Got It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jun 25th 2004, 10:48 pm
#1
Visa'd Up Dutch Member
Thread Starter
Joined: Jun 2003
Location: existing in Southampton..
Posts: 272
Got It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally, finally, finally, GOT IT!!
Skilled visas, subclass 136, myself and partner.
One failed skills assessment (AIM), one failed exam (NAATI), finally a VETASSESS pass.
Doctor had a stroke one day before medicals were booked, frantic search for another doctor with the next day booked off work.
Medical papers got stuck in customs and had to pay import duty on the insurance costs to get them released.
Bond money begged and borrowed from here there and everywhere, crappy exchange rate, watched rate soar in the weeks that followed.
Visa granted after hassling case officer on 1 June 2004
Passports held at AHC for over two weeks and finally returned today.
A small fortune spent in assessments, photocopying, certifying, posting, x-raying, couriering, phoning, faxing, and exchange rating!
THE most expensive stickers known to man!
11 months, 29 days door to door. Opened the returned passports outside the post-office where a year ago the app went off on its merry way and remember thinking; "the worst bit is done!" Yeah right!
Phew!!! What a feeling. Validation trip booked to Perth on 16 July for 3 weeks!!!!
Its worth the wait guys! Good luck to all still in limbo!
Now, where do i line up for my free house and pool?!?
Skilled visas, subclass 136, myself and partner.
One failed skills assessment (AIM), one failed exam (NAATI), finally a VETASSESS pass.
Doctor had a stroke one day before medicals were booked, frantic search for another doctor with the next day booked off work.
Medical papers got stuck in customs and had to pay import duty on the insurance costs to get them released.
Bond money begged and borrowed from here there and everywhere, crappy exchange rate, watched rate soar in the weeks that followed.
Visa granted after hassling case officer on 1 June 2004
Passports held at AHC for over two weeks and finally returned today.
A small fortune spent in assessments, photocopying, certifying, posting, x-raying, couriering, phoning, faxing, and exchange rating!
THE most expensive stickers known to man!
11 months, 29 days door to door. Opened the returned passports outside the post-office where a year ago the app went off on its merry way and remember thinking; "the worst bit is done!" Yeah right!
Phew!!! What a feeling. Validation trip booked to Perth on 16 July for 3 weeks!!!!
Its worth the wait guys! Good luck to all still in limbo!
Now, where do i line up for my free house and pool?!?
Jun 25th 2004, 10:52 pm
#2
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Re: Got It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations.
After all of that you certainlt deserve it.
Gravyman
After all of that you certainlt deserve it.
Gravyman
Jun 25th 2004, 10:54 pm
#3
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Posts: 272
Cheers mate. Feel like I am graduating finally posting our own GOT IT!
Jun 25th 2004, 10:56 pm
#4
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Joined: May 2004
Location: Crawley West Sussex
Posts: 2,315
Re: Got It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally posted by flying dutchman
Finally, finally, finally, GOT IT!!
Skilled visas, subclass 136, myself and partner.
One failed skills assessment (AIM), one failed exam (NAATI), finally a VETASSESS pass.
Doctor had a stroke one day before medicals were booked, frantic search for another doctor with the next day booked off work.
Medical papers got stuck in customs and had to pay import duty on the insurance costs to get them released.
Bond money begged and borrowed from here there and everywhere, crappy exchange rate, watched rate soar in the weeks that followed.
Visa granted after hassling case officer on 1 June 2004
Passports held at AHC for over two weeks and finally returned today.
A small fortune spent in assessments, photocopying, certifying, posting, x-raying, couriering, phoning, faxing, and exchange rating!
THE most expensive stickers known to man!
11 months, 29 days door to door. Opened the returned passports outside the post-office where a year ago the app went off on its merry way and remember thinking; "the worst bit is done!" Yeah right!
Phew!!! What a feeling. Validation trip booked to Perth on 16 July for 3 weeks!!!!
Its worth the wait guys! Good luck to all still in limbo!
Now, where do i line up for my free house and pool?!?
Finally, finally, finally, GOT IT!!
Skilled visas, subclass 136, myself and partner.
One failed skills assessment (AIM), one failed exam (NAATI), finally a VETASSESS pass.
Doctor had a stroke one day before medicals were booked, frantic search for another doctor with the next day booked off work.
Medical papers got stuck in customs and had to pay import duty on the insurance costs to get them released.
Bond money begged and borrowed from here there and everywhere, crappy exchange rate, watched rate soar in the weeks that followed.
Visa granted after hassling case officer on 1 June 2004
Passports held at AHC for over two weeks and finally returned today.
A small fortune spent in assessments, photocopying, certifying, posting, x-raying, couriering, phoning, faxing, and exchange rating!
THE most expensive stickers known to man!
11 months, 29 days door to door. Opened the returned passports outside the post-office where a year ago the app went off on its merry way and remember thinking; "the worst bit is done!" Yeah right!
Phew!!! What a feeling. Validation trip booked to Perth on 16 July for 3 weeks!!!!
Its worth the wait guys! Good luck to all still in limbo!
Now, where do i line up for my free house and pool?!?
CONGRATULATIONS,, sounds like a dodgy ride but at least you got it in the end.
Enjoy your trip and you new life
K
Jun 26th 2004, 1:16 am
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Joined: Dec 2003
Location: Hillarys, Perth
Posts: 3,973
Beautiful!! There IS a light at the end of that twisty, freakishly long, bloody tunnel.
Good on ya!!!!
Good on ya!!!!
Jun 26th 2004, 6:00 am
#6
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Re: Got It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations!!! I have seen it written on here that THIS is when the stress begins!!!!!!LOL Lets hope not for sanity's sake, but let us know soon.
Good luck
Lindsey
Good luck
Lindsey
Jun 26th 2004, 6:46 am
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Location: dreamland
Posts: 779
Congratulations Dutchman. It's good to see that post at long last.
Jun 26th 2004, 8:23 am
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Many congratulations. Now the fun starts........!
Yvonne
Yvonne
Jun 26th 2004, 8:33 am
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Posts: 625
Well done....... feels good doesn,t it 
all the best plum
all the best plum
Jun 26th 2004, 9:53 am
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Congrats
footie chick
footie chick
Jun 26th 2004, 9:56 am
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Re: Got It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally posted by flying dutchman
Finally, finally, finally, GOT IT!!
Skilled visas, subclass 136, myself and partner.
One failed skills assessment (AIM), one failed exam (NAATI), finally a VETASSESS pass.
Doctor had a stroke one day before medicals were booked, frantic search for another doctor with the next day booked off work.
Medical papers got stuck in customs and had to pay import duty on the insurance costs to get them released.
Bond money begged and borrowed from here there and everywhere, crappy exchange rate, watched rate soar in the weeks that followed.
Visa granted after hassling case officer on 1 June 2004
Passports held at AHC for over two weeks and finally returned today.
A small fortune spent in assessments, photocopying, certifying, posting, x-raying, couriering, phoning, faxing, and exchange rating!
THE most expensive stickers known to man!
11 months, 29 days door to door. Opened the returned passports outside the post-office where a year ago the app went off on its merry way and remember thinking; "the worst bit is done!" Yeah right!
Phew!!! What a feeling. Validation trip booked to Perth on 16 July for 3 weeks!!!!
Its worth the wait guys! Good luck to all still in limbo!
Now, where do i line up for my free house and pool?!?
Finally, finally, finally, GOT IT!!
Skilled visas, subclass 136, myself and partner.
One failed skills assessment (AIM), one failed exam (NAATI), finally a VETASSESS pass.
Doctor had a stroke one day before medicals were booked, frantic search for another doctor with the next day booked off work.
Medical papers got stuck in customs and had to pay import duty on the insurance costs to get them released.
Bond money begged and borrowed from here there and everywhere, crappy exchange rate, watched rate soar in the weeks that followed.
Visa granted after hassling case officer on 1 June 2004
Passports held at AHC for over two weeks and finally returned today.
A small fortune spent in assessments, photocopying, certifying, posting, x-raying, couriering, phoning, faxing, and exchange rating!
THE most expensive stickers known to man!
11 months, 29 days door to door. Opened the returned passports outside the post-office where a year ago the app went off on its merry way and remember thinking; "the worst bit is done!" Yeah right!
Phew!!! What a feeling. Validation trip booked to Perth on 16 July for 3 weeks!!!!
Its worth the wait guys! Good luck to all still in limbo!
Now, where do i line up for my free house and pool?!?
All the best.Hope its worth all the waiting plese keep us all informed on your validation trip to Perth as we are hoping to go there.Hope its as good as everyone says it is.
Relax and have a few beers I think you deserve it.Cheers Dreamaway
