koonyungdi

Thanks for the update on Yafoley..tell her I said hi and hope all goes well for her and her family!

Di

Paul Fitz

Hi Chef69

Thanks for letting us know Yafoley has arrived safely. Tell her g'day from all this end. Also we are dying to know how she is getting on. Hopefully she will be online soon.

Koonyungdi great to hear from you. We'll defo meet for those drinks. I will pm you in the next few days.

Macker how is tricks. Thanks for the text. The goodbye parties are just starting. Have one tomorrow and Thursday. There will be plenty of tears.

Take care all.

MK

Paul Fitz

Hi all

Well our flights are now booked. We are heading to Brisbane on 19th September. No turning back now ! Getting a little excited and nervous all in one. So much to do in the next two weeks.

Take care

MK

koonyungdi

Hi MK!

That's all of 15 days away now!! How are the children finding things? Are they excited? Let me know if you can manage to meet up some evening in town or wherever suits. I'm really excited for you and can't wait to hear about Brisbane

Take care and talk soon

Di

Paul Fitz

Hi Di

Just can't believe we are heading out so soon. There is a neverending list of to do things. Our two youngest are just so excited. The eldest (10) is the one I have to watch. He has not mentioned anything much about the move. He has a wide circle of friends here, so I am just hoping that he will pick up with some new friends very quickly. They all start school on 9th October.
I would love to meet up with you and Macker. I will send you a pm later today.

Take care

MK

gidxg03

We just got an email this morning with a positive skills assessment result

So thats 60 points in the bag. Hope to have the visa application ready in a week or so. How long does it take once the visa application (136) is sent off?

priscilia

CONGRATULATION

That's he hardest part over!! As for your other question, I think everyone would love to know exactly!! Are you on the MODL list or not?

gidxg03

Thanks priscilia. My wife is the main applicant as she is a software developer. Her name is on the skilled demand list but not the MODL list afaik.

priscilia

It will probably be a bit longer then. Have you tried looking at www.autimeline.com, it might give you a better idea.

gidxg03

I'll bookmark that site for when we send in the application. Thanks

koonyungdi

Congratulations!
How long did it take to hear back from the TRA? We're just about ready to re-submit ours..good luck with the Visa application!

Di

macker

Congratulations. Great feeling isn't it!! As far as how long it takes - well thats the million dollar question!! 4,5,6 months??????

Priscilia - How are you? When are you goning to the gold coast? How's the bump?

Koonyungdi - Good luck re-submitting the TRA. Ours came back in 5 weeks - it was over the Easter holidays so took a bit longer.

priscilia

We are going in 6 weeks time!! My house is half empty and boxes are piling up. It's so hard deciding what to take and what not to take as we are not shipping much, just a few boxes. Having my first scan on friday, hoping to find out if there is any point taking the girls baby clothes or not!

Our TRA only took a couple of weeks at the end of may, I don't know how long they take now. Good luck anyway Koonyungdi, I hope you get a really fast positive answer this time.

gidxg03

Thanks for the congrats everyone

koonyungdi we submitted our TRA stuff in June but had to resubmit further certified papers so that delayed us. Took about 6-8 weeks once we submitted all required certificates.

JohnandMichelle

Many congrats Delighted for you. As others have said, that really is the hard part - paperwork wise. Sounds like you have everything ready to send off visa application. Once that's gone off, you should try and relax for a bit - spend the time doing as much research as you can. Not sure how long its taking these days - austimeline will help though. All the best. Michelle