you all know!!!

Hi benj19810 Is it worth sending them an email to check they did receive the PCC? It doesn't make any sense how things can be turned around so quickly when they get the info they requested and others are not. So it does make me wonder if it has not be received.

Just to put a cat among the pigeons!!! I have received a reply back from immigration stating the following The grant of your General Skilled Migration visa included the following visa condition: 8504 The holder must enter Australia as the holder of the visa to which the condition applies before a date specified by the Minister. This condition requires an initial entry into Australia by each visa holder be made before the date specified in the “Visa Grant Notice” provided to you when your visa was granted. General Skilled Migration is aware that you and/or your family members who were granted a visa as part of your application may not comply with this condition. Failure to comply with visa conditions can render a visa liable for cancellation under the Migration Act 1958 and visa holders are encouraged to make their first entry by the initial entry date. General Skilled Migration; however; has no objection to visa holders travelling to Australia in breach of condition 8504 and will not seek to cancel a visa where the only reason for doing so would be the breach of this condition. So it is saying that actually you dont need to enter Australia before the first entry date because they will not cancel your visa!! Now then, do you risk it or not!!!

It is such a costly exercise!

Thank you. I appreciate the quick reply.

We have been granted our 189 visa. We don't think we will be able to move before the date it says on the visa, so are needing to fly out to validate it. Are we able to fly into any airport in Australia and then fly back immediately? I know it sounds ridiculous but we can't afford to stay so we probably wouldn't even leave the airport!

Yippee we finally got our grant this morning!!! Let the moving stress begin!!!

Congratulations Tavio.

My OH is also self employed. We do use an accountant but he also did a statutory declaration containing what he does, how his business started and grown, what tools he uses etc. and then signed it in front of a solicitor. The best thing to do is check with your agent. :smile:

We are all watching the information on this spreadsheet, take a look and you will soon become obsessed like the rest of us!!! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AkrdCphtU8u-dGJQSWROUlZ0bThIaUF2VW9zdUZmMlE&type=view&gid=277&f=true&sortcolid=-1&sortasc=true&page=1&rowsperpage=250

Thank you, it has now changed this morning and is now in the right place in the list.