juliew1499
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Hi All June 14 applicants For those who have submitted their AOS, has anyone had any contact at all from Centrelink? Amanda JB I'm frightened to ask how it's going? We are off to NZ on Saturday as our visa expires, thinking of staying out there a month, but now starting to think that this AOS and final visa decision could be a long way off yet! Julie:mad::mad:
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Hi Alan Lovely to hear that all is going well and that the final piece of the jigsaw is slotting into place. I'm looking forward to being able to write the same post sometime in the not too distant future. Goodbye from all of us in the waiting room. The class of June 2014 are all eager to be on their way! Julie .
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Hi Fisher My sentiments entirely! Was feeling quite pleased with the exchange rate last week it went up to 1.77 buy Mr Carney blew a hole it that the next day.:wacko:
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Just need to have a gripe........ Will someone please gag Mark Carney, he's talking the £ down ........., again! will someone please put a rocket up Centrelink, how long does it take to do an AOS? Feeling better now......until the next time. Julie
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Hi Sadge So pleased you have heard something. The first letter I had requesting AOS S said I hadn't got a CO and then a few days later I got a CO! Looks like it's different for everyone. We are all slowly getting there. Julie
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Hi Tien Yay, that's great the medical is done. Come on Centrelink...... Julie
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Finally, Police reports, passport details and Form 80 uploaded to IMMI and very quickly acknowledged by CO. Come on Centrelink .......... Julie
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Hi Tien lets hope so, Amanda JB have you heard anything back yet on AOS? Julie
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Hi Sadge well I was annoyed because I hadn't heard from a CO, just checked my Spam box and there it was sent yesterday!!!!! CO gives you 28 days to do medical, police reports, Form 80, scanned copy of Passports, and completed AOS. The race is on! Julie
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Hi Moomin I'm thinking it will take 2 weeks before sponsor is asked to lodge bond with Commonwealth Bank and then another week another that, but it's anyone's guess. I'm hoping Amanda JB will hear soon, that should give us a good idea. I was so excited about lodging the AOS that for the first time since lodging our visa back in June 14 that I actually forgot about the processing date moving! Julie
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Hi Tien Maybe we will get a CO next week and then we can get on with the final paperwork. Fingers crossed! Julie
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Went into Centrelink with our daughter this morning to lodge the AOS. Waited about 30 mins to be seen and then it took about 10 mins to go through the forms and docs. Daughter comes back all smiles and says that they will deal with the docs this afternoon. Did you sign the firm in front of the staff member and did they witness it? NO! Back in we go to sort it out! Phew that could have been a problem. We now await processing of the AOa. Julie
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Hi Tien Yes both will need to attend and show the necessary ID. They need to have fully completed the form and have all the documents required for both. If they haven,t got all the evidence required they won,t be able to lodge the application. Dept of Human Service web site has all the details required under AOS. Julie
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Hi Tien Don't bother phoning go straight to the Office. Julie
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Hi Amanda we shot off to Centrelink this afternoon to see if we could get an appointment for our daughter. The usual thing, "oh what's this? I've never seen one of those forms before!" Luckily another member of staff overheard and came to the rescue. Apparently our daughter has to go in without out any appointment and just be ID'd and hand over the forms, they are then sent to a central processing unit. Our daughter is going in on Wednesday at 08.30' unfortunately she can't get off work tomorrow. Looks like it might be an extended off shore trip from 1st October, we will have to see how things progress. Hope your son hears soon. Julie
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OMG OMG OMG Correspondence from PV Team 1 asking me to arrange AOS!!!!!!! strangely enough, the letter says they are trying to streamline the process and that although our application has not been assessed at this time they are asking for AOS, no requests for Police reports or Form 80 yet. will keep you updated. Julie
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Hi Fisher we prepared some spreadsheets over two years ago when we were deciding if we should emigrate or not. We compared our income in Uk with Uk tax and then taxed in Oz. There was not a lot of difference between the two, that our course depends on the amount of income you have. For us it meant we were about £900 a year worse off in Oz based on an exchange rate of 1.6. We had decided that that was the minimum exchange rate we would find acceptable, above that was a bonus. There are offsets you can claim on some of your pensions which reduces the tax a little. We have been out in Oz for 3 months now still not tax tax residents as we haven't got our visas. Somethings are more expensive such as food, but petrol is so cheap it sort of balances things out. We have been looking at the outgoings on our daughters house and generally found that council tax and utilities are either the same or less than we paid in the UK. The drop in the exchange rate has certainly been a shock and we have had to review our forthcoming expenditure on a house and vehicles. Not the balmy days of last year at 2.1 to the £! All in all no need to live on beans or shop in Vinnies! When we get further into living here and know more will be happy to share any further knowledge. Julie
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To all 23 June 2014applicants... Anyone want to have a wager on when we will hear? I'm thinking 21 September, because our daughter will be away and so we won't be able to get on with AOS! That would be just our luck! Julie
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Hi one form each I'm sorry to say, my advice would be to do the jobs and holiday bit in pencil until you are absolutely sure you've got it right, I had to re write those bits several times. Julie
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Hi Tien 23 June 2014 was a Monday, my application reached PV in Perth on Friday 20th June at lunchtime (according to the signature by courier), however it was not dealt with by IMMI until Monday 23rd June. So I think it's fairly safe to say that they don't do anything at weekends! Julie
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Hi Tien Yep, just got the Test email back saying 19th June, can't believe they have only moved one day, I was hoping for 20th June! Julie
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Have you applied for a CPV 143 visa or something else? Julie
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It's enough to drive anyone crazy, still no update, we will probably have to wait until Thursday. It won't stop me firing off a few more Test emails though! Julie
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Nice to put faces to the postings! Julie
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Hi Amanda I can see your photo on your profile page! If you go into Settings and then look down the left hand column you need to edit or add Avatar, that should enable you to show your photo on postings. I found it completely by mistake when I added my photo as I thought I was adding it my profile page, now the world knows how I look. Anyway it's nice to put a face behind the words. We are going away this week down to Wilsons Prom as we are about to have some very nice weather this week. It will hopefully keep our minds off waiting for a CO. Julie