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Nov 11th 2004, 10:57 am
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Re: visa
Originally Posted by ecando
Well .. just to update ...
YELLOW ENVELOPE arrived today, and we're off to the post office to send the passports Special Delivery!
Can't believe it was only 1 week today that I started this thread ... now the passports are off for stampin'!
YELLOW ENVELOPE arrived today, and we're off to the post office to send the passports Special Delivery!
Can't believe it was only 1 week today that I started this thread ... now the passports are off for stampin'!
So please for you!!!!!!!!! Thats so exciting!
All the best and have a good
tonight!Lynn x
Nov 11th 2004, 11:51 am
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Re: visa
Great news Jez,
What size envelope does it come in, I've been checking post all week for mine!!
What size envelope does it come in, I've been checking post all week for mine!!
Nov 11th 2004, 1:15 pm
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Re: visa
Originally Posted by primrose
Great news Jez,
What size envelope does it come in, I've been checking post all week for mine!!
What size envelope does it come in, I've been checking post all week for mine!!
Nov 11th 2004, 7:15 pm
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Re: visa
Originally Posted by ecando
Well .. just to update ...
YELLOW ENVELOPE arrived today, and we're off to the post office to send the passports Special Delivery!
Can't believe it was only 1 week today that I started this thread ... now the passports are off for stampin'!
YELLOW ENVELOPE arrived today, and we're off to the post office to send the passports Special Delivery!
Can't believe it was only 1 week today that I started this thread ... now the passports are off for stampin'!
Wot no trackin down to London!!!
Nov 14th 2004, 9:06 am
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Re: visa
Originally Posted by RAG62
Wot no trackin down to London!!!
The passports arrived on Friday at 09:06 am!
Saturday, we sold Laura's car (The guy who bought my Audi, well it's someone who works for him!) and they said we can keep it until we move! How cool is that!?
They also had a lot of the odds and sods of stuff we had left, and they were such nicepeople, that we didn't charge for most of it.... just knowing the car had sold was another weight lifted ...
Today is the day we book our flights ... Boooking the Oz flights, probably with Emirates, based on the feedback from Tass, but the flights to France (going there first) will wait until we have the passports back.
Boxes packed ... will do a count later, and will post on Tuesday (after they've given us a final quote) the damage ...
watch this space!
For some reason I can't subscribe to my own thread anymore, so I don't get notifications of posts here?
Nov 14th 2004, 9:23 pm
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Congrats on the visa good luck down under ireland
Nov 14th 2004, 10:41 pm
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Originally Posted by ireland
Congrats on the visa good luck down under ireland
but up!Just back from the neighbours ...
Nov 19th 2004, 9:25 am
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Originally Posted by RAG62
Wot no trackin down to London!!!
Thanks for your email ... (in the whirlwind which is our life - NO I'm not complaining!
, I seem to have deleted it!)Any hoos ... Passports SAFELY returned this morning, along with our tickets for Melbourne!
VERY exciting morning !
Nov 19th 2004, 8:24 pm
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Re: visa
Originally Posted by ecando
Hi Rich,
Thanks for your email ... (in the whirlwind which is our life - NO I'm not complaining! , I seem to have deleted it!)
Any hoos ... Passports SAFELY returned this morning, along with our tickets for Melbourne!
VERY exciting morning !
Thanks for your email ... (in the whirlwind which is our life - NO I'm not complaining!
, I seem to have deleted it!)Any hoos ... Passports SAFELY returned this morning, along with our tickets for Melbourne!
VERY exciting morning !
. Still might forgive if I ever get to Oz. Have started a new thread about our delays. Only just received registration with the NBSA on Wednesday. Once we get the certificate certified then we will send off modified assesment to ANMC. God it has taken a long time. Still may be a good thing with the way the exchange rate is at the moment. Could be fate........
Glad things are going great guns for you. Lucky bugger.
Rich
Nov 20th 2004, 9:14 am
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Originally Posted by RAG62
Jez - gutted that you deleted my e-mail. Just when I thought we were mates .
Still might forgive if I ever get to Oz. Have started a new thread about our delays. Only just received registration with the NBSA on Wednesday. Once we get the certificate certified then we will send off modified assesment to ANMC. God it has taken a long time. Still may be a good thing with the way the exchange rate is at the moment. Could be fate........
Glad things are going great guns for you. Lucky bugger.
Rich
. Still might forgive if I ever get to Oz. Have started a new thread about our delays. Only just received registration with the NBSA on Wednesday. Once we get the certificate certified then we will send off modified assesment to ANMC. God it has taken a long time. Still may be a good thing with the way the exchange rate is at the moment. Could be fate........
Glad things are going great guns for you. Lucky bugger.
Rich
You'll always have a special place in my heart ...
I'm SOOOOO pleased for you and Gill. It taken 4 months .... ANMC will be a lot quicker (are you going to use DHL for speed and SECURITY!?), so start looking PAST the ANMC bit, to the visa application. Look at what you need for that.
You can shave the odd day, week, month off by getting things in motion now .... Adn yes, these are things that don't cost! LOL
Has Gill started to get references together to prove her experience?? In our experience, these took the most amount of time, so look into these now if not!
Don't mention the exchange rate!
Nov 20th 2004, 9:26 am
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Re: visa
Originally Posted by ecando
You'll always have a special place in my heart ...
I'm SOOOOO pleased for you and Gill. It taken 4 months .... ANMC will be a lot quicker (are you going to use DHL for speed and SECURITY!?), so start looking PAST the ANMC bit, to the visa application. Look at what you need for that.
You can shave the odd day, week, month off by getting things in motion now .... Adn yes, these are things that don't cost! LOL
Has Gill started to get references together to prove her experience?? In our experience, these took the most amount of time, so look into these now if not!
Don't mention the exchange rate!
Things are moving - NBSA sound really slow, hope QNC are faster - they are saying 10 days in the forms!?
Lynn
Nov 20th 2004, 9:32 am
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Originally Posted by lynnlovessun
Do you think I should DHL my stuff to QNC as it contains the most documents (certified), ANMC modified hardly needs any documents. Have got all my docs certified at same time for QNC/ANMC and DIMIA. Only need those refs for DIMIA now!!!
Things are moving - NBSA sound really slow, hope QNC are faster - they are saying 10 days in the forms!?
Lynn
Things are moving - NBSA sound really slow, hope QNC are faster - they are saying 10 days in the forms!?
Lynn
We sent everything by DHL ... it cost approx £40 at time, but you get to track it, and get peace of mind it's arrived. With International Signed For, the only tracking you get is "it's been handed over to overseas postal service for delivery", or other c**p like that. You never get to see it arrive.
QNC were/are really quick. From posting (International Signed For - but we learnt from that!!!!) to recepit back was three weeks .... blimey, way way back in May/June.
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Nov 20th 2004, 9:36 am
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Re: visa
Originally Posted by ecando
Hi Lynn ...
We sent everything by DHL ... it cost approx £40 at time, but you get to track it, and get peace of mind it's arrived. With International Signed For, the only tracking you get is "it's been handed over to overseas postal service for delivery", or other c**p like that. You never get to see it arrive.
QNC were/are really quick. From posting (International Signed For - but we learnt from that!!!!) to recepit back was three weeks .... blimey, way way back in May/June.
Jez
We sent everything by DHL ... it cost approx £40 at time, but you get to track it, and get peace of mind it's arrived. With International Signed For, the only tracking you get is "it's been handed over to overseas postal service for delivery", or other c**p like that. You never get to see it arrive.
QNC were/are really quick. From posting (International Signed For - but we learnt from that!!!!) to recepit back was three weeks .... blimey, way way back in May/June.
Jez
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Nov 20th 2004, 9:40 am
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Originally Posted by lynnlovessun
Cheers for that Jez - Yes think I want the peace of mind of track and trace for all 3 of my applications, expensive though! Did you just put everything for QNC in an envelope and DIMIA? Do you have to secure the application/ documents together? Was just thinking about using those poly pockets.
Lynn
Lynn
We put ours in an plain envelope (don't seal it as DHL will need a quick peek), but didn't use any bindings etc. Think of all the poly pockets, bulldog clips etc they have to get rid of!
At least the envelope can get receycled.
Just a thought ...
Jez
Nov 20th 2004, 9:41 am
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Re: visa
Originally Posted by ecando
Didn't use poly pockets, as they do state this in the application packs ...
We put ours in an plain envelope (don't seal it as DHL will need a quick peek), but didn't use any bindings etc. Think of all the poly pockets, bulldog clips etc they have to get rid of!
At least the envelope can get receycled.
Just a thought ...
Jez
We put ours in an plain envelope (don't seal it as DHL will need a quick peek), but didn't use any bindings etc. Think of all the poly pockets, bulldog clips etc they have to get rid of!
At least the envelope can get receycled.
Just a thought ...
Jez
Lynn
