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All about our adventures in Oz.
Australia / May 7, 2006 / John / 0
Our agency was holding a pre-departure seminar yesterday, so we went along to see what it was all about. Essentially, it was a chance to speak with some recommended firms who specialise in things like financial planning, overseas shipping, and so on. The main thrust of the seminar, though, was to mingle with other people
Australia / May 3, 2006 / John / 0
Had a few emails form people looking for a progress update. There haven’t been any new posts made for a while because, well, there’s nothing to say. The sad fact about migration to Australia is that there are a few very brief bursts of absolutely frenzied activity and stress seperated with several extremely long periods
Australia / April 24, 2006 / John / 0
According to Adelaide Skilled Processing Center, we have another 6 or 7 weeks before a case officer is allocated. Guh. That’s a while. Absolutely nothing we can do about it, though. Here’s hope they don’t move the goalposts again within that time.
Australia / April 23, 2006 / John / 0
We’re still in the throes of attempting to clear out some of the rubbish we have. As part of the process, I’ve ordered a pile of really useful boxes from, er, reallyusefulboxes.com . As you might expect, they’re boxes and they’re really useful. Ordered a few dirty great big ones for the copious quantities of
Australia / April 12, 2006 / John / 0
Well, some progress at last. The assurance of support bond was wired to Australia today, so our bank account is several thousand pounds lighter, but it’s one more milestone passed. Things are looking good on the house front. We really just have the medicals to pay for and that’s us. Here’s hoping for some feedback
Australia / April 7, 2006 / John / 0
it didn’t quite go according to plan. Essentially, the sale has been delayed a week to allow the buyers to sort out some issues they have. It will be going ahead next week, though. Either that or it’ll be going back on the market.
Australia / April 2, 2006 / John / 0
Well, another few days on. Our house sale is looming – 7th April is the entry date. While we have no real cause to be concerned, we’re a *teensy* bit worried about everything going according to plan because it’s not a normal sale. We’re trying our best not to worry about things but, as the
Australia / March 21, 2006 / John / 0
Had some further clarification from our agent and the delay isn’t as bad as it first looked. Rather than being an additional 4-5 months processing, all that’s changed is the initial queue before a case officer is allocated. So rather than waiting 1-4 months after lodgement for a case officer to be allocated, it’s 4-5
Australia / March 16, 2006 / John / 0
We received an email from our agent last night. Our visa subclass (138 Skilled Australian Sponsored) has been given lower priority by the Adelaide processing centre. At present, they’re processing July-September 2005 but expect to be doing preliminary assessments on post September lodgements (i.e. us) soon. I’ve no idea what this means in terms of
Australia / March 15, 2006 / John / 0
Nothing in the way of anything happening at the moment. Still waiting. We have the sale date of our house fast approaching, though, so there’s been lots of reorganisation getting done. I think we need to get a removals firm in to assess the volume of the stuff we’re taking because I’m having problems getting