Bit of a gamble...
#1
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Bit of a gamble...
The packers were here yesterday so our wordly possessions are already on their way to Melbourne.
Our 457 visas haven't been granted yet :scared:
Our house sale is scheduled for this Friday but could potentially be delayed until the end of October :scared:
We fly Monday :scared:
Don't you just love it when a plan comes together?
Our 457 visas haven't been granted yet :scared:
Our house sale is scheduled for this Friday but could potentially be delayed until the end of October :scared:
We fly Monday :scared:
Don't you just love it when a plan comes together?
#2
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Location: Thankfully Brisbane now
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Re: Bit of a gamble...
Originally Posted by Tom and Maria
The packers were here yesterday so our wordly possessions are already on their way to Melbourne.
Our 457 visas haven't been granted yet :scared:
Our house sale is scheduled for this Friday but could potentially be delayed until the end of October :scared:
We fly Monday :scared:
Don't you just love it when a plan comes together?
Our 457 visas haven't been granted yet :scared:
Our house sale is scheduled for this Friday but could potentially be delayed until the end of October :scared:
We fly Monday :scared:
Don't you just love it when a plan comes together?
You are very brave!
Good luck to you all though, i bet your soooooo excited.
Hope it all goes smoothly for you.
Melis
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Re: Bit of a gamble...
Originally Posted by Mel n Daz
WOW! :scared:
You are very brave!
Good luck to you all though, i bet your soooooo excited.
Hope it all goes smoothly for you.
Melis
You are very brave!
Good luck to you all though, i bet your soooooo excited.
Hope it all goes smoothly for you.
Melis
#4
Re: Bit of a gamble...
Originally Posted by Tom and Maria
The packers were here yesterday so our wordly possessions are already on their way to Melbourne.
Our 457 visas haven't been granted yet :scared:
Our house sale is scheduled for this Friday but could potentially be delayed until the end of October :scared:
We fly Monday :scared:
Don't you just love it when a plan comes together?
Our 457 visas haven't been granted yet :scared:
Our house sale is scheduled for this Friday but could potentially be delayed until the end of October :scared:
We fly Monday :scared:
Don't you just love it when a plan comes together?
If you are thinking of getting a holiday visa, be careful that you dont apply for the holiday visa just after the 457 gets granted, because the 457 will then be invalid :scared: A new visa always overrides any previously issued visa's whatever type they may be.
Then you'll be up the river without a paddle
Congrats with everything anyway and good luck, you are definitely a lot braver (or more stupid ) than I would dare to be.
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Re: Bit of a gamble...
Good luck !!
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Re: Bit of a gamble...
Originally Posted by Sara1970
Good luck !!
I'm in Melbourne already working on the 457 visa. We got them 2 days before we flew, which was nice. The house sale is now ready for completion and should go through this week if everything goes to plan (fingers crossed).
Melbourne itself is how I remember it, very nice. We are on Collins Street in Liberty Tower with views over the docklands and sea.
Would be good to meet up with anyone in Melbourne soon - when my brain morphs back into a proper brain, rather than the current jet-lag-induced Swiss cheese that it is.
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Re: Bit of a gamble...
Originally Posted by Tom and Maria
So far it's paid off...
I'm in Melbourne already working on the 457 visa. We got them 2 days before we flew, which was nice. The house sale is now ready for completion and should go through this week if everything goes to plan (fingers crossed).
Melbourne itself is how I remember it, very nice. We are on Collins Street in Liberty Tower with views over the docklands and sea.
Would be good to meet up with anyone in Melbourne soon - when my brain morphs back into a proper brain, rather than the current jet-lag-induced Swiss cheese that it is.
I'm in Melbourne already working on the 457 visa. We got them 2 days before we flew, which was nice. The house sale is now ready for completion and should go through this week if everything goes to plan (fingers crossed).
Melbourne itself is how I remember it, very nice. We are on Collins Street in Liberty Tower with views over the docklands and sea.
Would be good to meet up with anyone in Melbourne soon - when my brain morphs back into a proper brain, rather than the current jet-lag-induced Swiss cheese that it is.
Will you have to go offshore then for your visas to be granted ?
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Re: Bit of a gamble...
Originally Posted by Fiona&malc
Will you have to go offshore then for your visas to be granted ?
#9
Re: Bit of a gamble...
I am glad things are working out well for you so far. Good luck with your new lives in Oz.
Katie
Katie
#10
Re: Bit of a gamble...
[ :scared: wow...you must have been good in this life! keep the good luck flowing.
#11
Re: Bit of a gamble...
Originally Posted by Tom and Maria
So far it's paid off...
I'm in Melbourne already working on the 457 visa. We got them 2 days before we flew, which was nice. The house sale is now ready for completion and should go through this week if everything goes to plan (fingers crossed).
Melbourne itself is how I remember it, very nice. We are on Collins Street in Liberty Tower with views over the docklands and sea.
Would be good to meet up with anyone in Melbourne soon - when my brain morphs back into a proper brain, rather than the current jet-lag-induced Swiss cheese that it is.
I'm in Melbourne already working on the 457 visa. We got them 2 days before we flew, which was nice. The house sale is now ready for completion and should go through this week if everything goes to plan (fingers crossed).
Melbourne itself is how I remember it, very nice. We are on Collins Street in Liberty Tower with views over the docklands and sea.
Would be good to meet up with anyone in Melbourne soon - when my brain morphs back into a proper brain, rather than the current jet-lag-induced Swiss cheese that it is.
Have great time in Melbourne, from a very jelous 457 applicant still waiting to get out to Melbourne
Paul
#12
Re: Bit of a gamble...
Originally Posted by Tom and Maria
They were granted just before we left the UK so we don't need to do anything else except go to the visa place here in Melbourne and get the labels put into our passports.
#13
Re: Bit of a gamble...
Originally Posted by Sandra
You sold your house to come over on 457 temp visas - have you plans to stay perm?
Thats what we are planning on doing as well.
#14
Re: Bit of a gamble...
Originally Posted by furkew
is that so strange ?
Thats what we are planning on doing as well.
Thats what we are planning on doing as well.
On a 457 you only have the right to stay for max 4 years - the UK market in houses moves in pounds, so I asked the question why sell out.
A temp visa is a temp visa.....but if there are plans to move to a perm then I understand.
Cheers
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Re: Bit of a gamble...
Originally Posted by Sandra
Ok I did not say it was strange - but we came over on a 457 and did not sell up in the UK until our PR was completed 1 year later.
On a 457 you only have the right to stay for max 4 years - the UK market in houses moves in pounds, so I asked the question why sell out.
A temp visa is a temp visa.....but if there are plans to move to a perm then I understand.
Cheers
On a 457 you only have the right to stay for max 4 years - the UK market in houses moves in pounds, so I asked the question why sell out.
A temp visa is a temp visa.....but if there are plans to move to a perm then I understand.
Cheers
We are going out on a 457 because I don't have the qualifications as a sales executive/director of a decent sized company to apply for a PR visa but after 2 years in Oz its no problem.