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  1. BargeUK
    Happy that things are progressing for you at last! With regards to the birth certificates, maybe you should seek the advice of a registered migration agent? I would imagine that is exactly the sort of problem they would be able to help with. Good luck for a speedy resolution!
  2. BargeUK
    If you are using an agent they will contact your agent but if not then I would expect them to contact you directly - that's just my assumption but may not be correct. I think you can get your medicals done in Australia and the police checks you apply for online anyway so as long as you have copies of all your ID like bank documents and utilities bills for your police checks you should be ok. Form 80 might be the biggest challenge - unless you've got VERY good memories. You could actually download that anytime though so you can gather up the information you will need in advance. Good luck with everything - I really hope you hear something soon.
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    Victoria is opening its border to NSW so presumably you can fly into Sydney without quarantine then travel to Melbourne, also without quarantine?
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    Normally, your son won't be asked to submit his AOS until such time as the department actually processes your visa so, unless things change dramatically in the next few years, he should be fine to be away for a couple of years - just as long as he is back in Australia for 2 or 3 years before you get to the top of the queue. That's my understanding anyway but I may be wrong....perhaps best to check with an authorised agent?
  5. BargeUK
    That probably means you'll be getting asked for further documents soon - police checks, medicals, probably form 80 and instructions to apply for your AOS. Should be the beginning of the end of your wait hopefully!
  6. BargeUK
    Hopefully not too much longer for you now....
  7. BargeUK
    Are you offshore? If so I would expect you to be near the top of the queue once they start requesting further documents again but that doesn't appear to have happened for over a year now sadly
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    Huh! More than our first mortgage! We were originally booked with Qatar (business class) then they cancelled the flight when they were added to the UK's red list. We managed to re-book with Singapore for just over a week later but it cost twice as much as the original flight which had been nearly £5k for both of us. We had no choice but to pay it because we had sold our house and our belongings had already been shipped. We had been visiting Australia for the last 10 years and normally paid between £600 and £700 each for economy return! Those days are sadly long gone at the moment. Good luck to you with your arrangements.
  9. BargeUK
    ...that was in Melbourne
  10. BargeUK
    We paid $4,000 for two of us
  11. BargeUK
    It's more than 4 months to Christmas so it's hard to believe they can continue with a hard lockdown till then and which will be the first state to open up when they do reach that figure? I really sincerely hope you're right about the deaths figure but NSW is already into the 30s so I somehow doubt it.....
  12. BargeUK
    I totally agree. Since we arrived in early May there have been 3 lockdowns (in Victoria) for just a tiny handful of cases because of the low vaccination rates and lack of any kind of immunity. It's hard to believe that the states (other than NSW) will agree to stop lockdowns even when they reach their targets of 70 and 80% of people vaccinated because there is a total obsession here with having zero cases. In an ideal world that would be a wonderful outcome but it doesn't look like that can ever happen now. We can only hope that people here will see that countries like the UK and others are now able to open up as a result of their vaccination programmes and that will encourage them to get vaccinated as soon as possible. There seems to be a lot of negativity here towards AstraZeneca although it has been proved in the real world to be extremely effective. A large part of the population just appear content to wait for 'something better' to come along. It is the lack of supply of Pfizer and the mixed messaging around AstraZeneca that seem to be the major factors in the slow rollout but hopefully supplies will be increasing over the next couple of months. It is frustrating talking to family and friends back home and seeing how life is almost back to normal for them and, having lived through it in the UK for the last 18 months, we now seem to have to live through it all over again here in totally different circumstances but with stricter restrictions. It's a shame that having done so well at supressing the virus for so long that they couldn't have got the population vaccinated while there were no cases - that would have been a massive win! Enjoy your time in the UK Alan and stay safe. Here's to a brighter, better future for us all!
  13. BargeUK
    I'll keep everything crossed for you that it all works out. You've given yourselves the best possible chance by going first class and presumably you're both fully vaccinated by now. We got our visas the same day as you and we were originally booked for June but we got lucky with a really quick house sale and moved our flights forwards to April. The first 2 we booked were cancelled but we managed to get a flight at the beginning of May so only a 9 day delay. I won't pretend it was an easy time but it was worth the stress in the end.
  14. BargeUK
    If there's any chance you can get on an earlier flight then I would do. The news today has been about the state Premiers wanting to reduce the international traveller caps by up to 80% until either the new quarantine facilities have been built or around 80% of the population has been fully vaccinated (or both of those things have happened). At the moment I think the figure for both doses is around 4% so that's certainly not going to be any time soon!
  15. BargeUK
    I think you have to be offshore to apply for 143 but I might be wrong. I can't answer your other questions except to say it is a written application and not an internet visa. Anyone on here will probably tell you if you have several questions then you should use an agent to get the correct advice
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