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Thank you all for your replies and suggestions. Never heard of HIFX. Will check that out. Expecting more replies. 

Which is the better option in transferring money to Australia , Moneycorp or Transferwise ? Any other suggestions? I am looking to transfer something between 5000 GBP to 8,000 GBP to an Australian bank account ?

Thanks for the replies. 

I am immigrating to Australia from UK by the end of this month. And am a RN by profession. Do I or my husband need a UK police clearance certificate to work in Australia? I have seen in some websites that they need an current National Police Check. Our PCCs for PR application have expired. 

And at last after a very long frustrating and at times agonising wait (of 13 months) we have been granted the PR visas and we have to enter Australia no later than three months from today( 12/09). 

Hi Yikes2017 and Dragonflygecko wish you the best. 

Had been told by my agent that processing has been a slowed down by the department. And that affecting other applications as well. But not sure if that's for a specific occupation or not. 

Wish you both the best and a faster decision in your cases. 

Thank you very much Ken for the checking the fees. Your post is quite informative. I do respect your advise as well. It seems to confirm my assumptions on what I thought about the fees, but hours little lesser then what I thought. 

Thanks for the reply Quoll.That's disappointing. But I thought so as well by reading online. She is 4 years old now and she has got full time preschool admission this year from September here in UK(NI).

We are waiting for the decision on our subclass 190 visa application. In meantime I wanted to check something about

preschool(kindergarten) admission for my wee one. She turns four this August and in case we get the visa granted anytime soon we might make the move to Melbourne say by September.

My first questions is, would my daughter get admission in a preschool in a full time basis( 15 hours) that time of the year and second questions is there a fees ? I have read that the child should be 4 years old by April of the year to get admission to free one year preschool before proper schooling. 

I think you are right.

Hi Yikes2017 and Dragonflygecko wish you the best. 

Had been told by my agent that processing has been slowed down by the department. And that its  affecting other applications as well. But not sure if that's for a specific occupation or not. 

Wish you both the best and a faster decision in your cases. 

Regarding the agent, I prefer not to mention his name as this slow processing has nothing to do with him and providing his name could make some  think that he might be incompetent. 

Thanks for answering my question on personal immiaccount wrussel.

I have checked my service agreement with my agent and he also has a similar statement

Can I open a personal immiaccount though my application was lodged months back my the agent ? 

Thanks for that clarification wrussell 

Thanks for that information wrussell. I have not been told about quotas by the migration agent. Are you speaking of occupation ceiling ? I am a RN by profession. And as far I know my profession has a high occupation ceiling. But what the agent thinks is that mine could be among a few randomly chosen for extra employment and criminal checks. 

We had lodged for the Subclass 190 visa with Victoria nomination by the middle of August 2016 via a MARA agent, CO was assigned in a few weeks and other documents including PCCs and health checks done and provided by September 2016. Additional documents requested by CO in January 2017. That all was sent electronically in a few days. No further updates yet

Has any one else had this long wait in processing and do you know why there could be a delay ?