Glorious day for the Gers
May 23rd 2005 | 8:35 am
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Re: Glorious day for the Gers
Originally Posted by lang81
Hey James,
Hoping to go to Perth, I hear there is plenty of work out there for joiners. I am applying with my fiancee, we dont have any kids, just a cat !
Hoping to go to Perth, I hear there is plenty of work out there for joiners. I am applying with my fiancee, we dont have any kids, just a cat !
What stage are you at on your application process? My wife and I looked at Perth(looks stunning)but decide that it was just to isolated from the rest of Auz.What r u going to do about your cat when you get the ok?No pets for us two kids instead daughter of 3 1/2 and a son of1 1/2.
James
May 23rd 2005 | 8:42 am
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Re: Glorious day for the Gers
Originally Posted by THE THOMSONS
G'day mate,
What stage are you at on your application process? My wife and I looked at Perth(looks stunning)but decide that it was just to isolated from the rest of Auz.What r u going to do about your cat when you get the ok?No pets for us two kids instead daughter of 3 1/2 and a son of1 1/2.
James
What stage are you at on your application process? My wife and I looked at Perth(looks stunning)but decide that it was just to isolated from the rest of Auz.What r u going to do about your cat when you get the ok?No pets for us two kids instead daughter of 3 1/2 and a son of1 1/2.
James
We are still trying to decide which agent to use , so early stages. Dont know wether to use an agent here or in Oz, any ideas ? As for the cat I will worry about that when the time comes. One of the reasons I chose Perth is the cheap house prices compared to Melbourne etc. Have you looked at property in Melbourne yet ?
Craig.
May 23rd 2005 | 8:51 am
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Re: Glorious day for the Gers
Originally Posted by lang81
Hey James,
We are still trying to decide which agent to use , so early stages. Dont know wether to use an agent here or in Oz, any ideas ? As for the cat I will worry about that when the time comes. One of the reasons I chose Perth is the cheap house prices compared to Melbourne etc. Have you looked at property in Melbourne yet ?
Craig.
We are still trying to decide which agent to use , so early stages. Dont know wether to use an agent here or in Oz, any ideas ? As for the cat I will worry about that when the time comes. One of the reasons I chose Perth is the cheap house prices compared to Melbourne etc. Have you looked at property in Melbourne yet ?
Craig.
We have priced countless properties in Melbourne and I do understand your comment with regards to prices ,but we are looking at approx 25-35 miles from CBD.We decided on Melbourne because I felt it would help my wife acclimatise to the heat etc.We used OE Visas as our agent,I am sure if you check previous thread you will read some horror stories about agents.We paid a lot of money and seemed to do a lot of the work on our application ourselves,but not all negative they did have their uses.
James
May 23rd 2005 | 8:59 am
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Re: Glorious day for the Gers
Originally Posted by THE THOMSONS
Graig,
We have priced countless properties in Melbourne and I do understand your comment with regards to prices ,but we are looking at approx 25-35 miles from CBD.We decided on Melbourne because I felt it would help my wife acclimatise to the heat etc.We used OE Visas as our agent,I am sure if you check previous thread you will read some horror stories about agents.We paid a lot of money and seemed to do a lot of the work on our application ourselves,but not all negative they did have their uses.
James
We have priced countless properties in Melbourne and I do understand your comment with regards to prices ,but we are looking at approx 25-35 miles from CBD.We decided on Melbourne because I felt it would help my wife acclimatise to the heat etc.We used OE Visas as our agent,I am sure if you check previous thread you will read some horror stories about agents.We paid a lot of money and seemed to do a lot of the work on our application ourselves,but not all negative they did have their uses.
James
I am thinking of using George Lombard. He is cheaper than many other agents and gets rave reviews on this site. Is your agent in the UK or Oz .
May 23rd 2005 | 9:15 am
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Re: Glorious day for the Gers
Originally Posted by lang81
Hey James,
I am thinking of using George Lombard. He is cheaper than many other agents and gets rave reviews on this site. Is your agent in the UK or Oz .
I am thinking of using George Lombard. He is cheaper than many other agents and gets rave reviews on this site. Is your agent in the UK or Oz .
Our agent is OE Visas and is based in Edinburgh.We seem to be paying them a lot of money for the privilage of us running around like blue arsed flies gathering the information.
James
May 23rd 2005 | 9:23 am
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Re: Glorious day for the Gers
Originally Posted by THE THOMSONS
Graig,
Our agent is OE Visas and is based in Edinburgh.We seem to be paying them a lot of money for the privilage of us running around like blue arsed flies gathering the information.
James
Our agent is OE Visas and is based in Edinburgh.We seem to be paying them a lot of money for the privilage of us running around like blue arsed flies gathering the information.
James
I was looking at Visa - go ,also in Edinburgh , they seemed helpful on the phone but were a couple of hundred quid dearer than the others we looked at. I think we will go with an agent in Oz.
May 23rd 2005 | 9:31 am
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Re: Glorious day for the Gers
Originally Posted by lang81
James
I was looking at Visa - go ,also in Edinburgh , they seemed helpful on the phone but were a couple of hundred quid dearer than the others we looked at. I think we will go with an agent in Oz.
I was looking at Visa - go ,also in Edinburgh , they seemed helpful on the phone but were a couple of hundred quid dearer than the others we looked at. I think we will go with an agent in Oz.
Here is a bit of info for you on costs.We have paid 2150 to our agent 400 to the TRA 800 To DIMIA AND 500 for our medicals.
James
May 23rd 2005 | 9:35 am
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Re: Glorious day for the Gers
Originally Posted by THE THOMSONS
Graig,
Here is a bit of info for you on costs.We have paid 2150 to our agent 400 to the TRA 800 To DIMIA AND 500 for our medicals.
James
Here is a bit of info for you on costs.We have paid 2150 to our agent 400 to the TRA 800 To DIMIA AND 500 for our medicals.
James
May 24th 2005 | 4:47 am
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Re: Glorious day for the Gers
Originally Posted by lang81
Hey thats a fair bit of money . Have you recieved your visa yet ,and when do you hope to go . What are you doing with your house, selling or renting ?
Just had medicals on Monday so hopefully should get word back within two months.Were are looking at selling the house as we are going out to Auz with the attitude that we ain't coming back.Looking at moving before December so that we can enrol our daughter into school before end of term.
James
