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  1. bridgie
    Thanks very much, soul destroying to see we were the last ones to get PR at the beginning of March. I’m sure it’s no consolation, but the media are beginning to report the fact that the country is losing a huge amount of money by not allowing immigrants into the country.
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    Hi everyone, I’ve been trying to check up on people’s progress on the visa tracker and mine has strangely disappeared. Can anyone give me the link...ta muchly. Two months has passed since we received our PR. At the time we were in NZ awaiting the email and were lucky to get back. The lock down has been severe, possibly not as bad as Europe but bad enough. I think the bigger problem is going to be the effect on the economy and of course China is ramping up the rhetoric and stopping trade. I wouldn’t even think about buying a house now and I would also keep money in the UK as well as Aus and play the exchange rates. We can get loo rolls now though[emoji16] Bridgie
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    I can’t believe I’m writing this.....Bridgie has left the building. PR has been granted today, we have been wandering around Auckland checking emails hourly since Sunday. The stress has been incredible and now the relief is immense. There’s only one thing left to say,,,,, G’day Mate.......
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    Congratulations and well done for setting up this thread[emoji106][emoji106] Bridgie
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    We sent a screen shot of the bank receipt to PVC email address. Bridgie
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    Hi, When you get the notification to go off shore (only applicable if you’re in Oz) they give you notice to tell immigration within 7 days your travel plans and you have 28 days to leave the country. We have been here on a 600 visa for a year with the proviso that we leave every three months. We had previously booked a trip to China to coincide with the three month time period. The corona virus has made that trip untenable. We then booked to go Bali and after we booked Australia made the announcement re China that they would only allow Citizens and Permanent Residents to return to Australia after Quarantine. We took the view that we would rather face quarantine in NZ than Bali if the same conditions were applied to Bali or NZ. In the meantime we received the notification to go offshore for grant of visa so it has tidied up well. The only fly in the ointment is the footnote on the email asking you to go offshore. They advise you to be offshore for 5 working days our trip falls short by a day. If it comes to it we’ll book another flight and stay until grant. After all the costs over 4 years of back and forth it’s a small amount to stump up however, once back in Oz we don’t plan anymore offshore jaunts for a loooooong while. Bridgie
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    We are playing dodge the Corona Virus holiday at the moment, go off shore next week to NZ for visa grant after cancelling China then Bali. We’re looking forward to not going anywhere after 4years of constant travelling. Bridgie
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    Just received notification to go off shore to be awarded visa. You have to show your travel plans within 7 days of receipt of the email and leave Australia,if you are on shore,within 28 days of payment of 2nd Vac. You are required to be off shore for a minimum of 5 working days. Bridgie
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    28 days. Bridgie
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    Just when I thought no one loved us and we had been forgotten!!! Boom Request for 2nd VAC arrived. I’ve never been so happy to pay $87200. Did someone say “ it’s Wine O’Clock[emoji3][emoji3][emoji485]” Aussie Bridgie.
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    Not daft at all that’s what the forum is for. I’m afraid the bad news is there has to be a completed form 80 for both of you. Bridgie
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    Our son was not asked for the $150. This was completed by Commonwealth bank Sydney CBD. They were very well versed in the operation. Bridgie
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    Likewise we were told we needed a UK police certificate even though we haven’t been in the UK for 12 continuous months since 2006. Hey ho 412$ later , they arrived in 13 days and have been submitted. China trip cancelled unsurprisingly and now trying to guesstimate when and where to go off shore. Also providing you can show that you have applied for the certificate etc it is acceptable to go over the allotted time span for the request for further information. It was on our email they sent for further information. Never a dull moment. Bridgie
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    Commonwealth bank will allow you to increase your BPay limit to 100k. It’s very easy to do if you have access to your online account and you don’t have to go into the branch. Bridgie
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    Thanks, That’s exactly what I have done. It’s a bit bizarre because a Spanish police certificate has a page added if you are not a Spanish nation whereby they check in your country of birth whether you had a criminal record there. Hey ho we’re more concerned about our trip to China at the moment to validate our PR. Bridgie
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    Email received today for additional information........ UK Police certificates [emoji35][emoji35][emoji35] we left the UK 13 years ago to live in Spain. The stated criteria is any country you have lived in for 12 months in the last ten years.....Are we going to complain?, Are we going to protest?, Are we going to try and contact Immigration? Or Are we going to grit our teeth and smile sweetly....of course...$412 thank you. Just for your information if it applies to you. Red wine anyone[emoji3][emoji3]
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    Hi Linda, We did all this three years ago. In the end it worked out better for us to have a UK company pick up in Spain, take back to the UK and then ship to Oz. We speak more than conversation Spanish and that wasn’t the problem. The problem was shipping routes from Spain to Oz. Bridgie.
  18. bridgie
    Yep!! and them only.
  19. bridgie
    Wow, we’re flying now AOS totally completed. AOS notified NO.1 son that they are now sending notification to home affairs.
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    Hi, The generic number for AOS 132850. Be prepared for a long wait. Bridgie
  21. bridgie
    The only follow up was after the missed call. Our son phoned Centrelink and true to their word he was contacted after a couple of days by email . The CBA in the Sydney’s business district were very used to the bank guarantee as were Centrelink close by. I guess that was to be expected as they must get an awful lot of enquires from migrants. We still have to receive the notification that the whole AOS system has been received and then the wait for the 2nd VAC request. Looking at other time lines we are still about a month away for all that......providing of course there are no hiccups. Bridgie
  22. bridgie
    Hi, the details are on my time line Application to notification 2.43 months. No interview. Original phone call missed on 9/1/2020. Phone call to centrelink to query process email receive on 13/1/2020 saying AOS complete please pay bank guarantee. Bank guarantee paid 14/1/2020 and paperwork taken to centrelink office where they uploaded it 15/1/2020. A copy sent to immigration same day. Now waiting for notification that everything has been received.
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    Sorry, can someone remind me how to update my timeline. Thanks Bridgie
  24. bridgie
    Spooky.... didn’t see the post above thx milly.
  25. bridgie
    How many days are you given to go offshore once you have been notified that your 2nd vac has been received. We find ourselves after all this time hoping it will go a little slower[emoji3][emoji3] as we have booked a trip to China beginning of March and would obviously love that to double up as our PR trip. Bank guarantee paid today and uploaded to centrelink today.
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