carahunter4

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

Hi everyone!! Hope your all ok? So next week is the move to Australia!! House gone, removals sent, and now living with my family (which makes me want to more than ever!!)

i feel pretty calm and relaxed about it all if I'm honest, which is very unlike me!!

Probably one more trip to shopping to do some shopping, transfer the money to bank account, even booked ourselves into the No1 lounge before our flights!!

 

its a really happening!! We are initially going to be in pinkenba just out side the city of Brisbane (with mother in law ) until we find somewhere around the mooloolaba/noosa/Sunshine Coast way!! My best friend not long relocated to Australia to Bli Bli so I would even consider that area!

 

If if anybody has any hints or tips for the move I would appreciate them and be more than welcome!!

 

p.s travelling with an active 21 month old and hyper 28 year old fiancé xx

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

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

I live in Caterham which is just outside Croydon. Everyone has heard of Croydon haha.

 

Work with a few boys from the south coast, they're all a glutton for the southern rail punishment.

Cool, what do you do for a living?

Right next door to Littlehampton aren't you? That fair still open down there along the front?

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?

@carahunter congratulations on the house sale, that is incredible! Whereabouts do you live?

@JRJones an open house is such a good idea, we did that on our last holiday to Oz and it got us so excited about the move. Makes it feel very real!

 

 

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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!

Hi all,

 

Jamie here. Visa was granted in December and we are moving over in Oct/Nov time. Moving to Brisbane, QLD. Unsure where yet but Mrs J is a Brissie girl so knows all the suburbs and such. Will initially spend a bit of time living with her folks I think whilst we get set up.

 

Would definitely be up for a meet up as I'm sure we are all very apprehensive about the move! Not thought about work too much yet though I have had a little browse on the typical sites e.g. Seek for what's out there.

 

I currently work in Higher Education in the Careers Team (so the chat in here about CVs has sure pricked my ears up!) so may look at places like UQ or QUT for roles.

 

Going to Brisbane for a holiday in April as it is a friend's wedding and will give me a chance to activate my visa as well, may even go to a few open houses whilst there!

Hi Jamie,

Thank you for joining us, look forward to chatting over the coming months.

Cara

That's amazing news. Well done. Good luck with the news.

 

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Thank you, good luck with getting your visa through soon

Thanks for this Cara. We move to QLD (Airlie Beach) in July. I'll keep you updated with our progress. We are going to sell everything and start from scratch!! Pretty scary but at least we can get on now and plan. We are having a family get together at the weekend to celebrate my husband's visa grant (and birthday)!

Job wise- my husband is a chef (lots and lots of jobs for him-everywhere). I'm a teacher (secondary). I'm not convinced I'll find work but willing to change and do something else, if necessary. Currently, I'm getting all my paperwork together to register as a teacher in Oz. It's like uploading to immi all over again!! Help.

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:

I think my hands will be tied anyway as my police clearance expires early September. Only reason I'm desperate to activate this coming holiday really.

 

Uhtred is just the name of a character in a book. Couldn't think of something to use at the time and just went with that haha.

 

On CV's, I've been reading a few books on emigrating and the common tip seems to be to make them more specific to the role you are applying for and have more in depth details in it. Slightly different to our generic UK format so to speak. I've started Aussiefying mine so to speak, will have to get it out there soon no doubt.

 

As for locations, if we don't live in the city then it'll be up the coast. Caloundra, Maloolaba and Noosa are lovely areas. Not a huge fan of surfers though, a bit too touristy for me....says the tourist right haha.

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

Yes definitely, would be lovely to meet up in the Redlands so let's keep in touch!

 

I have one basic CV which I'm amending very slightly to each job if I think it needs it, but not too much. I also just added a sentence in my CV saying when I'm moving to Australia and the type of work I'm looking for, just to make it clear that I'm already moving and not just speculatively job hunting from London! I will register with a recruiter soon too, so I'm sure they'll give me some advice around this, which I'll share with you!

 

 

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Great, thank you :smile:

Hi everyone,

 

Cara thank you for setting this up, such a good idea! And congrats on your grant. It's just the best feeling.

 

My 309 visa was granted in mid December. I'm British and my husband is Aussie. We have lived together here in London for 2 years, but he's desperate to get home (I have learned you can't keep a Queenslander out of the sun for long) and I love Australia and am keen for a new adventure.

 

We are moving at the end of March and are looking to move to the Redlands, near the water. We'll stay with family while we figure things out.

 

We're beyond excited! But of course a bit apprehensive too. We're currently job hunting (I work in PR and my husband in finance/accountancy) and wading through the move admin, I will share any great tips as and when I have them but we're just figuring things out at the moment!

 

I would love to hear anybody else's situation / experience so far.

 

 

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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.

Yep a fellow QLD to be resident here.

 

Plan is September with a view to October at the very latest. Partners family are from Mackay - not too far from Airlie and about 3 hours from Townsville. Can't tell you what suburb of Brisbane we will be in, depends on where I get work. I work in the insurance industry so if anyone has any contacts they can put me in touch with then that would be great.

 

We applied 13/09/16 with a front loaded application. Have hit that 5 month mark today but am yet to hear a thing although do know from a call weeks ago that I have a CO. Ideally want my grant before I holiday to Oz next Thursday but I think that's definitely not happening.

 

Will be brilliant to meet when we all touchdown though, have some expat support.

 

Laurence

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?

Please tag anyone else I've missed who may not be looking at the partner visa thread anymore.....

@ashabree @koalakate

Thanks

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

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

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.

What amazing news @carahunter4! Really pleased for you and all the very best for your new lives down under

Thank you Ozzie, all the best to you too

There is an issue with the forum software and so the like button was removed forum wide till the upgrade. Admin did post a note about it but if you don't read other sections of the forum or venture outside this thread you'd have missed it

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

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?

Congratulations! More fantastic news. Have fun celebrating and good luck with your move and future in Oz! x

Thank you, it's been great to share the journey. When are you off? And where to? x

I think you're on to something with a new thread - there's definitely a few of us heading to QLD.

 

And no need to apologise, not your fault. Just think I'm close now, like a kid waiting for Xmas haha.

haha Thank you, I've got everything crossed it's next week for you!

Congrats. That's great news. Reckon you and Rhi had the same CO and they pulled their finger out.

 

Really strange for us three above who applied before you. No real order to today's proceedings.

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

Would assume I may get the nod before you as applied 13/09 but this seems like a complete lottery right?! Haha.

 

Front loading an application and then having zero contact is very tough. Starting to think I shouldve waited for a request but oh well.

 

I'll be moving to QLD too - family is all from Mackay but we'll hit Bris. Would be good to stay in contact even just to have people in similar situations around. Sharing tips and knowledge etc.

Great idea - Perhaps we should start a thread on the Queensland section and put the link on here

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