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Great news on all the recent visa grants! We just flew into Perth yesterday to start our new adventures, good luck for all those still waiting!

Hi @Katiebobbles- the three quotes that we had for a twenty ft container from London to Perth were: John Masons - £3625, PSS - £3764, Pickfords - £4249. These are all excluding the quarantine/parking. I haven't confirmed my insurance yet, the simplest approach is probably to go with John Masons who we are shipping with, not sure how much costs vary - need to do a little more research!

We recently got 3 quotes for full 20ft container as well as shared containers from London to Perth - quotes were from John Masons, PSS, Pickfords. Have chosen a full container with John Masons, one thing I did note is make sure you compare like with like, two of them didn't include parking suspensions or quarantine charges which may make appear more competitive but it may not end up being the case as it added about another £800!

Looks like the visa team had their weetabix yesterday as I got my 309 and 100 through as well. I applied in UK on 25th June with police checks and medical loaded soon after that. Hope this flurry of activity continues and those waiting hear good news soon!

Congratulations Jon! Sounds like it has been a frustrating wait but hopefully it makes the news even better to receive!

I'm still waiting too! Applied 25th June, front loaded. No contact so far but taking some hope from the recent successes on this thread! Fingers crossed!

Hi Nadine - I think my situation sounds similar to yours - albeit about a month behind in the process so it will be interesting to know when you get a case officer assigned . I submitted about a month ago, married for 7 years to an Aussie, two children (Citizenships in process, 1 received, 1 awaiting). Have heard nothing as yet, from your and Jon's experience it sounds like it may be a little while before I do. For those more familiar with the process, do you get an email to confirm a case officer being allocated, or does the status of the application just change in Immiaccount?

One you have submitted the form, as the post above says you will then be able to upload attachments. You won't need to upload all the attachments at the same time - you can upload the ones you have and add the additional one when received.

Hi After weeks of reading up on the partner visa and getting our various bits of evidence prepared, I finally started on the online application form tonight. I had a slight question on a couple of related questions. On page 11 of the online application, it says 'Does the applicant have any members of their family unit not travelling to Australia who are not Australian citizens or Australian permanent residents?' Am I right to assume the definition of family unit means immediate family - i.e partner and children. I have answered 'No' as my wife is Australian and we have just about to submit Australian citizenship applications for our two children. Or does family unit have a wider definition, i.e my parents and sister who are not migrating to Australia? On page 12, it then asks for information on immediate family members of the applicant, e.g. my father and asks for his Australian immigration status and gives a choice of Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident, Temporary Resident, Visitor, Student and Other. A bit unsure on this one as he hasn't been to Australia and therefore has no status, so does that mean he would be 'Other'? I would appreciate any clarification you can provide Many thanks!

Thanks for your replies, I hadn't appreciated the incoming changes to the Partner Visa and so it sounds like it may be best to move forward with both the visa and kids citizenship in parallel. In terms of the visa changes, if we submit our application by the end of June does it follow the existing process? Apologies if I missed another thread on this, I did try and find one! Thanks again!

I'm in the process of preparing to apply for my Partner visa for Australia. My wife is Australian and we have two young children who were born in England. We are looking to apply for Australia citizenship for our two children. Is there a preferred order for how this should be done - should we apply for their citizenship, get that confirmed and then lodge my partner application or can they be done in parallel? We need to try and be in Australia by next March as that is when my wife's UK visa is due to expire so keen to ensure we organise ourselves in the best way. Thanks in advance for any advice you can provide.

Thanks DeeTowers and Ken for your responses and your reassurance around my situation. It's good to know that should be one less thing to worry about in the midst of lots of things to do in the coming months. Ken - appreciate your point about the fact that consent to let is at the lender's discretion and worth checking their general approach before getting locked in. Thanks Again!

Hi everyone, my wife and I have recently decided to trial a move to Perth next year and are now starting to get deep into planning. However before we get into some of the move specifics, I wanted to check on the impact of our move on my UK mortgage. The fixed 5 year period for the mortgage on my current home is expiring in a couple of months and I am trying to arrange a new fixed rate deal, probably for 3 years. The intention would be to rent out this property from next year whilst we trial the Australia move and then potentially sell if we think we want to make a permanent move or return to have as our home again if we return. I have read a few things around mortgages of UK property on this forum and some of the complexities of being non resident and therefore just wanted to check something. I did mention to my mortgage provider our potential plan to move abroad, and they said that I would have to apply for consent to let at the time but they did not see any particular issue with me being based in Australia for part of my mortgage period. Therefore is the UK mortgage complexity that some people on this forum have referred to caused by the fact that they are a UK non resident at the time they need to arrange their mortgage rather than the fact they may have a UK mortgage and then moved to Australia? Any perspectives from those familiar with this topic would be really appreciated!! Many thanks