taggstigress
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Transporting your car to Oz - everything you need to know!
taggstigress replied to Iron Chef's topic in Shipping and Removals
We decided that the bureaucracy about transporting my husbands low mileage Volvo to Australia was just too much so he sold it. Good luck to you -
When my husband applied nearly 2 years ago I as the sponsor had to have a police check.
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Try and do as much as possible before you leave. You MUST change passport details with airline - but yes you can do it online with manage my booking. Let me tell you what happened to me- I sponsored my husband but discovered that I had become a non Austrlian in 1999 when I became a British citizen, I had lost my Australian citizenship - despite having Australian passports reissued. I resumed my Australian citizenship and asked Australia House whether I needed a new passport. They said no so off I went with my old Aussie passport to Australia last November. -- My husband with his new permanent residency visa went through passport control. It was me who is an Austalian citizen who had her passport impounded because unbeknown to me it had been cancelled. I was allowed in but had to apply for a new passport. In August we decided to make a trip to the UK to see my 97 yr old father-in-law. I arrived at the airport in Sydney to be stopped. My UK passport had not been linked to my new Australian passport so a phonecall had to be made to Canberra before I could leave.
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After a lengthy process we arrived in Sydney in November 2016. We finally found a hoime and moved in on Monday -May 1st and overlook a park within easy distance of the grandchildren Hooray
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12 weeks- gosh that is quick. A year ago it was quoted as 10-14 months. It took us from Feb - Sept to get ours. It wasn't even looked at until May. They have obviously upped their quota and employed more people. I was told that there was a monthly quota that was why there was a delay.
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My husband has a permanent visa, has a medicare card, bank account, driving licence etc and an TFN. He lives here. Is he a resident? Has he residency status? and if not how does he get it
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We waited 4 months before getting a CO and was told that was common. Once you get a CO, if there are no problems it can take another 2-3 months, My son-in law- was granted his in 6 and was told that was very speedy.
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Ok - no -it was straight forward but when we finally got a CO 3 months in, I was told that although I was born in Oz of Oz parents, grandparents etc and held an Oz passport that was current and had been reissued, that I, the sponsor was not an Australian and could not sponsor my husband until I applied and had granted Australian citizenship. NB I had dual citizenship which I applied for in1999 and unbeknown to myself it invalidated my Ozzie citizenship. So for 4 months the application went into hold. My husband did his medical 3 months in- he kept being told to wait and finally they said to go ahead
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Medical and police checks were done 7 months in
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It took us 8 months and was told 10-14 months was average
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I have been told that I have to go to immigration to get a movement document so I can apply for private health insurance. Can anyone help?
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Well done - that was quick! See you in Sydney- we leave next week
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When did you get your British citizenship? If after 2002, you have no worries
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No But paying the fee was one of the bureaucratic nightmares. They insisted on returning the fee and me paying again but when I finally got my Australian citizenship back I discovered there had been an error and the money hadn't been sent. So I say well keep it on the new application. But no. They had to formally return it - and this took 3 weeks!!! To return and accept the new one again. The new application, including payment had to be sent by snail mail and not online. Then it went in the wrong in tray
