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Any help and guidance is much appreciated: Have been in Melbourne for nearly four years and will be applying for citizenship as soon as we are eligible which is in January 19. Our permanent residence visas were issued in March 14 so from March 19 onwards we would need right to return visas to allow us to travel outside Australia and return again. My question is: Does applying for a RRV affect the citizenship application at all? i.e. delay the application etc Given the potential time until we eventually get an Aussie passport we will almost certainly be getting RRVs but only if it doesn't adversely impact the citizenship application. Thanks

Hi, going back to the UK for a holiday at Xmas and had to update our 189 visa with my daughter's new UK passport details. I submitted the 929 form about two months ago but was wondering how one can check to see if the system has been updated with the new passport? At the bottom of the 929 form it says that the department will not acknowledge the return of the form or contact you to confirm the update.....:thanks: The Immi account and the VEVO status still reference the old passport number. Any help much appreciated

Can confirm this is still going. You can find the South East Melbourne Soccer group on Facebook.

India is a vast country with varied culinary styles. The curry eaten in the UK was developed to suit British tastes during colonial times and then again when large numbers of South Asians set up Curry Shops in the UK - hence a British style curry - the type of curry that one would typically find in the UK. The curries I've had in Aus so far have typically been less spicy and much sweeter. The menus are also less comprehensive and the quality more up and down than the UK. After I posted the original post I went to Marpha in Mentone. Food was quite good, staff very friendly and nice atmosphere. Didn't quite replicate the UK experience but I'd happily go back. If anyone is ever in the Dandenong area I can recommend MKS Spices'n'Things. This is quite different to a UK style curry place, it being totally authentically Sri Lankan/Tamil. Half the place is a grocery/Bollywood dvd shop and the other half is given over to the food. You pick from what is already on display. I go regularly with colleagues and it always very busy. Probably not great if you can't handle a bit of spice and certainly not somewhere to go on a date.

Hi, yeah I know this sort of thing comes up fairly regularly but I'm looking for recommendations for a good British style curry in Melbourne to celebrate getting another year older this weekend. I'm based in Bayside but happy to travel a bit.

Don't come on here that often but felt like I should add my tuppence worth: How bad is the weather in Melbourne? It is not bad at all. We've been here since January and locals told us it was one of the coolest summers in years and this winter has been confirmed as the coldest in 25 years. It has still been much better than the UK. We came from Portsmouth which is mostly drier and a bit warmer on average than Manchester (think you said that's where you were) so the difference between Manchester and Melbourne will probably be even more noticeable for you. T The weather is more unpredictable than other parts of Aus but I think the Four-seasons-in-one-day cliché a little over done. You might find that the Saturday that you had earmarked for a day at the beach turns out to be 19c and fairly overcast after several days of 35c and sunny but we found very few of the days in Summer to be a write-off. This winter I've only had to scrape ice off my car once. By UK standards it doesn't get properly cold. The only thing is that rental properties are dreadfully insulated and heated so it can feel colder inside than what you're used to. As far as beaches go I'm amazed that Melbourne doesn't have a better reputation for its beaches. Sure if you're a surfer (how many on here are?) you'll need to drive to the Ocean beaches (1hr-1hr plus depending on where you're based) but the Phillip bay beaches are brilliant for young kids, much safer than an Ocean beach, and older ones who enjoy swimming, paddle boarding, sailing etc. There's plenty to think about when choosing where to locate yourself and I'm certainly not saying that other parts of Aus wouldn't be great but don't definitely don't let concerns about weather and beaches put you off Melbourne.

Hard to assess levels of homophobia when one isn't themselves gay but from my point of view there doesn't seem to be much difference between Melbourne and the UK. As for the idea that moving 30 minutes out of the CBD puts one into homophobic territory I think that this sounds like a massive over generalisation.

The Ocean beaches on the Mornington are just under an hour's drive from the SE suburbs.

I play for Sandringham Soccer Club (4ths). It has four men's teams and so covers a wide range of skill and fitness levels. Training is Thursday nights from 6.30pm and matches are Sunday mornings/afternoons. Good friendly club, PM me if you want to know anything more.

If you stay in the UK will you wonder to yourself in 5/10/15/20 years time "what if......"?

Do you have any work emails that show them bullying you? Verbal confrontations, I'm afraid can get easily twisted especially as there are two of them and one of you.

bloody foreigners coming over here and taking our jobs..... :wink:

I appreciate that house prices have increased considerably in Aus in recent years but many places still look good value compared to the SE of England. Have just sold my 3 bed period terrace with tiny garden on the South Coast and for similar (and less) money one could get a large four bed on a third of an acre in the outer burbs of Melbourne.

Still avoiding the question?

So you honestly don't think that someone who is prepared to pay $10,000+ for a long and uncomfortably journey on a rickety boat across an Ocean is desperate? You still haven't actually answered my question, try again: Would you board a rickety boat to cross an Ocean? Would you pay $10,000+? I'm migrating to Australia in January, paid less than a £grand each for my wife, kids and myself for a flight aboard a well known and respected airline. I couldn't countenance paying a lot more to make the journey on a rickety boat, indeed I'd have to be desperate.....