Well it has arrived in the post this morning, it's official our visa has been granted!!!

We applied for a 139 Visa on 25th April 2005, application recieved on 2nd May 2005
Med Request 8th September 2005, Med's done 5th October 2005
Pcc requested, Pcc came back 8th December 2005 and sent to agent
Pcc forwarded by agent 15th December 2005
Visa Granted 21st January 2006
Recieved Visa Grant Letter 25th January 2006!!!!

The wait is over!

We have to make sure we make our initial entry by 5th October 2006, so will have to go for a valadation trip.

Off to the post office this afternoon to post the passports to London so I can get that visa in our passports!

Hubby back at work tonight so can't celebrate with the bubbly until weekend

[Congratulations, you must be exstatic.!!! Ironically I just logged on to say we have now sent of for our application so are at the stage where you were in April 2005

Anyway great news and good luck!
madster

Congratulations...fab news...

Conratulations, great news.

We may be going down the"validation route" ,could you please explain what this means please "Off to the post office this afternoon to post the passports to London so I can get that visa in our passports! "

I thought you took your UK passport and Oz visas for validation ??

Hi
I mean in order for my passport to get the visa in it I will have to post our passports and the visa grant letter to London, as this is the nearest off shore office they will then place evidence of the visa's in the passports and return them to me in a couple of weeks.

We will have to go to Australia to validate our visa by October 5th as I don't think we will sell the house and pack up our life before then.

Hope this helps

Congratulations I am really pleased for you but I am being driven demented by waiting. I had a good feeling about today but I have checked m e-mails and no, no word yet.........................I am green with envy but congrats to you.
Karen

Thank you, the waiting has been driving me to distraction!, I check my email's all the time,(well I did).

And I am always on this site to see who has had a visa granted and to check timelines. I feel rather strange thought I would be really excited but I am calm, I am home from work too today which is not part of my routine.

I have not told any family though!, can't mention the word Australia to my mother! so not looking forward to telling her or my dad then my sister will put her two pennies in I am sure!

I will stay happy for now, knowing we are that step closer!

good luck with your application I am sure it will arrive any time soon!.

Great news, well done . You could always open the bubbly without hubby.
All the best

Jx

Congratulations you must be really excited

Thanks for that, do you have the London address??

Dave

Hi Dave

The address is;
Visa Evidencing Unit
Migration Branch
Australian High Commission
Strand
London
WC2B 4LA

Thany you, thank you and thank you.

All the best with next phase.

Dave

Congrats, we got ours yesterday, great isnt it?

It is a really good feeling! bit strange to think that that is it! no more waiting!, congratulations on getting your visa too!

CONGRATULATIONS!

Karma on its way