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We’ve heard it’s a wonderful school, they have great sports excellence programs and our children are incredibly sporty. We went to have a look around and it just felt right for us and our son. Which Gold Coast school would you recommend?

We are moving in December and wondered if anyone had any insight? We need to be in catchment for helensvale primary and high school, would ideally like to be in a nice family area, but we live in Sydney at the moment so no idea where to start!?

Hi, just wondering if anyone has any experience living in helensvale. We are looking to move here at the end of the year as we have heard the high school is great...

Thank you! After spending two weeks looking around we have also fallen for runaway bay! We looked at a lot of houses while we were there and loved it! Maybe if we end up moving there we can meet up! Haha

Thank you ? we both work in schools

Hi all, we moved from England to Sydney in June and although my husband and I earn a fair amount between us we have found that the property here is just too expensive. We don’t want to live in an apartment and that seems to be all we can afford here. We are thinking of moving to QLD, and have come across the areas Southport and Mermaid Beach. Does anyone have any experience of these areas? We have 3 children from toddler to high school so we need great schools and childcare. And we love the beach so need to be near one- that’s something we can’t comprise on :) Any help gratefully received!

We have a place and we're in catchment which is why I was surprised they wouldn't show us around! Good idea though, I think we will go for a walk around end of school time xx

Thank you! We went to look at both but Rainbow wouldnt let us look around claiming it was too disruptive for the kids!!

Just wondering if anyone had any experience of these two schools? Trying to decide which to send our 8 & 10 year olds to..

Will i be able to apply for a tourist visa with a defacto visa processing?

I am English and my partner is Aussie. We are currently living in England and about to submit our defacto partner visa application. My question is, my partners grandfather in Australia has gotten ill, can we submit the visa here then go to Aus before the visa is granted in order to be with him? Thanks in advance

Not sure if onshore is different but we are currently applying for our offshore partner visa and we only needed to certify, passports, birth certs and the declarations made by our friends and family. Maybe colour scan them and email them to yourself or save on laptop so you have a copy?

also to add i am applying online and im at the point where its ready to submit

Just a quick question, is there a helpline or someone i can contact re my visa application? I cant seem to find one, i just have few questions to make sure im applying for the correct visa. I don't want to end up paying for the wrong one or finding out there was a better/cheaper alternative. im applying for a de facto visa, have been with my aussie partner since Nov '14.

Mine is 2.5 pages long....and so far my other half has managed about a paragraph of his! :err: Also got some statements from my parents and my best friend and two stat decs from his mum and sister as they are aussie citizens.

Thanks everyone, i'm just so worried about not writing enough, but i don't want to write nonsense just so it fills up the box!

So exciting! Thank you any other tips or advice on the de-facto greatly received!!

Thank you guys I was going to use the boxes on the online application as a brief summary and use it to link what evidence we were submitting and then use my statement as a more personal journey of our relationship. Also does anyone know once i click the "submit" button at the end of the application, will that lead me to a page to pay for the visa?

I'm currently filling in the first part of the application online, and the boxes that are about the nature of the house hold, finances etc. Now I have been gathering tons of evidence for all this and also mine and my partners statements contain the info on finances, social aspects etc, so how much do I need to write in these boxes? I have written sort of a general overview at the moment and written at the bottom "please see attached supporting evidence" or "see uploaded picture of us at ..." is this ok? Or should I be trying to write more? Fo example the finances box i still have 1000 characters remaining but I have loads of evidence to upload regarding this? Should I try and write more or will the case officer just want a quick overview of it here and then want to see the evidence? Sorry for the ramble!!

Yes of course in a perfect world he will agree, I have put together a huge amount of information on our proposed move, which includes ways that he can stay in contact. However knowing him as I do i am 100% sure he will say no and thats why i am already preparing for court.

Thanks all I know everyone has their own opinion on the subject but I just wanted everyone to know that this is a well thought out plan for my family- we are not just going on a whim and obviously what's best for the kids is at the forefront of my mind.. All the threads on the subject that I can find seem to be quite old...anyone been through it recently?

Yes we have been doing lots of research on that, budgeting $5000 per month...hopefully we wont have to rent for too long!

We would be on a de facto partner visa 309 i think its called....

$500...That would be great!

Thank you! Does the rabies certificate expire? If i get it done now will it expire before we actually come to leaving the UK?