Wozziegirl
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WOOHOOOOOOO! Congratulations to you both. Happy days :-) xx
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Hi all, We are almost done with our packing (WOOHOO!) and it seems we're going to have a LOT of bubble wrap and foam chips leftover. We thought there may be some good folk on PIO who could use these. We live in Addiscombe, (Croydon) Surrey and collection would HAVE to be tomorrow (Wednesday 21st) afternoon, say from 12-5. Any takers?
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Oh, that is brilliant, brilliant news! x :-)
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Yes, Kite Packaging. We've used this lot for double walled boxes, bubble wrap and biodegradable foam-like chips. They've been good on delivery times too. If you order in the morning you've got a good chance of next day delivery without paying the extra for it :-) http://www.kitepackaging.co.uk/
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Thanks for the reassuring replies folks. I'll give Kristian a call tomorrow.
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Arnott's Scotchfinger Biscuit, or 'Grandad Biscuits' as my family call them. It's the best dunker in the world and it won't be long before I can add them to my shopping basket! Happy days! :-)
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We're going to ship our car with Iron Lady Imports but I'm a bit worried about the delay in getting replies to my emails. We want to get the car shipped ASAP and it's now 4 days since I emailed the requested VEA and pink copy of the import approval. For anyone who has used ILI, can you offer any advice on how best to proceed please?
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I hope it helps! Having to stop at the traffic lights right at the door to Oz House meant we got to yell it over and over and over! We yelled our way around the whole building for you! It's making me giggle just thinking how mad we must've looked to those walking by. :-D
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I'm about to head into London and will be going past Oz House. I'll have the megaphone handy and yell out to give your Hubby his visa TODAY! Technically you're now into the 10th month... Hubby and I really hope today is a good day for all of you who are at or nearing the 9 month mark.
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WOW! Congratulations Jen14. What a wonderful surprise!
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Our CO is VF and we're going home to the beautiful Central Coast! :-) Your CO is due back today aren't they? Might be worth giving them a nudge. It worked for us!
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WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooo! *bigfathappydance* He got it! Hubby has had his visa granted and we're going home! :-) I was on Skype to my Mum and Dad in Oz when hubby walked in with the email. I am so happy I could burst! Actually, I am - well, my eyes are! They keep leaking because I am so very, very happy. Thanks everyone for your support and I hope this starts a new wave of grants coming through. @TheEscapePlan, you must be next... :-) Happy day! Happy, happy day!
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It's 271 days or 8 months and 28 days since we handed in Hubby's visa application. I naively (or optimistically!) thought that if we submitted a complete application so no additional information would be needed, the visa might be granted earlier than that 8-9 month quoted processing time. When we emailed our CO to update her on some family information and to check that the medical and police check had been received and all was OK, the reply was very short - do not contact her again until the 8-9 months have passed. That was almost 5 months ago and we've done as we were told. Again, I thought that if we did the right thing and not contact our CO, Hubby's visa might come through closer to the 8 month mark. Fat lot of good that's done us! So now here we are, just 3 days away from the 9 month mark and we're still waiting.... *sigh* :-|
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Welcome to the waiting game cch! We're at 8 months and 25 days of our quoted 8-9 month processing time. So, so close, but until we get that email with the grant we'll still worry that something is going to go wrong! Maybe today will be our lucky day....
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Oh man! That's a big fat hairy BOO! :-| Day 260 for us and we're still waiting....
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8 months and 16 days! I wonder if today will be THE day? :-) @TheEscapePlan - have you heard anything yet?
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Hi Tedster We took the "If you are outside Australia and are unable to get an Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident to complete a statutory declaration in support of your relationship with your partner, you may obtain statements from people who know you and your sponsor" and also supplied statements from non-Aussie friends and family in the UK. We gave them the '888' form to fill in and some got it witnessed by a solicitor, some didn't, and they supplied copies of their passports with it. Even though it couldn't be used as a Stat Dec, it made for a good template to get the information across about us as a couple. Whilst we're still waiting for the visa to be granted, we haven't heard anything from our CO saying the forms weren't acceptable. Hope that helps.
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Oooooh! We lodged our application the day after you so our grant can't be too far away now! Even typing that makes me smile :-) Congratulations Jason and thanks for the post.
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WOOHOOOOOOOoooooooo
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Hooray! That's wonderful news glowie and hopefully means that amdaloia and the rest of us at the 8-9 month mark aren't too far behind you.
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import vehicle forms sent....how long to wait??
Wozziegirl replied to louise84's topic in Shipping and Removals
Hi Lou. We submitted our forms online on 24 July 2014 and received an email with the import approval on 7 August 2014. Ours wasn't a straight forward application so I was surprised to see it come back so quickly. Hopefully that bodes well for your timing and you get with a few days to spare. -
Hmm. Methinks someone might be telling you a porky. I just remembered Emmie2010 from a wee while ago - application lodged 28 Nov 2013 and visa granted 23 Jun 2014, just under 7 months later! I was so excited when I read her post given ours was submitted less than a week later, and I'd been hopeful we might get ours early too. I wonder who Emmie2010's CO was and how they managed it?
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*sigh* Oh man! That's pants! You poor things. It's not like you're asking for them to hand over their first born! Sheesh! What the heck is going on?! 'Not reached the point of granting visas lodged after 15 Nov' - eh? What's all that about? And it's not like they'd really have been expediting your visa - after all, you're closer to the 9 months than the 8! Pfft!
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Ditto! We're at 8 months and 3 days. I'd been so hopeful that the grant would come around the 8 month mark but given how quiet it's been I have to be realistic and accept that it's likely to be nearer the 9 months. Que sera sera...
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fosseboy, did you get the engine steam cleaned as well as the valet? If you don't mind me asking, how much did Customs charge to clean your second car?