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Thank you...it is exciting so much to do and worrying about our flight too!

Absolutely I will have a look....sometimes hard to find the details of employment/credit requirements

Good to know that credit rating is not be all and end all though!

Is that how long it took you to become permanent? I guess we will aim for getting permanent contracts after a three month probation I'm sure that's possible even if not easy!

Market might be silly...but we're moving to Tassie and will buy a house. And that's life! My question was actually how long before we could get a mortgage!

Fair enough... haven't bought and sold in aus before, just thought with house prices rising etc!

I guess the alternative would be to buy something much small outright and live for a year or so and then apply for mortgage later. Would fees/stamp duty solicitors fees etc make that totally non-viable?

We've been watching the market, but looking outside of Hobart (up to 45 mins away) and can stay with family in meantime. We did live in aus until 2015 so hopefully that gives us some credit history and we've kept our bank accounts running. Totally hear you about the vendors choosing someone else...I guess I'm more interested in when we are even be able to get a mortgage offer to start seriously looking. We both work in "stable" professions and my husband is from Hobart too and still have some work connections so hopefully he can get references. But thanks for the words of warnings we will be mentally prepared for a long wait!

Tassie, Hobart region... I hope that's the case too but hard to know in these uncertain times if they want a long Australian work record and permanent position of the bat. We're going to stay with family initially and I was hoping to not have to rent but get a mortgage asap and hopefully find a place we like, if the stars align for us. X

Hi, We have been planning a return to Oz for ages and finally looks like it will happen We (aus citizen and pr Brit) want to buy a house as soon as possible to get settled in. How soon after starting work can we get a mortgage considering that jobs are most likely to not be permanent to start with. We will have a 50% deposit on the LTV we are looking for. Is it possible to get a mortgage without a permanent position? If not how long do we need to be in a permanent position to get a loan. Thanks

Brilliant thank you for your help. Now to hope everything goes smoothly through the quarantine period!

Yes, it expires 2022. So I still have right of entry until then.

Hi, I hope someone knows something about this and can help advise me. I've been googling and looking at the gov websites but it's not completely clear! I am a permanent resident and my husband is a citizen but we haven't lived in Oz for the last few years. When I was in Oz I only had a temporary Medicare card which has long expired. We now are hoping to return to Oz in spring when I am around 7 months pregnant. But we worried about my lack of Medicare card and if I would be covered as soon as I arrive/apply for a new card as a resident or if like in some countries you have to have lived there for a period of time before you are covered by the health care. Thanks in advance for any advice/info.

We applied from Australia - i had to have a job starting within 3 months paying over £18 600 or something, proof of our relationship and evidence of where we would live in the uk! I think we looked at if he could apply from an EU country also but he would need a visa in that country entitling him to stay there for at least 6 months, so wasn't going to work for us. If you have a job lined up and have been together for a while I am sure you can apply from Australia for a non-married spouse visa.

Okay , so then it shouldn't matter where I am? Thanks for all your help I am going to collate my evidence and send it in and see what happens.

Thanks Grecia, its al very confusing on the DIBP website it states that for 820/801 visa you have to be onshore to apply. my email states that the second stage visa is 100, 801 so I am hoping I can apply for it offshore and they will be understanding as to the circumstances. on another note what happens when you renew your passport to your visa? I have to get a new passport ASAP and wondered if my visa will automatically be transfered to new passport (my 820 I mean) or if I need to tell DIBP separately to my new application for PR? Thanks

I thought I would need to be resident in Australia to apply for this? If I don't then excellent!

Hi I have searched but not found anyone who has been in my situation (or my searching wasn't good!) I entered Australia on a PMV and converted this to TR visa 2 years ago. 9 months ago my husband and I came back to the UK for a holiday but have stayed and found work as my mother was very unwell and I didn't want to leave and my husband agreed (he has right to work) I have just received an email about converting my TR to PR. My issue is that I am not resident in Australia right now and haven't been for 9 months, we hope to return to Australia one day but I don't know when. Has anyone been in a similar situation and had an extension on their visa or still been granted PR? I could go back to Australia and apply for it, but I don't want to be away too long and I believe there is a long wait for TR-PR and I am not sure if that would be approved of anyway! Any advice would be helpful - I will email DIBP and see what they say but I am not hopeful to get the answer I want! Thanks :rolleyes:

hi all just am updating...i got my pmv in december and have been in oz since end of december. got married in april and applied for my 820 temporary residence visa on 7th june and received it today 10 days later....not what i was expecting at all but very happy. i hadn't even finished adding all of the evidence...obviously had already included enough

I know I can't get full registration with only the GTP, but I was asking about limited registration, if anyone has experience of this I would be interested to hear! Ta

try googling hola its free and generally works well - at least thats what I use - I also have private internet access VPN but actually find that hola is smoother for 4od and iplayer.

Hi all, Great thread..although I am in a totally different situation to most of you - I completed the dreaded GTP in the UK which is not recognised as a teaching qualification over here. Has anyone got experience of working on/getting limited registration - I am in remote WA and positions in community schools do arise, and I am thinking I should go for it and see what happens! Cheers!

Hi all, just to let you know I got my pmv today I applied on the 23/24th April. I did email my CO to let them know I would be heading to Oz for christmas and I got my Visa letter as a reply. So happy right now, feels like one less thing to worry about...so it will happy. Good luck to you all and hope you are happy in Australia xx

Its a relief to get it away isn't it, but don't expect a short wait I have been waiting 7 months and hoping to get it after 8 months, but who knows. Hopefully you will be reunited soon!