it sure is you must be lookin forward to that 80 mile round trip evry day .............................not

It's rubbish...and fuels going back up too, ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH :curse:

no word about your vise then

Well no, not my 175, but now that the OH and I have been together over 12 months (nearly 18 months now) we're both on his ENS 120 application so, fingers crossed!

Hi Guys

I posted on here some time ago when I hadn't applied yet. I was out in Oz in the summer and left my application in the hands of an immigration lawyer. They have just asked me for the employer reference and police checks so I am not sure whether the application has gone in yet. I am for a sponsered 176. Anyone got a clue how long these are taking these days?
I did my IELTS in Queens in Sept and all fine.

My sister has just bought me a house in Brisbane. Woo hoo. Lets hope I get a visa lol

Millie

Finally made it to Oz, moved to Toowoomba in QLD on Saturday, and so far, so good! How's everyone else doing?

Good luck with your new life down under, we will be here a year next month and are loving it

Gill

Brilliant, have you been home yet?

So jealous!! all the very best for the future x

Thanku, it'll be your turn soon!

Just wanted to say hi to all of you folks from N.Ireland/ Ireland. We are actually originally from Bangor but moved to Calgary 3 years ago. To cut a long story short I think we are more cut out for the sunshine. 6 months of winter can actually make you long for N.Ireland weather again, if you can believe it

We are heading to Brisbane in June for a holiday/ research trip and we cannot wait.

To all of you already in Aus, jealous, wish I was there, and to those waiting I feel for you, we waited 2.5 years for our Canadian visa and now we are about to start the wait all over again

Cheers
Karen

All the best, Karen, keep us posted on your progress, we arrived in Australia last saturday!

Hello all

Thanks Jen for resurrecting this thread, hope you are getting on well in your new home!

We've just had our visa granted so are very excited and are now trying to focus on what we need to do next.

Ultimately we want to be out there by September as I have been lucky enough to get a job and my employers are holding the job open for me. My brother is getting married in August so no point in going before that as it would break my heart to miss that.

We've got an estate agent friend coming on Wednesday so hopefully get the house on the market soon... we wanted to have it on the market earlier, but you know how things are, needed stuff done round the house etc.

One thing I am going to be looking into soon is shipping, can anyone recommend who they used?

Can't believe I don't need to use the immigration forum on here anymore!

hi, congrats on the visa we used browns from belfast, they where very good!

Well done itsmylife, we used Pickfords, but only because the OH's employer paid for them, so far so good, but then again we still haven't got our stuff yet, so can only comment on the packing process!

All the best and keep us posted,

Jen xo