handsomewill

What is a paper apartment? I have never heard that expression before.

 

 

 

I have now been here for 20 years and the novelty hasn't worn off yet.

 

Then again, if I had to live in Bondi full time, I would have slit my wrists 19.5 years ago.

An an apartment with walls so thin that the construction of which appears to comprise solely of paper. There you go.

20 years? Well done I'm so proud of you. Especially with your suicidal tendencies jilly!

cool, thank you. i hear so much varying advice from people who have been through the process.

Why do you want citizenship if you want to move away from Australia? You are supposed to be committed to a life in Australia as part of the citizenship application. If you apply for citizenship when intending to leave, you are making a fraudulent application. Just my personal opinion, but as someone for whom obtaining Australian citizenship was a big deal, I think it sucks (and is deeply un-Australian) to pick citizenship up like an RRV on the way out.

 

I wonder whether DIBP will keep an eye open for citizenship applications in Waverley for people called Will who got PR on 2 December 2014.

because mate, I've been here 6 years and earned my right to that passport now. and yes, i believe waverley council have recruited jason bourne and various members of MI5 to ensure these heinous, despicable applications are intercepted and the applicant brought to justice.

they can't even repair the roads!

i wonder if my application will keep an eye on my application as my name aint will and i sure as hell aint handsome!

have a lovely long weekend x

hello all,

apologies if my queries below have been asked a thousand times before, but if you don't ask you don't get. so jealous of the people grabbing their passports and jumping on a plane home, thats my aim at the moment!

I've stuck it out here so long, i feel I'm almost there and see it as an achievement and an invaluable security net in these uncertain times.. that said I'm ready to swap beaches, sunshine, humourless aussies, paper apartments (i live in bondi), transiency (many mates coming and going :wubclub:) and isolation for the lancashire countryside and draw a line under a great adventure. i think the first 2 years i could never see myself go home but then the novelty wears off and you start to miss things and miss out on things happening back home.

now sydney will always have a place in my heart, so many ups and downs which are part of life and certainly out here when you rely on new friendships and your own resolve mostly. i will miss the amazing coffee however, turned into a proper snob since I've been here!)

I've lived in sydney since november 2009 and was granted PR on 2/12/14.. so am i right in assuming:

* i can bang my application in for citizenship on 2/12/15..

* then wait for my test and ceremony - 6, 7 months?

* i hear waverley council can take unto a year! if i change my mobile phone bill to a mates in the city, is this sufficient to get me a town hall slot? they take around 3 months i hear due to frequency and capacity..

now i know I'm leaving (at some point) next year, i already feel relief and am certainly ready for a new chapter and a game of golf with my old man!

ta will