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Hi Amanda i took that question of list a personal contact as IMMI's way of checking up on character eg getting a personal reference if required. I certainly haven't listed all my contacts. Now you have me worried...... sorry to hear about your woes with Centrelink but it doesn't surprise me one bit, fingers crossed they just get on with it ... Julie
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Thank you for your advice Alan, much appreciated, I'm keeping Mt fingers crossed that we will hear before she goes on holiday. Julie
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So there's a number of us lodged on 23 rd June 2014, who is going to hear from a CO first? If IMMI keep processing one day a week then we all have about 2/3 weeks before we hear. Just about the time our daughter is going on holiday, so that is going to delay AOS. anyone know if you can lodge an AOS in a different state from where you live? Julie
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Hi Tien Yes it,s easy, we had ours at Bupa Docklands Melbourne. appointments fixed up very quickly within a few days, took about 1and half hour, very efficient. The delaying process will be the AOS. Julie
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Hi Yes we've all been going slightly bonkers, paranoid and more.....it's so great to know that Amanda has a CO we are all getting hopeful now. come on IMMI please change the date tomorrow to 19th!!! Julie
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Hi Amanda Having had some experience of Centre Link in Victoria it really depends on who you speak to. first time I visited to arrange temporary Medicare I was told I couldn't do it and not to bother.vTwo weeks later and a largish bill for medical care I visited again and was seen within 5 mins, given a temp card and repaid within 24hrs. It may be that your son spoke to someone ill informed. You can print off the AOS form from Human Services and just take it into Centrelink with the documents they require, there is also a find your nearest office guide. Let us know how you get on.... Julie
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Hi Amanda Oh Yippee Yippee you have made my day!!!!!! We have been feeling so down this week thinking that we would never hear anything. I am sooooooo pleased for you and thank you for letting us know about the docs requested. Let us know how long the AOS takes please. You are now the barometer for seeing how long it takes to grant. I'm skipping too! Julie
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Hi Amanda Unfortunately our tourist visa expires on 3rd October, so not much chance of getting a grant by then. Oh well just have to go away twice. I'm sure we will laugh about all of this sometime down the line......... Julie
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Hi Amanda Surely you must hear next week. Like you I think they are getting some replies in from late May/early June applicants and so that's slowing it all down again. We have resigned ourselves to having to go offshore twice, once for our tourist visa expiring and then later for the validation. It,s certainly no better waiting out in Oz, you can,t get on and do anything without PR and don't even mention the exchange rate. We've pretty much decided to move our money once we get PR as we've just been notified that the interest rates on our savings accounts will be drastically slashed at the end of October. With house price inflation in Oz we just have to resign ourselves to loosing out on dollars. Hopefully this awful wait will be over soon, it's certainly the last time I want to do anything like this again. Here's to good news for you next week. Julie.
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One day is better than zero days! julie
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thanks Judy, I tried 6 times yesterday to get an update, just goes to show there's no sense to it all..... Hopefully to tonight we might all get better news. Julie
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No Test update since last Thursday!!!!!! This is just too much......... Come on Immi, just get the auto respond on please! Julie
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Hi Darshan I wish there was but I haven't had any response to the test email since last Thursday. Our best hope is for an update from Amanda JB just as soon as she hears, otherwise it's probably Thursday of this week. Frankly I'm going bonkers with the waiting, trying to keep busy but Everytime the email beeps I'm on full alert! Julie
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Hi Barneygrew We are also lodged on 23 rd June 2014, as Amanda says very close to getting a Co. We are in Melbourne at the moment and will have to go off shore when they are ready to grant. Where in Oz are you heading to? Julie
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keeping money in UK whilst waiting for exchange rate to improve
juliew1499 replied to juliew1499's topic in Money & Finance
You are quite right, hindsight is the required knowledge. We are however living in peculiar times. According to reports that I read online Australia is heading for a recession and the spiralling house prices are due to tumble, other economists say that Invoking article 50 may or may not happen and that it can even be reversed, delays to negotiations for Brexit can go on for ever. A crystal ball is definitely required! Julie -
Hi Amanda nearly there, they are up to 16th June, updated Thurday evening as of 17.30 Melbourne time. Deep breath...". Julie
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keeping money in UK whilst waiting for exchange rate to improve
juliew1499 replied to juliew1499's topic in Money & Finance
Hi Fisher i agree with you about feeling more settled in your own home, and that is a factor we are taking into account. it would seem we are are damned if we do and damned if we don't. We are waiting it out in Oz for our CPV 143 to be granted, almost at 2 years 2 months now, thoroughly fed up with the waiting and having absolutely no control over our future plans. End of moan! How's your house sale going? Julie -
Hi anyone out there know the answer to this please.... we have a considerable sum of money in the UK from the sale of our home, we will become tax residents in Oz sometime later this year when our cpv143 comes through. As the exchange rate is so awful we are thinking of renting until something better happens to the exchange rate. Does the ?ATO charge tax on anything else other than the interest made in the UK. I seem to recall reading something a long time ago that mentioned tax on gains made from exchange rate increases. I may have got this mixed up with pensions! Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks. Julie
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Hi Amanda just got another response to the test email and as at 16.30 Melbourne time on Wednesday they are now assessing 12th June! They must have missed a drawer full of 143 files, at least it's going in the right direction again.... They are definitely playing mind games with us. Julie
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Hi Amanda i have a copy of last weeks TEST and it def says 13 June 14. I just tried but could not get a reply, I expect someone made a typo! No doubt it will move later this week......keep the faith we are almost there! Julie
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Hi Amanda My guess is Wednesday! When you do hear can you let us know if they request Form 80 please. It's Sunday night in Oz now and I can't wait for the week to progress towards you getting a CO. Julie
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Hi I think the processing date is moving fairly swiftly because IMMI are just sending out letters to ask everyone to do meds, police and AOS. I believe that they usually give 28 days for applicants to arrange this. At some point everything is going to grind to a halt when everyone returns their docs and the actual processing takes place. Anyway for now I'm really thrilled with the progress! Will be checking the Test email tonight, fingers crossed for Amanda JB maybe next week! Julie
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Whoopee, it's getting so close now, will it move tomorrow? Amanda JB you are so close to getting a CO and as soon as you are we are all right behind you! Julie
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Hi good question. The best way to keep an eye on progress is to keep watching this site. There are several other applicants, Steve 2 and Geordie Joe who have also lodged in July 14. Steve and Joe post fairly regularly so you will get a good idea on how IMMI are progressing. Julie
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Hi Amanda Its a tricky decision, renting and waiting probably two years whilst the Brexit mess is sorted and hopefully the exchange rate improves or just getting on with life. The thought of waiting another two years plus for the exchange rate to improve is almost like waiting for another cpv! On the other hand we stand to loose a lot if we exchange this year. Damned if you do and damned if you don't! Let's hope the new chancellor has something up his sleeve for the Autumn statement that makes the exchange rate improve. Can't wait for this weeks update..... Julie