Originally Posted by gobbyjock

PP - how did you manage to sit on your hand?? :rolleyes:
Rooksie - does this mean you`ve actually posted the TRA at last?? :D
Karma being sent to you both

Originally Posted by Bodger

I'll take those odds. I know we all come on forums like this looking most of all for some moral support, if the truth be known, but you've got to be realistic about these things.

Do we all apply to live permanently in another country, with all the burdens for their nation that entails, without expecting it to be a lengthy, involved process, and one which possibly ends in a rejection ?

Good luck to everyone who's going through the process at the moment, but if people whinge about every step of the process that everyone has to go through, is it really constructive ?

I've got to have a skills assessment, I've got to apply for a visa, I've got to sell my house, I've got to sell my hatchback. Maybe if you cant face up to these issues, you shouldn't apply ? Or spare the forums and call Clare Rayner (sp).

Sorry if I sound a bit harsh, but I'd rather save my sympathy for people who've got exceptional issues to deal with.

Originally Posted by Rogue Trader

Nicely said GJ.
You were a lot more restrained than I would have been. We all need some moral support at times. Chin up Rooksie.

Good on yer,
RT.

Originally Posted by Rooksie

thanks RT - i guess some people are just too full of self importance and need an audience. :rolleyes:

j :)

Originally Posted by possoms

Well Bodger I for one need all the support I can get with this whole process.

Yes we made the decision to emigrate, but it aint easy your whole life is in limbo whilst we wait wait and wait.

We are doing all this for a better life, but are constantly reminded through friends and family of the life we will be leaving behind. That is very hard to deal with I will be at the other end of the world and cant come back at a drop of a hat if mum or anyone else is ill.

It is also hard to talk to family and friends about what we are going through because a) they dont understand and people on here do! and b) it upsets them.

We have done the skills assessment it was a very stressful process, and luckily we passed. we are having our meds this week god forbid anything bad shows up there.

So in light of all this Rooksie good luck to you and your family with the whole process, and that goes for all of you.

Rant over :)

Originally Posted by Nicky & Dave

Rooksie, just to say, keep your chin up - this whole bloody application process tests the best of us!! Keep thinking of the light (or rather sunshine) at the end of the tunnel!!

Nicky

Originally Posted by bridiej

Hang in there Jaq :D

I agree with the others, not everyone has a straightforward skills assessment (been there, got the t-shirt) and it is a real killer when you get that "failed" letter and feel like that's the end of the road.

I dont honestly know how I'd have got through this process without the help of this and similar sites. For a start I would not be in the hands of the excellent agent we know have nor would I have had any idea about timelines and how long we could expect to wait at each step of the way. I honestly thing we'd have just taken that fail and forgotten about our dream, but luckily there were plenty of people on here encouraging us not to give up.

Not to mention just the overall support that I've received (and hopefully given!) from other members, visa-related and personal.

Originally Posted by Rooksie

thanks mate - youre right. i certainly wouldnt be here now if not the this forum. would have walked and called it a day long ago. a bloody God send!!

oh cr*p - got to get kids now!!! life in the fast lane with J Rooks!!! :eek:

Originally Posted by Pollyana

Things could be worse you know - you could be running a hotel with vermin in the bar & a bath not big enough to drown a mouse, not to mention two dead pigeons in the water-tank

Originally Posted by Bix

....and Germans might want to come and stay