scrum

Sorry to say I'm one of the post Sept applications and being done online. Things are going faster but not by much. We all still have to do the same med process. Mine went in on Sept 2nd and I dont have a co. Payment is faster cause you pay when you submit your application but you still have to attached all the docs etc.

They give you 14 days to upload everything or else your not processed/refused.

I did get new passport and got our pccs done in July so I only have meds to do - when they request them.

Trish

scrum

I told mine last weekend and his the weekend before and was plesantly surprised. I think their just glad to be getting rid of us.

Trish

gidxg03

Thanks

Long term no idea. Gonna drive around and get a feel for the place. Staying first 4 weeks near the mornigton pennisula.

One child and he is 8.

No. Will start applying from October. My wife is keeping her job working from home (we hope).

Not at all. Been there, done that Trish. Best of luck.

gidxg03

LMFAO

Wish I'd thought of that!! Telling my mum was a nightmare!!

scrum

Mornington is beautiful. We've been over twice but it was only on the last trip that we got a proper feel for the place. Your son will love it there.

Updates gratefully received.

Trish

CynOpt

Hey no worries Trish, I had just found out ( shouldnt have been on t'internet at work anyway - my own fault ) and I was just a bit shell shocked.
Fair duece to anyone who applied post sept1 and is having a pleasant surprise. Dont let anyone else's whinging ( specially not mine - I just do it for entertainment ) make you feel anything less than chuffed to bits that you're visa is now on its way too.
NOTE: I reserve the right to whinge if it will get my Visa through faster.

I'm now at home, with a bottle of bulmers ( oh alright - magners in the UK ), and a choccy bar and feeling much much better.

Plus +++ fair play to my OH, of all days for my birthday present to arrive, today was the right day, was here waiting when I got home.
Now we won't talk about the fact that my birthday was in APRIL too much, the compound interest I applied will stop him from trying that little trick again

Ev

scrum

Ev you can whine all you want girl - I'd do the exact same if I were you.

We were trying to get ours in pre Sept as then we wouldn't have needed a sponsor but the luck of the Irish didn't prevail on that count.

Agent told me the exact same thing happened last time there were major changes. At the moment there are only 4 of us on here who have managed to complete the application online - 2 with agents help and 2 without so massive learning curve.

It would be brill to get it through early - we were all set for a 9 month wait but if it comes earlier I'll be shouting from the rooftops.

When are you expecting to get yours? Have you been waiting long? Good luck.

Trish

CynOpt

Ours went in on the 3rd of August, so only waiting 5 weeks really.
Applying for meds and pccs early Nov, so they should be all in by feb/March at a guess, hoping the visa grant wont be much later than May/June, although I dont know if I will be able to resist handing in my notice much beyond April.
I have to give 3 months notice, so I figure that should be OK, I can afford to have a couple of months off if I have to.

And hey, don't take the last IT manager job in melbourne, I just said goodbye to a guy from northampton on his way to melbourne do that too.
But I reckon I fancy going back to contracting development for a bit, my visa requires me to have 12 months work in 2 years, so contracting would fit in nicely with that, and getting to see some of the country.

CynOpt

I know this many posts in one thread doesnt really constitute a trend, but it looks like we're mostly going to Melbourne??

Is it the climate? family? other?
We loved it there - only decided to emigrate when we went there on hols to family wedding in feb, and we were blown away.

Couldn't imagine living anywhere else now.

goat eyes

Hi !

My family are from Ballyroan - just up the road ! We were in Abbeyleix with family last weekend!

I am 'London Irish' - living in Dublin (5yrs) with the Mrs (from Co Mayo)-both 33 yrs old. Mrs is a primary teacher, I am an auctioneer .....

No doubt we will have a few friends in common !!

We are hopefully off to Brisbane before Xmas.

Just waiting on the visa (hopefully!) we have sent the medicals in on the
28th August - that was all that the case officer asked for - - should be there by now........

Waiting is the killer !! Would be up for a pint & a chat one day if you like....Morrissey's is nice, or PM us and we could meet one day when you are in (South)Dublin if that suits you?

Best of luck with the visas everyone!!

Mr & Mrs Goat eyes..........

goat eyes

Tell us about it !!
We have 'Mayo mammy' up and running on email & Skype - webcam and all - she is 70!
'London Irish Mammy' - 68yrs old and 'getting there' with it !! - she rings me everytime she sends an email to tell me what it says!

I set both of them up - they were so amazed they could talk & see us for free - it took the sting out of the news that we are going !!

PM if I can help with anything !!

Goat Eyes..........

scrum

Think its the best city, cooler than brissie, nicer than sydney, less remote then perth or darwin and not as dry as adelaide

Trish

shears

Well begorrah an Irish thread!! Hi all

Living in Leixlip at the mo - heading over next Monday on a student visa with husband and 2 children (11 and 8, girl and boy) to Brisbane. Bricking it now as the packers are coming on Thursday and we're upside down to say the least!

Glad to hear the ones that are there are settling / settled in well!!


cheers
shears

scrum

great news for you. When do you go?

Trish

@boy

Yes - you absolutely, definately, most positively, totally want to do that !!! We rented for the first 2 years before we bought (very glad we did). It takes at least 2 years to settle in properly here and really get to know the place, the mindset, the culture etc.

One of the guys in my paragliding club is an Account Director at SMS here in Mellie if that's any help.

Without a doubt, Melbourne is a much bigger challenge than SYdney when it comes to IT. Think of Cork compared to Dublin for frame of reference.....
I found my previous 10 years in IT was not much help and effectively had to start again, taking a pretty low paid, poor conditions System Engineer role for the first year.
Once I got in the door at HP , all my previous experience was magically recognised again though !
Now I am at ANZ, I am probably back to the same equivalent earnings I was making when I left Ireland, so it took me 4 years to get back to that level. The first year is the struggle jobwise, but you can be lucky with your first job here and avoid that whole phase.

When we moved here, we had never been before, knew nobody here, had not lined up any jobs or prospects, had not sussed out places to live etc. We just came here with an open mind and no unrealistic expectations. I suspect it had a large part to play in how well we have become absorbed here.

I absolutely love where we are in Rosanna (adjoins Heidelberg, Viewbank). It is a green belt area, surrounded by parklands and cycle tracks. We have a 30 minute train ride into the CBD.
It is an established neighborhood with lots of great schools and a great feel to the place. It is most definately home for us now.

When you find yourself no longer saying to people..."At home in Ireland...", then you know you have really settled and become Australian ;-)

Good luck with the move.

Regards

Barney