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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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Medical and police checks were done 7 months in

yes

It took us 8 months and was told 10-14 months was average

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?

Well done - that was quick! See you in Sydney- we leave next week

Hi, I just read about you losing you Ozzie citizenship. I was born in Australia but moved here when I was 5yrs old does that mean I no longer have my oz citizenship? I have a British passport, my Australian birth certificate and both my parents have duel citizenship. I am wanting to sponser my partner from in the uk and move back over to oz in 2018 but now panicking I'm not even a citizen. Did you just contact Australia house to check?

When did you get your British citizenship? If after 2002, you have no worries

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

They discovered that I, the sponsor had had my Australian citizenship taken away when I took up British citizenship in 1999. This was news to me- I had a new passport etc etc, therefore the visa for my husband was put on hold while I resumed my citizenship- this took 4 months because of bureaucratic bungling - but that is another story.

We were told that no one looks at application before the CO is appointed. I was told that they can only look at a certain number each month and when the quota for that month is full, that is the delay- bureaucracy!!! Once you get a CO, it is much quicker if there are no issues

Ours is ready at doc surgery for £50 ea. Lets hope it is on secure discs and not paper copies. We are both in late 60s and my husband has asthmas and his treatment has been complicated

That was amazing. I thought ours was straight forward yet noone looked at it from Feb-May when it was discovered it wasn't

We are emigrating next month and have asked our GP practice in the UK for "hand over files". We were told we could either have a list of current medication or the entire records printed out for £50 each. I am not concerned about the cost but was concerned about the amount of extra paper we would have to transport. Surely they could give us something electronic to take.

My other thought was when we join a practice in Sydney would they request our medical records directly.

What is your experience?

Also you only hear when something is not right .e.g. at the very end we had a phone call as they had not received the police form and we thought they had so we scanned it in and emailed it across and had immediate confirmation. If all is going well it is a waiting game. We never had any problems with quality of scanned documents

I think you were very lucky getting a case officer a month after applying. We didn't get D (CO) until 3 months had passed. We applied in Feb. We were always told it was 10-14 months process. Any contact with D was either by phone( he rang us) or by email from a generic email address marked with for the attention of...... to reply to. We finally got my husband's visa 2 weeks ago. I am an Ozzie by birth, my adult children are Aussies and ......... We are off on 24 November- one car is sold, the other on the market, removalists are booked and yesterday we found out our home has a tenant. If you are waiting for Australia to ok it, good luck. I believe the reason everything takes so long is that there is a quota that they are allowed to agree to each month and no more. Your date for startting your application was June so do not do anything too hasty

We are moving in November. We both have a UK State Pension. (I know they will be frozen). I have a Teachers Pension and my husband has some small private pensions. Can anyone advise? They could continue to be paid into our UK bank or sent direct. Which is best?

Application submitted309/100 1/2/16

Assigned CO 5/5/16

Visa granted -TODAY!!! 5/10/16

We are moving in November. We both have a UK State Pension. (I know they will be frozen). I have a Teachers Pension and my husband has some small private pensions. Can anyone advise? They could continue to be paid into our UK bank or sent direct. Which is best?

My husband's visa has been finalised. Is that good?