Rob Frain

Do you get to see the records at all?

It’s not that now it’s work!!

Will I be safe if I book 24th July?

Yikes - I haven't even got a letter saying to get one. I just spotted it on the uploads section. I've emailed all 6 centres in the UK and so far all only work weekdays and the earliest I can book is the 21st June.

Well, one stone lost in 8 days so the diet is going well. I want to at least book the medicals but as a teacher, I'm finding this a bit of a nightmare as they don't do weekends and I'm pretty much working from 8 am - 6 pm every day until the Summer holidays starting on 21st July. Is there a deadline to provide medicals as I don't have a medical request letter - it's just a button on my immi account.

The medical request came through 5 seconds after we paid. They gave us our HAP numbers. Oh well we’ll book in a bit. Off for a run now… again(!)

Ive just scanned the originals. Hopefully they'll be okay as they all have numbers on them so they can check surely? I hope so. Im so nervous about my weight - that's my main concern. Well the other one is something that appears that i don't know about!

We finally managed to do it this evening. This was the last document. We've just paid the £4500 for the 189 and instantly got back requests for medicals. This is the one im worried about due to my weight. I was 19st 9 at my largest, though I've got down to 17st 5 in the last few weeks. Should I book the medicals ASAP or leave it for a bit longer to lose a bit more weight? Im 5ft 11.... Though i consider myself to bit fit. I've been running 5k a day for the last few days!

We got the police checks done in February but left the medicals. We’ll just wait until we get the HAP numbers. I’ve been on a massive diet and been doing 5k a day since the invite! Anyone know exactly what they test for? I also have a 6 and a 2 year old so hopefully it’s not too bad for them?

Thanks. 150 photos taken and not one approved of our little boy! He’s a pain. Also I hear some people get their medical done before applying? Is this correct? We thought you had to wait for a HAP number for the medical?

Yeah we got ours.We're about to try and press the button today to apply. The only thing we're struggling with is getting a photo of our two year old that the photo software their end likes(!) Havent done medicals but they can ask for them if (I expect) they are needed.

The time has come. Lots of 189 invites went out this morning UK time. Unsure how many …. The next step begins!

Now two months in and still waiting. We’ll give it another two months and then change to a 481 visa and try and get in that way!

I didn't though my skills assessment took close to a year from memory involving some pretty high up people from AITSL, Liverpool John Moores University and my SCITT. In the end the reasoning was that it was the SCITT and not the University that placed me on my work experience. Pretty poor excuse to be honest. Everything else in the end was fine.

Don’t want to be the bearer of bad news but you haven’t got a chance. I tried with AITSL for over a year and they eventually said no. it doesn’t mean you can’t teach over there as the authorities will allow you to - it’s just aitsl that won’t accept the skills!