Any useful info welcome..
Jun 22nd 2007, 7:54 am
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Any useful info welcome..
Just joined- and looking for advice.
After a year in Adelaide, we've just decided to stay, and have a few questions:
- Can we get a medicare card? When we arrived last year we were told we could only have one for 3 months and then would have to be covered by travel insurance. Is that true? Do we have to wait for residency? (I'm on an occupational trainee visa)
- What's the deal with buying a house? again- do we have to be permanent residents? What is the Foreign Investment Bureau and how long does going through them take?
- Anyone know good shipping companies from the UK (South West)?
Any other helpful hints also appreciated!
Alexa
After a year in Adelaide, we've just decided to stay, and have a few questions:
- Can we get a medicare card? When we arrived last year we were told we could only have one for 3 months and then would have to be covered by travel insurance. Is that true? Do we have to wait for residency? (I'm on an occupational trainee visa)
- What's the deal with buying a house? again- do we have to be permanent residents? What is the Foreign Investment Bureau and how long does going through them take?
- Anyone know good shipping companies from the UK (South West)?
Any other helpful hints also appreciated!
Alexa
Jun 22nd 2007, 8:03 am
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Re: Any useful info welcome..
Just joined- and looking for advice.
After a year in Adelaide, we've just decided to stay, and have a few questions:
- Can we get a medicare card? When we arrived last year we were told we could only have one for 3 months and then would have to be covered by travel insurance. Is that true? Do we have to wait for residency? (I'm on an occupational trainee visa)
- What's the deal with buying a house? again- do we have to be permanent residents? What is the Foreign Investment Bureau and how long does going through them take?
- Anyone know good shipping companies from the UK (South West)?
Any other helpful hints also appreciated!
Alexa
After a year in Adelaide, we've just decided to stay, and have a few questions:
- Can we get a medicare card? When we arrived last year we were told we could only have one for 3 months and then would have to be covered by travel insurance. Is that true? Do we have to wait for residency? (I'm on an occupational trainee visa)
- What's the deal with buying a house? again- do we have to be permanent residents? What is the Foreign Investment Bureau and how long does going through them take?
- Anyone know good shipping companies from the UK (South West)?
Any other helpful hints also appreciated!
Alexa
I'm thinking this might be better off in the main forum so a nice mod might move it for you.
Jun 22nd 2007, 10:36 am
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Re: Any useful info welcome..
Just joined- and looking for advice.
After a year in Adelaide, we've just decided to stay, and have a few questions:
- Can we get a medicare card? When we arrived last year we were told we could only have one for 3 months and then would have to be covered by travel insurance. Is that true? Do we have to wait for residency? (I'm on an occupational trainee visa)
- What's the deal with buying a house? again- do we have to be permanent residents? What is the Foreign Investment Bureau and how long does going through them take?
- Anyone know good shipping companies from the UK (South West)?
Any other helpful hints also appreciated!
Alexa
After a year in Adelaide, we've just decided to stay, and have a few questions:
- Can we get a medicare card? When we arrived last year we were told we could only have one for 3 months and then would have to be covered by travel insurance. Is that true? Do we have to wait for residency? (I'm on an occupational trainee visa)
- What's the deal with buying a house? again- do we have to be permanent residents? What is the Foreign Investment Bureau and how long does going through them take?
- Anyone know good shipping companies from the UK (South West)?
Any other helpful hints also appreciated!
Alexa
Buying a house, yes you will need approval from the FIRB, but it's not too complicated and doesn't take too long. Their website is here: http://www.firb.gov.au/content/default.asp
Can't help with shipping, I just brought a suitcase
Where abouts in Adelaide are you? I'm up North in Para Hills
Jun 22nd 2007, 3:01 pm
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Re: Any useful info welcome..
Dont eat yellow snow!
On a more seriuos note, these are the people we are going to use for shipping part loads, Bristol based, I dont know how much you intend to ship but they seemed one of the best to us for less than a full container.
http://www.shipit.co.uk/
On a more seriuos note, these are the people we are going to use for shipping part loads, Bristol based, I dont know how much you intend to ship but they seemed one of the best to us for less than a full container.
http://www.shipit.co.uk/
