the mooz Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Hi Everyone Our first post on PIO and like every one else we're trying to get our heads round the new regs and failing. Us: Mrs Moo - main applicant - Registered Nurse working as a Community Palliative Care Nurse (same as a MacMillan Nurse but funded by the hospice she works for) 20+ years in palliative care. Mr Moo (me) - a part qualified bean counter with the incentive to get the finger out and study for the final professional exams Twins - aged 10 Missy Moo - lovely but stroppy Master Moo - sensitive but prone to the odd wobbily and thumping of his sister (she can give as good as she gets as she'd done Tae Kwon Do for a couple of years) My folks were £10 poms in the 1950's and lived in the Unanderra area of NSW. They returned to the UK a couple of years before I was born so I was brought up singing Aussie songs , surrounded in bits and pieces my folks brought back from Oz and their stories. My wife and I had our honeymoon in Australia back in 1998 which was great. We were mostly in Queensland (Brisbane, Noosa, Port Douglas) and we (well mostly me) really like the laid back attitude of Queenslanders. Our original plan was for us to go over on 176 visas to Brisbane and for my mum (84) to come over on a CPV shortly afterward. We were going to buy mum's council house and sell it 3 years later when the CPV final payment would be about due. However, nothing runs smoothly and we found we couldn't get a mortgage as the house was classed as sub-standard due to being a prefab with a new outer skin and roof. Also, the credit crunch made banks adverse to a loan on this type of house. Bu**er. So things are a bit up in the air at the moment for getting mum over as we can't afford the visa and it would use up most of her savings if she pays it. I'm also kicking myself for not getting the visa application in before the freeze on GSM visas in May. My wife got her QLD state nomination in April but due to 10-12 hour days and working weekends I never got round to sorting out the paperwork and applying. When we heard the announcement about the freeze I nipped off work but the website had blocked applications before the actual deadline!! Anyway I've got loads of questions to ask so I'll get going. Excuse my turn of phrase as my only written communication for years has been on yellow post-its. cheers Mr Moo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pau1evs Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 welcome to pio once you start posting its addicitive xxx good luck with your plans carole x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaniaColin Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Hi The Mooz and welcome to the forum best of luck with your plans Tania x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the mooz Posted July 14, 2010 Author Share Posted July 14, 2010 Hi Tania Sorry for not acknowleding your welcome as we've been away on a birthday break for the kids. We're now preparing for the DIAC rollercoaster like everyone else. I'll get my timeline on my posts once I fathom out how to do it. cheers :unsure:Mr Moo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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