Jenki75

Hi, I am looking for any information regarding my situation. I ordered an Australian police check; the certificate came displaying both my maiden name and my married name. Then I ordered a criminal record check with finger prints from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Canada (RCMP). The certificate just came and it only shows my Married name. The search was done using both names. My question is do I need to get another Canadian RCMP criminal record check displaying my maiden name on the certificate? I would appreciate all your thoughts, I will never ever change my name again as it is such a pain!!

Just a quick question...My Australian police check shows my maiden and married name. The Canadian one finally came today, even though I asked them to search unnder both my maiden and married name the Certificate only displays my Married name. Does anyone have experience with this, do your police checks show both names?

Yes Congratulations Jimbo that's awesome news!!

I've seen quite a few rentals with pets welcome in those areas and you could say it's not my first Rodeo! Ive been to Australia before and rented for 2 years with 2 dogs, a cat and 3 children. I'm sure I'll be just fine! I got the first house I applied for(in less than a week) and I had outstanding references and Photos of the home I owned at the time.

Homely was a good site for suburb reviews. I also looked at google maps as I want to have older trees. https://www.homely.com.au I also have been looking at the rentals, we have 2 small dogs and we have been a bit spoiled in the bathroom department as we are used to 3.5 bathrooms, so going down to 1 or 2 could be a challenge. Check out https://www.realestate.com.au/rent/

Welcome to the forum, For us 2 adults and 2 teens our medical with the doctor took 1 1/2 hours, then we went to the lab for the blood draw & urine, it was busy so it took 2 hrs. Then we did the X-ray the next day and it was quite quick only took 30 mins for all 4 of us. Suburbs we have been thinking about are Aberfoyl Park area or Mount Barker

I don't mind if they process the 489 faster than the 190. It gives me some time to get those police checks in I guess. lol Its Monday at 835am lets see what the mail brings today.

We have done the same as you Jellica, we have uploaded so much I only have space on my upload area for the police check. I uploaded pay subs, bank statements, my employers tax form (T4), CV, reference, my notice of assessment from each tax year.....so much. Then I had the kids to cover on top of all that. A direct grant would be so nice but I would be shocked if we got one.

Yes that round of beer on Henley Beach is starting to look like its going to be expensive! Hopefully Costco in Adelaide has a Liquor store. We have been stressing a little with the Canadian police checks, we did them on Dec 20th and they are not here yet. Canada post has been trying to strike so they are painfully slow at the moment. So hopefully they come soon, as I want everything uploaded before they start looking at the visa account.

Congratulations Jet blast! Good luck with your eye!

If you read the government website it says you can put in multiple EOI’s. Why you would want to, unless you have more than one Anzsco code is beyond me. If you get an invite to one of the states you must prove commitment to that state! How can you do this with multiple EOI’s? If you can’t prove commitment you will not get sponsored.

Any CO contact or grants yet?

@Dan.S Congratulations for getting your visa! March will be here soon enough and your new life will start. Please keep us updated as to how things workout, I would be interested in knowing how long it takes you to find a place to live. Best of luck with your move!

Congrats on your 190 Grant! You must be so excited, when do you plan on moving? When did you apply and what Anzsco code did you apply under?

I just used mail service but tracked the package without a signature. Everything always arrived without a hitch.

I agree with jet blast! I took the PTE and did much better on my second attempt. The exam was more about the structure of the writing, e2 language really helps you understand how to give them what they want. I found the test draining because of the limited time for each question. I aced it on the second attempt because I spent a week practicing! Don't give up practice with e2learning and re do it.

Hopefully will be shipping this bad boy out to Australia. We used to buy a real one until it fell off the roof of the vehicle and caused a small accident!

Sorry, just realized I never replied to this question. I did not work, but I did think about it at one point. Studying with 3 children was easier than I thought. My kids would go to bed at 730 and I would study until midnight Sunday night to Friday night. I never did school work during the day on the weekend as we spent time together instead. I only took 4 courses per semester though and I would have practicum during some terms. All in all I found it very doable, you just need good time management.

August/September

Medical results came back really quick and are already on the immi account. This time next year hopefully we will all be there!

Merry Christmas to everyone! Lets hope 2019 brings us everything we want. update: we have had a busy 3 days completing medicals, blood work, x-rays and police checks for Australia and Canada. All done now and hopeful for a visa next year.

Any news yet Westy123?

Thank you!

@MaggieMay24, just a quick question. Does immigration ever ask for medicals for non migrating, non dependent adult children?

Lodged 190 SA visa Nov 16th. Will be doing medicals and police checks next week. I am the main applicant NEC Nurse. Good luck to us all