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  1. Jon the Hat
    Stop the Kiwi's. That'll fix it.
  2. Jon the Hat
    London - Perth - Melbourne is not a lot different to London-Singapore-Melbourne, maybe an hour quicker depending on stopovers. I would definitley do that drive though, although not sure I will do the same from Melbourne back to Perth.
  3. Jon the Hat
    Yes why wouldn't you?
  4. Jon the Hat
    We rented a house for 6 months while our new build was being completed... Application fees etc cost about £500, then we only need 4.5 months, so that less hassle you mentioned cost about £2000. If you don't have a set date to move, then I would sell when you are pretty much ready to go, then you can always move flights or air bnb for a bit.
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    Direct to Perth then on to Melbourne? That is a long non stop but as i understand it Qantas leave them in their crates anyway I don't suppose it makes much difference to the dog!
  6. Jon the Hat
    Ours took over a month to come to the UK, not convinced they always send them the next business day...
  7. Jon the Hat
    Wow you have moved quickly! Good luck with the move!
  8. Jon the Hat
    Yes the Australian Federal Police National Police Check. There have been a few people on here who got them in a couple of months, so fingers crossed.
  9. Jon the Hat
    As many have suggested, I am trying to assume 12 months, new medical and certificates etc (although to be fair, I would book a short notice flight rather than that if I had a few weeks), anything better than that is an upside!!
  10. Jon the Hat
    We are in a similar boat, married 11 years, 2 kids, full application now in. I guess the case officer will only contact you if they need something. I am rather hoping to go straight to a grant letter with the magic 100 on it! We applied on the 19th March, so close to 2 months now. My wife's NPC only arrived on Monday though, so fully loaded as of yesterday.n Good luck!
  11. Jon the Hat
    Congratulations!
  12. Jon the Hat
    I wonder whether you should broaden your search to anything vaguely IT related to get your foot in the door? Even a low paid role is better than eating into your savings for months.
  13. Jon the Hat
    Definitely take both until you have confirmation. This is surely the whole point of moving to paperless Visa's though so you would hope it works!
  14. Jon the Hat
    I'm at 52 days since submission, medical done and clear, UK police checks done and clear, waiting on AFP certificate to arrive in the post for about 3 weeks!
  15. Jon the Hat
    Congratulations! Did you get any requests for additional information or was it granted straight away?
  16. Jon the Hat
    It didn't occur to me to use an agent, mainly because the 309/100 in my case is pretty simple; married 11 years, two kids both Australian by descent, rented two and owned two homes together, never lived apart, loads of mutual commitments, no health or criminal issues. Then frankly it becomes an exercise of organizing your paperwork, paying and waiting. Mind you I haven't got mine yet!
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    My only other comment is that the AFP check is taking a looong time to make it to the UK. Took about 3 weeks to be prepared, and has not arrived yet 18 days after that, so if you are in a hurry maybe kick that off. I am not clear whether the sponsor's police check influences the last entry date or not, but we are happy enough to go to Australia for a holiday etc before end of March next year so this was not an issue for us.
  18. Jon the Hat
    We did as well, but I hopfeully have enough with wedding evidence, buying a home together in 2006 etc. Utility bills not so much!
  19. Jon the Hat
    Yes... In my enthusiasm I used a few upload slots on that, applications then certificates when they were granted in 3 weeks! Much quicker than i expected.
  20. Jon the Hat
    I found the fact that I never delete emails was a great help - my yahoo account had old car insurance documents, holiday itineraries etc. All useful stuff.
  21. Jon the Hat
    Perhaps they might make the change whereby the sponsor is approved before you can apply. Immi account seems to be setup for that already since the January updates. I cant see it making any difference.
  22. Jon the Hat
    We applied a month ago without an agent in basically the same situation, albeit more like 14 years together. The evidence is not difficult, but it is time consuming. Make sure you have it all ready before you apply and then upload it promptly, and you should be fine. Note there have been some quick approvals recently <3 months, so I have already done my medical and uploaded UK police certificates. just waiting on imminent arrival of my wife's AFP check (which has taken over a month already but is in the post) then I think I have everything uploaded.
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    I used to feel the same, but to be honest; with 2 kids under 10, a demanding full time and the rest senior job which involves a lot of travel, the idea of doing nothing apart from rest, eat and swim with the odd beer (dry white wine for the lady...) by a pool for a week sounds pretty good. Maybe by the second week i could do some culture!
  24. Jon the Hat
    There really is a form for everything isn't there? As far as I can see all of that information is already in the online application for 309.
  25. Jon the Hat
    The first tip is to carefully manage your uploads! You have 60, so you need to gather together say, all your evidence of living together ,and scan it into one document for upload NOT scan each utility bill etc individually. Make sure you upload all the essentials first - your passport etc, birth certificates, and those of your sponsor before you start on relationship evidence. There a lots of threads on here about what evidence you might use, so I suggest a quick search.
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