betterskierthanthewife

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

On ‎13‎/‎09‎/‎2017 at 21:23, James Hallam said:

Hi Banksy,

Moving to Melb in early Nov and would be really keen to get involved if it's still happening.

Cheers

James

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

"British style curry" :huh:

 

And here's me thinking curry was Indian.

 

I'm not a huge fan of Indian food (except tandoori, which I love), so I doubt I could tell the difference between British and Australian curries I'm afraid. Curious to know what's different - and how it differs from curry in India too!

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.

Melbourne is on the coast but doesn't feel like a coastal city. People don't go to the beach as they do in Adelaide or Sydney. Can't compare to Perth because I never been. There are some nice beaches like Brighton and Elwood etc but the stunning coastline is quite a few hours drive.

Melbourne suits more someone after a city living type of lifestyle. Lots of culture, galleries, markets, all sort of events, cafes etc. There is definitely a café culture.

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:

The difference is you can get a visa. These people will not get here legally any other way. That doesn't mean they are necessarily refugees though.

Still avoiding the question?

As I said, many thousands have done exactly that. Not because they are desperate, or persecuted, but because they want a better life in Australia.

They pay something like $10000 to $20000 each for the passage.

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.....

Well thousands have unfortunately.

Not answering the question then?

I just don't accept that because someone chooses to come illegally on a boat they must be desperate and genuine.

 

That is often not the case and cannot be known with any certainty until they are assessed.

Aaah I see you've widened your context to include "and genuine". I didn't mention genuine, I just mentioned desperate.

Why obviously ?

It is not obvious to me at all.

Well would you board a rickety old boat to cross an Ocean? I wouldn't unless I was desperate.

Sad to read some of the comments showing such little empathy for these people. Whatever their reasons, they are obviously desperate.

Don Argus warns of debt, bubble bombs

 

• by:Adam Creighton

• From:The Australian

• May 24, 201412:00AM

 

 

 

 

RISING debt risks undermining living standards at the same time that stockmarket bubbles pose a threat to savings, one of Australia’s most eminent businessmen has warned.

 

Don Argus, former chairman of corporate giants BHP and Brambles, said Australia’s economic growth would suffer if Australia’s total debt, now 220 per cent of GDP, climbed much further.

 

 

 

Just sayin!

Ah, TOTAL debt?! so you're including household debt, corporate debt AND public debt? Compare the total debt to Japan, Greece, Ireland, USA and UK.....

Tp put it in perspective. Australian debt as a % of GDP is 27%. UK is 96%, Germany is 84% and the USA is 83%. Greece is 153% and Ireland is 129%.

I'm not quite as old as Bobj :notworthy:...but I was conscious and living in Oz in 1953. "Scorcher" definitely. Not sure about "cor" though...sounds too Cockney to me? "Flamin' hot" was used. I'll see if I can regress to my very young self and come up with anything else. :cute:

This is pretty much the standard "The Sun" headline whenever temperatures in the capital get anyway above 20c!

"cor what a scorcher"?

Because pedestrains aren't going along on a machine they could fall off of and bang their heads pretty easily.

I ride almost every day and haven't fallen off my bike. The last time I can remember falling over was when out for a jog.

Incidently I do wear a helmet when on my cycling commute because I don't trust other road users and the cycling infrastruture where I currently live (Portsmouth) is pathetic. I probably wouldn't wear a lid if I lived in Holland because they actually spend real money on making cycling safe.

They all wear helmets round here- and also most wear that horrible lycra. Can't stand cyclists clogging up the roads and they don't pay for a license either. Should stick to bikepaths and drop the attitude so many seem to have.

Every person cycling is one less person driving a car. I'll put two and two together for you and point out that means the roads would be even more clogged up if it was for these cyclists.

Not sure about Aus but the UK is improving but still way behind Holland, Belgium and Denmark. Was in Holland in February and it's amazing how many people of different shapes, sizes and ages were on the bikes. Sure it's flat but it was also pretty cold and miserable weather wise. In general hardly anyone was wearing a helmet but then they mostly have excellent paths away from cars. Should add that it was also noticeable how much slimmer the general population seemed to be.....