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My apologies, that was cubic feet not metres, however there was no restriction on the amount we could bring in. The biggest thing is to label everything correctly with a correct inventory. The prettiest box was the one with our personal medicines in, these have to have a copy of prescription docket from your doctor, plus an itemised list of each medicine, plus address label for pick up and delivery addresses. The shippers will also check everything off on an inventory list. It all takes time. Sent from my iPad using PomsinOz
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No , no lucky mistake. You will have to fill out an immigration form called, Unacompanied personal effects form, section one asks you why you are going to Australia. Number 1 box says "As a tourist" and beside it it asks for how long. We shipped over 37 boxes. Totalling 100 m3. Only nasty surprise we had was that the shipper told us the figure quoted was all we would pay but this magically grew as they said the quoted figure was based on my sizing of the load. I argued the case and got a reduction but it was still more than originally quoted. suprise two was that Immigration will charge you to inspect your goods...another 200 for us, I was not going to argue. nothing was impounded but it was thoroughly checked so be diligent and honest when labelling. suprise three, the delivery company wanted another 110 to deliver....Oh didn't the shippers explain that!!!!!!...eh No. we arrived in Oz 13 Dec and our goods got here 19th Dec. They do not go direct from UK to OZ but a very Ziggy Zaggy trip To suit their manifesto. Once you have your container number you can check it travelling around the world. HTH
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We shipped goods across last December on a 600 visa. You have to be able to give the visa number to the shipper for Immigration. All no problems. All been very simple, renting a house, changing driving licences,bank accounts, buying car, white goods, etc etc. Just be aware you have to pay for everything up front as you will get no credit unless you have PR. We left Aus for a visit to NZ for most of April, all no problem they have your visa registered so it shows on the airline records and of course immigration. Very simple to enter NZ on a UK passport. Other than logistics and the expense it's been very easy.
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Thanks Alan , I shall keep your details on file.
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Thanks Alan for the correction. We go to the accountants next week for this advice for this year and next. This is the problem of using online tax calculators which have a myriad of variables. I am happy to post the advice as I receive it so that others will be able to plan the big jump.
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We have done exactly this. We obtained a 12 month 600 visa with the facility that you can come and go from Australia as many times as you wish and on entry each time you will be allowed to stay from a further period of 12 months. With careful planning this will allow you 2 years in Australia. Be aware though of your tax situation if you stay in Australia for more than 6 months because you will be treated as a tax resident. A tax resident of Australia has no thresholds to off set tax and you will be paying 32.6% from dollar zero on your world wide assets, this is on earned income. If you are able to exist on your capital then fine but, any interest earned etc will be taxed by the ATO. Get professional advice about setting up a family trust and other tax matters it will save you a lot of money. Private health care is a requirement and we are paying 270 dollars a month (sorry spanish keyboard no dollar sign) this is with BUPA. We are renting and with a rental agreement you can organise every facet of life. Having been here 4 months now we are even being offered credit cards providing we have a visa that lasts for more than 9 months. Now we were hopeful that we have our visas by Aug 2018 that's looking increasingly unlikely so we may find ourselves in the situation where our visas run out. If that happens or is close to happening we will contact immigration for advice, I am hoping we will be able to go off shore again and re apply for another tourist visa, the last 600 visa took 11 days from submission to grant. If we are not allowed to return until we are granted our PR's we will put our stuff in storage and go house sitting in NZ. Personally, I wouldn't even consider buying until you are residents because the stamp duty for foreigners is so high and of course there's always the uncertainty of actually getting that "Damned piece of paper".:mad:
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Hi Brenda, We're doing it the other way round. We leave Spain in two weeks, having been here for 11 years and take up 1 year 600 visa multi entry. We are based Sunbury Vic, know Mount Martha well. Small world 'eh
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Finally had a reply today from WA today and they still appreciate my patience and understanding...which is nice!!!! however there is no change and we are still stuck on 30th June.
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Simple maths I'm afraid. 7175 visa's processed each year equates to 20 a day including weekends and public holidays and not forgetting the odd strike so the amount processed is probably around 30 a working day. The massive Influx of applications May June 2014 has pushed the whole thing back. If a week equates to approx 150 applications and a month is 600 applications, so July - November means 3000 applications have been processed and we haven't started to process July 2015 yet. The really worrying thing is that once they reach that magic number of 7175 Immigration stop processing visa applications until the next year starts 1 July. We can only hope that no one applied July, August, Sept and Oct 2014 to get us back on track. The other alternative is they Increase the visa quota for next year to release the back log---Don't hold your breath.
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Same here for about a week. Guess we are all waiting for the 1st July to appear.
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That certainly the case for us as UK Residents who haven't lived in the UK for more than 10 years. We haven't got to provide a UK cert. I think as always it's best to read the accompanying notes with the visa and consult an expert. There's a section above to ask an Immigration agent.
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Our son was in a similiar situation in that he had worked just under a year in both France and Portugal. He took the view that they would ask for them if needed. There was never any request and he received his Permanent Residency. He used to work the ski season in France and then the summer season in Portugal so he also had split periods but they didn't add up to a year. On his visa application it said "any country you had lived in more than a year in the last 10 years" so I agree Philippines yes, Vietnam no. HTH Bridgie
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Just to clarify the situation about shipping. We have checked with the shippers and even the Unaccompanied goods form from Immigration shows a box to tick if you are on a tourist visa. So yes you can do it. We have a flexible return ticket which can be changed for other flights. You have to leave the country to receive your CPV so when time is up we will go and house sit somewhere around the world and wait. We've house sat in numerous countries around the world it's a no brainer if you have no ties. For us from the end of this year we have no ties, no houses or any other chattels to worry about. So we intend to go "Ski-ing" and become "Grey nomads"
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Thanks Ian, At least I now know this is a standard email and It's good to know that the 600 visa runs from the date of entry not the date of grant. That takes us up to the first week in December 2017. I guess If we can't get get an extension or subsequent visa for 3 or 6 month until CPV it will be a short term let or house sit somewhere off shore. I'm sure by next year Immigration will be racing through applications to accommodate us all-------No, I don't think that either but I remain glass half full.
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Hi All, We have applied for a Tourist 600 visa for a 12 month period. We applied for this early (We are not travelling until Dec) the reason being is that we are shipping goods over and the shippers are shipping in September and will not ship until a visa number is received. We are shipping goods earlier than anticipated as we have sold our house in Spain and must vacate it by October-----all a tad complicado but we'll cope. Received a reply from Immigration today and I wonder if what I have received is standard and what others have down In this situation. Immigration have stated that we can apply for two types of 600 visa :- The first allows us to visit Australia and from the date of entry we will be allowed a 12 month stay however we must only stay 12 months within an 18 month period. I assume the visa period will run from the date of grant, possibly 1 September. The second says that we don't have to agree to any of the conditions they are asking for No.1 option but the visa will be granted for a 12 month period only. This I assume means that If it is granted 1 September it will be 12 months from this date. As we are unlikely to get our permanent residency before March 2018 I am not sure which is best for us. Do you think or know whether I/we are able to apply for subsequent visa's to tide us over until we receive PR's. I'm aware we will have to go Off-shore to re-apply and we are happy to do that. I just want to be sure that we are able to do so otherwise It will be House sitting in some other part of the world until we receive that Magic Email. Appreciate any views or comments as to what you know or have done in the same situation. Many Thanks Bridgie
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Thanks very much for the replies. It very much echoes what we have researched. I found this online and I think it sums it all up nicely. , [h=2]Employer Nomination Scheme – 186 visa holder[/h], In the visa application form, as the applicant, you are required to declare that you: Agree to work in the nominated position for at least two years Understand that if you as the applicant, or any family members included in the application or third parties acting your behalf, provide (or have provided in a previous application) false or misleading information, or bogus documents either knowingly or otherwise, the visa application will be refused and you may be subject to three year bar in relation to visas to which the fraud criterion applies. Any visa granted may be cancelled. Effectively, this means that when your visa application is lodged, you must have the intention to work for your sponsoring employer in your nominated role for at least 2 years from the date that the visa is approved. Once you have obtained your permanent residency visa Once you become an Australian permanent resident, the situation does change a bit. Generally speaking, there is nothing from a migration law perspective that can really prevent you from changing your employer or your role. People tend to worry about whether their permanent residency visa will be cancelled if they leave their employer before completing 2 years of employment. This will generally not occur unless you have provided the Department with ‘false or misleading information, or bogus documents either knowingly or otherwise’. In my view, even if the Department is informed about your cessation of employment, they will not act to cancel your permanent residency visa unless they are provided with some clear evidence of fraud or misleading behaviour in relation to your visa application (e.g. an email in which you state that you intend to quit the moment that you obtain your permanent residency).
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Anybody know the answer to this one?? Our son has been waiting for his employer sponsored PR and it should be any day now as the case officer has requested some extra info a month ago. He has been treated appallingly at work (The details of which I won't go into here). He has been offered another job by another company with all round better conditions---question---what would happen if he took the job before he was awarded his PR? As far as I know there is a contract between his employer and Immigration that they (his employer) will employ him for two years after the granting of the PR. He has worked for his current employer for 4 years now and the original agreement was to employ him for two years and then sponsor him on 186. His employers have held out sponsoring him and strung him along for as long as possible but, after much heart ache the paperwork has been submitted since September 2015---The much vaulted six month granting has long passed and that is why it must be any day. However every extra day for him is sheer hell and this job offer seems like heaven but of course he is worried he will lose everything. All a bit confusing but the nub of it is------Can he leave after giving notice, accept the other job and then get his PR. appreciate any points of view or any knowledge of known situations.
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Game changer for us yesterday-- we managed to sell our Spanish villa something we didn't expect to do so quickly. The dilemma now is where do we go while we wait the 18 months for our 143. No longer have any ties with the Uk and don't want to rent in Spain. We were thinking of extending our next visit to Australia to a day under 6 months so that we wouldn't be tax resident, then hopping across to NZ as we are allowed to stay 6 months on a UK passport and then coming back to Oz for the remaining period before our visas are granted. Does anyone know is this allowable? has anyone done something similar, I would be interested to know of any pluses or minuses you can think of. Also as we applied offshore for a 143 do you have to be out of the country when they actually grant the visa. If that is so how would we work that. I assume the case officer asks for the big dosh and then there is a short period before the visa is granted. Anyone know what the normal period is? Any advice would be most helpful as we need to change our game plan
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Form 80 update. Just done an extensive spread sheet for the time I was a choir boy at St Mary's and St Edmund's 1963-1966---3d a service and choir practice was a shilling a week paid quarterly. Weddings 2/6d. I'm not sure what was the exchange rate was for the time. Plus I was earning 5/- a week paper round when LP's were 32/6. Are the tooth fairy visits to be considered.
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I'm beginning to experience torture I've just down loaded form 80. All the jobs you've had where you earned money. Birth places of your parents. Details of all the passports you've ever owned etc etc It's a doozie. I guess they do it for something to do over two years---It's a bit like Sudoku for visa applicants
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Rain followed us from a drenched Sydney yesterday back to Melbourne. We don't mind because where we live In Spain you don't see much rain so It's still a novelty . Back to my previous thread. We finally managed to submit our our 143 the other day and then flicked through a few of the past threads to get an Idea of when the money would come out of our account. I was stunned by the different dates, there seems to be no rhyme or reason about acknowledge or payments or indeed anything else. ¿porque? Why? Is it some kind of psychological torture or is there some kind reason behind it all??
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Cheers GJ, however we are resigned to be seeing the fireworks in Sydney in Dec 2016 and Dec 2017 before we have our visa's. We consider ourselves extremely lucky to be able to come over on hols every year to see our children. The only plus is when the police checks are asked for we won't have to pay UK prices as we live in Spain and they only charge 3€. On the minus we may have to travel to Madrid for our medicals which will be fun given our past experience of Spanish bureaucracy. Given myself a near hernia toting about all the paperwork today
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Thanks Alan very much for the Info
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Many thanks Alan. Spent all day checking, double checking and even triple checking. Even managed to find a JP service to certify No1 son's birth cert then guess what---- Oz post is closed New Year's Eve---you've gotta be kidding. I hope you're right about no visa Increases on the 1st. However C'est la vie. On a separate note it's very confusing about paying for the Vac's, I assume you fill out the debit card details and the relevant department make the transaction when the paperwork arrives. The web page talks about showing proof of payment etc; I guess after 6 hours In Sydney CBD rushing around to complete everything I was a bit confused. We now submit on the 2nd when Oz post opens again hopefully someone can give me a definitive answer about paying. Happy New year to you all---we're off to watch the fireworks
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Hi, Finally we get to join you all In the waiting room. We submit today and I was wondering If anybody knows If the 143 and other visa's are going up tomorrow? If we submit today and the fees go up will they just take the extra as a matter of course. We will enclose a covering letter to give permission to do this anyway but, would appreciate any views or prior knowledge. Happy New Year to you all
