carahunter4
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How exciting! Only a week to go, sounds like you're all organised though which must feel good. I know what you mean as I also feel calmer than I thought I would although there is still 3 1/2 months to go so plenty of time yet....:goofy: Keep us updated....... and good luck with the travelling :smile: (In our case I'm the hyperactive one, all my hubby will want to do is sleep!) x
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Just had a catch up on posts - great to see some visa grants! Congratulations @Uhtred @CannonHillChris @Ozzie -Enjoy celebrating and organising your moves! Good Luck to everyone else still waiting
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Hi everyone, Well we've been really busy! We've booked out flights for 23rd June, yippee :jiggy: We've booked a months accommodation with airbnb at Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast that will allow the dog, to get us started. There's 3 nights gap so we're going to use those days to chill, possibly on the Sunshine Coast. Now just focusing on working through the 800 lists I've written lol Going to the Pet Shop Boys on Sunday for a bit of down time, booked ages ago but great timing! It's very easy to get all consumed with Aus but we're not there yet and want to make the most of the time we have here. How's everyone else's plans going? @Uhtred I'm a Foot Health Professional here (like a chiropodist) but they don't recognise my qualification over there. I'm not too worried atm as I'm happy to have a change and can always retrain later on if I want. I've done lots of sales jobs so will probably target that although staying open minded and going to see what takes my fancy. My husband works for a commercial building company as a surveyor/estimator/project manager (he's the one that got the main visa) so will look for those types of roles. We'll start the ground work soon. Cara
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Cool, what do you do for a living?
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Yes we are! I don't know about the fair as don't really go into Littlehampton. We come from Worthing the other direction before we moved here. Where are you from then?
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Thanks Nikki, we are chuffed to bits! We live in Rustington which is a small town on the South East Coast in West Sussex. I assume you're from London?? Whereabouts? Yes what a good idea about the open house, we'll have to do that too when we get there!
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Hi Jamie, Thank you for joining us, look forward to chatting over the coming months. Cara
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Thank you, good luck with getting your visa through soon
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Just Googled Airlie beach and it's high up, hopefully we can arrange some sort of meet up at some point. We are also starting pretty much from scratch, just taking our new bed, bedside tables & belongings, buying the rest when we get there! I'm a Foot Health Professional here and they don't recognise my qualification over there so I'm going to have to choose a different career as I don't want to start studying again from scratch to be a podiatrist. I've worked in various sales type positions before so I think I'll go into that again to start with and see what happens.... Thanks for the book advice @Uhtred, if I can find time to read them! Well we just sale agreed our house full asking price yesterday - first day on the market!!! I think things are meant to be!! So exciting, so much to do....... :jiggy:
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Yes I can see why you'd like to be able to activate it on the holiday but I'm sure it'll all work out for you, plenty of time to get the visa and arrange to go before September. Good tip about the cv's. We haven't been North up the coast yet as didn't have time so can't wait to do more exploring when we get there! Ah good idea on the name - a lot more original than mine lol
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Great, thank you :smile:
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I know, it's an amazing feeling! :jiggy:It took a while to sink in - not sure it totally has! But I do feel a weight has been lifted. Like you say now it's on to figuring out the next steps and a new load of things to worry about lol although obviously much much better being able to move forward with it all. My brother in laws parents live in the Redlands so perhaps we can arrange a meet up. I'm sure it's lovely up there. We want to be by the sea ideally but prefer quieter so we like either south Gold Coast or maybe North of it like you. We'll see where we get work. Did you amend your cv's to suit the Aus job market or keep them the same? We need to start looking into all this soon.
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Thanks @jacquiandpaul I didn't forget you but was adding people who have visa's and might not see the link I hope you hear soon Laurence, I'm sure you'll get it in plenty of time to go Sept/Oct. Can I ask what Uhtred stands for?
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Please tag anyone else I've missed who may not be looking at the partner visa thread anymore..... @ashabree @koalakate Thanks
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Great to hear from you @NikkiLondon! As a few of you seem keen on a new thread to stay in touch I have started one in the Queensland part of the forum called partner visa continuation..... hopefully the link below will work..... http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=255486&p=1937029311#post1937029311 Looking forward to it Cara
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Hi, There are quite a few of us on the partner visa thread who are moving to Queensland and seem keen to stay in touch. It would be great to share tips and advice on moving, areas etc especially from those who have lived there previously or have family over there. Also just to generally chat without hijacking the visa thread. It would also be great to hear from anyone who's recently moved out there or about to move...... @Jordan01 @Wizz4bizz @Nifa77........ Perhaps we could start by re-introducing ourselves, our situation and when we are/were moving...... I had my partner visa approved last Friday and the house has gone on the market today, it's so exciting once it all starts happening isn't it! We're planning on moving end of June. My husband is British and he completed his visa before we'd been together long enough to discuss it properly and add me hence needing the partner visa. We did validate his visa September 15 though where we spent a week on the Gold Coast and loved everything we saw of the area and Brisbane. Looking forward to keeping in touch Cara
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I just wanted to add to this thread in case it's useful to anyone - I just got my visa approved. Every circumstance is different but the answer to this thread is yes you can be approved a partner visa if you are both British & living in the UK if the other partner has a valid skilled visa.
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Thank you Ozzie, all the best to you too
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Thanks, I do nose around but I've been quite busy lately so mostly been just this thread. I was just checking I hadn't done something silly and turned it off by accident or something lol
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Thank you for all your lovely comments, wishing you all the best of luck but I'll still be lurking around on here :smile: ps is it just me or does the like button not exist anymore?
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Thank you, it's been great to share the journey. When are you off? And where to? x
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haha Thank you, I've got everything crossed it's next week for you!
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I'm sorry it's worked out this way but I'm sure you will all get your visa's very soon. I'll still keep an eye on this thread for good news from you all
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Great idea - Perhaps we should start a thread on the Queensland section and put the link on here
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OMG I was granted my visa today!!!! Soooo happy and relieved :jiggy: 4 1/2 months so quicker than I expected. They requested medicals last week so I booked in asap and fast tracked police check. Medical was Wednesday, all clear Thursday and uploaded police check, visa grant Friday! Our situation: My husband is British and was finalising his permanent residency visa when we met so didn't have time to discuss it and add me on. Met 3 years ago, became an 'official' couple when he moved in Dec 14, bought our house joint mortgage April 15, Got married September 15. Validated hubbys visa October 15 on our honeymoon. No children. 309 visa approved. Good Luck to everyone and hope to see more visa grants very soon. Keep the faith x