Debs54

Hi, I was advised by my agent to file for divorce, this was to make clear to assessing officers there was no possibility of a partner in background, 15 years separated with zero contact.

Hi, I was advised by my agent to file for divorce, this was to make clear to assessing officers there was no possibility of a partner in background, 15 years separated with zero contact.

On 08/12/2018 at 04:44, Jen135 said:

@Debs54 did you submit your police clearance check from your home country at the time of the initial application or only once they received and started processing it?  Thanks in advance!

Once processing started 

12 minutes ago, fosseboy said:

We used Iron Chef and he was very helpful. It was great having our cars here as in WA used cars are expensive compared to the UK. 

We used Shannons for insurance as RAC won't insure imports but the premiums were good, and service excellent.

Having said that, we sold the cars a couple of years later for other reasons (one was a Volvo and there are few dealers but servicing was expensive. In addition I had a split tyre and had to buy 2 new ones as tyre sizes here were different.) The Clio Sport was low mileage and 10 years old at time of import but parts had to be ordered from France most of the time as the spec was different here. Iron Chef pointed out that we knew its history and would not lose out when selling. And that was true. We sold to a French lady who was looking out for this model.

 

Thanks for the reply, 

16 minutes ago, fosseboy said:

We used Iron Chef and he was very helpful. It was great having our cars here as in WA used cars are expensive compared to the UK. 

We used Shannons for insurance as RAC won't insure imports but the premiums were good, and service excellent.

Having said that, we sold the cars a couple of years later for other reasons (one was a Volvo and there are few dealers but servicing was expensive. In addition I had a split tyre and had to buy 2 new ones as tyre sizes here were different.) The Clio Sport was low mileage and 10 years old at time of import but parts had to be ordered from France most of the time as the spec was different here. Iron Chef pointed out that we knew its history and would not lose out when selling. And that was true. We sold to a French lady who was looking out for this model.

 

Thanks for this, I’ve already got my car sorted with DC Design customs and fabrication once there.

So I've got my 143 contributory visa, entry by aug19, would like to ship my car, bear with me on this, I'm trying to get this organized on my own and I am finding it a minefield/infomation overload. Has anybody used a car shipping agent, as in they do all the paperwork, send specific forms to fill in etc? Any advice however small greatly appreciated, note, I am only taking my car, no furniture or household goods as it might not fit anyway.

I applied for a 143 contributor visa August 2014 granted November 2018, paid $43,600, single person, visa granted 12 days later, approximately 

Just got mine on 5 November, application was August 2014

Big thanks have to go to Go Matilda, Sarah, Alan and Wendy, got my visa application yesterday. Now to start planning for my car, 

Not Moaning, probably frustrated yes, I’ve absolutely no probs wth meeting criteria at all, happy to re do. Checks,  would be nice to know that the time limits wouldn’t go over again

Has anyone waited past the run out time for there police checks, mine both niw 2 months out of date, sons had to get accountant to verify income and his ability to support, don’t need support due to my own healthy finances, but it would seem that’s irrelevant. No one asks for employment history or work references, so frustrating when your happy to become a fully functioning contributor to Australia 

4 1/2 years waiting for me