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Re: hello
Originally posted by nosuchluck hello i'm new to this site so bear with me! myself, hubby Mark and daughter Chanelle are hoping to emigrate to surrounding areas of Brisbane, under the visa Skilled Independent! Hubby is a plasterer so needs to have his skills assessed by the TRa! spoke to our agent (global visas) today, at long last he thinks we're ready to submit the mound of paperwork to the TRA but first needs to get it checked by his superiors! what i'm asking is any tips, advice on how to stop the worrying? we just want to be living in Australia now!!!! really hard to keep motivated in this country, ie work, day to day life, etc! any hints, tips would be grateful! rach:rolleyes: e are hoping to get to Brisbane area around late October, a good time to go we hope, what with the onset of winter, it will also give us a bit of time to ease into their summer and give the kids a couple of months to adjust before they start school January 2003. I am a builder, and one of the many reasons I am emigrating is, although I have work here, I can't buy land in this area to build. Good luck with your application. Slater :beer: :beer: :beer: |
hi guys
just a short message to say hello and welcome,i too am recent to this site and also heading for brisbane area under skilled indi visa{carpenter}my tra took 7 weeks passed ok although the finger nails took a bashing,as for the booze it just fades things for a while so be patient sit tight and cross what can be crossed,our main application has been in now for 3 months so we still have a long wait. regards mark |
Re: Tina
Originally posted by tinaj We have 3 children and no family in Aus. We told most of our family last Christmas and they took it in varying ways. From tears to support. Luckily they are all behind us now. In fact my mother-in-law wants to join us! I am hoping to bring my Mum out April next year and I pray that she likes it. I would like her to join us on a retirement visa, I don't like the thought of her here on her own. She is really upset about her only Grandchildren leaving, but understands that we want a different sort of life to what we have here. We visited nearly a year ago now and loved The Sunshine Coast area, around Caloundra, Maroochydore way. We will rent for 6/12 months and then probably buy land and build. I am sure it will all happen sooner than you expect we applied last Oct expected at least a year and had meds/police requests after 5 months. We got our visas a couple of weeks ago. We aim to leave at the end of Dec/ Jan. Hoping to save up some money, sell the house, resign etc before then. Keep in touch you can always pm me. Tina I have it the other way round. We are the parents, and we are going to Australia, leaving our eldest daughter, husband grand-daughter and new baby due in September, and I feel so bad about leaving them behind. My daughter would come like a flash, but her husband is a Farmer here and has a farm that has been passed down through generations. I am hoping and praying that when they come out to see us next year, he will want to come aswell, but I want it to be their decision. I plan to make sure that they love their stay in Oz, and will have my fingers, toes, legs crossed that it will make him decide in my favour. If they don't, it will be a great blow for us, and I am not sure how I will feel.The word devastated comes to mind. To have them there would make our move complete. Sue |
Originally posted by tinaj Welcome to the site! The first thing you need to do is put Pommie Bastard, Wilf and Dotty amonst others on your ignore list. Do not read any threads that they have posted as they might offend/ upset you. Tina I find some of your posts incredibly naive, however I do not advise people not to read your posts. Why dont you look up "forum", particularly forum for people living in OZ which is where I live, so too does PBetc. |
Originally posted by dotty Tinaj, just because you only wish to read what you want to hear you do not have any right to suggest other people stick their head in the sand or up their bottoms. I find some of your posts incredibly naive, however I do not advise people not to read your posts. Why dont you look up "forum", particularly forum for people living in OZ which is where I live, so too does PBetc. You should probably know by now Dotty that any posts that are at all negative about Oz, in any way shape or form are dismissed by a few people who use this forum as whinging. All they want to hear are the endless positives, and if anybody posts differetly then they are just 'failures' etc etc. All a bit tiresome really....:rolleyes: |
Hi Mark
Hi Mark
thanks for the welcome and the advice! its such a great, informative site isn't it? 7 weeks for the tra assesment was good,although i can understand the finger nail thing!!!! are you using an agent? thanks again good luck to you too regards rach/mark Originally posted by mark warner hi guys just a short message to say hello and welcome,i too am recent to this site and also heading for brisbane area under skilled indi visa{carpenter}my tra took 7 weeks passed ok although the finger nails took a bashing,as for the booze it just fades things for a while so be patient sit tight and cross what can be crossed,our main application has been in now for 3 months so we still have a long wait. regards mark |
KEV
Hi Kev
thanks for the advice! who long did it take for your tra approval? hopefully not as long as it has accumulating all the references/etc! Mark asks if you'll keep in touch especially if you end up around Brisbane as he'd love to know how much plastering work there is out there, and how contractors feel about taking on pommies! best of luck to you rach/mark Originally posted by kevwalt hi just got to hang in there, after the tra stuff it becomes quite straight forward kev (brickie) heading over in 9 days will look at the building game in Perth & Brisbane and will post any info i get brickwork & plastering good luck |
Re: Hi Mark
Originally posted by nosuchluck Hi Mark thanks for the welcome and the advice! its such a great, informative site isn't it? 7 weeks for the tra assesment was good,although i can understand the finger nail thing!!!! are you using an agent? thanks again good luck to you too regards rach/mark :rolleyes: :p :p hi rach & mark in awnser to your question iam using an agent a company from wimbledon called ian harrop & associates we have been very pleased with the results so far,with regards to mark looking for plastering work five weeks ago we were on the gold coast looking for houses and work there is no problem i could see with the aussies employing brits although most of the new builds were dry lined{joint and tape}but from my experience doing timber frame in the uk i have found that most plasterers can do this just as well. hope this helps regards mark |
Mark
thanks for that Mark,
yes mark can tape & joint but prefers to solid plaster! i've heard alot of good stuff about Ian Harrop, we're using Global Visas, very thorough indeed but hopefully will be worth it! thanks again :beer: rach & mark |
Originally posted by dotty Tinaj, just because you only wish to read what you want to hear you do not have any right to suggest other people stick their head in the sand or up their bottoms. I find some of your posts incredibly naive, however I do not advise people not to read your posts. Why dont you look up "forum", particularly forum for people living in OZ which is where I live, so too does PBetc. |
Re: hello
Originally posted by nosuchluck hello i'm new to this site so bear with me! myself, hubby Mark and daughter Chanelle are hoping to emigrate to surrounding areas of Brisbane, under the visa Skilled Independent! Hubby is a plasterer so needs to have his skills assessed by the TRa! spoke to our agent (global visas) today, at long last he thinks we're ready to submit the mound of paperwork to the TRA but first needs to get it checked by his superiors! what i'm asking is any tips, advice on how to stop the worrying? we just want to be living in Australia now!!!! really hard to keep motivated in this country, ie work, day to day life, etc! any hints, tips would be grateful! rach:rolleyes: Just a quick hello back, I remember the paperwork I thought it was never going to end but we are nearly there now, Perth Bound Oct/Nov, being in limbo is not much fun, but we tried to carry on as normal, I even started up my own business, it certainly kept my mind off Oz for a while,the kids drove us mad watching Steve Irwin non stop I think they thought that every person in Oz spent their days catching snakes!!!!!!!!! A good friend of mine has left for Brisbane 3 months ago, she has just bought a house and got the kids in good schools, despite a bit of a lonely start she has mainly posative things to say so far, apart from the red back she shared the shower with!! Good luck with it all, patience is the word, sadly. Suz |
Re: KEV
Originally posted by nosuchluck Hi Kev thanks for the advice! who long did it take for your tra approval? hopefully not as long as it has accumulating all the references/etc! Mark asks if you'll keep in touch especially if you end up around Brisbane as he'd love to know how much plastering work there is out there, and how contractors feel about taking on pommies! best of luck to you rach/mark :) |
Re: hello
Originally posted by nosuchluck hello i'm new to this site so bear with me! myself, hubby Mark and daughter Chanelle are hoping to emigrate to surrounding areas of Brisbane, under the visa Skilled Independent! Hubby is a plasterer so needs to have his skills assessed by the TRa! spoke to our agent (global visas) today, at long last he thinks we're ready to submit the mound of paperwork to the TRA but first needs to get it checked by his superiors! what i'm asking is any tips, advice on how to stop the worrying? we just want to be living in Australia now!!!! really hard to keep motivated in this country, ie work, day to day life, etc! any hints, tips would be grateful! rach:rolleyes: im pretty much new to this site too, its a long process but it will be worth in the end, the booze certainly helped on those stressfull days. we got our visas through in march, heading for adelaide, (not many people seem to be heading that way), anyway hopefully off in sept, good luck vidge |
Re: hello
Hi Rach
I see you are also from Dorset! Which part are you in? I lived in Parkstone and Canford Heath before moving to Florida. I think there is someone on this forum who lives in Hamworthy (sorry, can't remember the name) maybe you could hook up with them? Good luck with the visa, my hubby got his last month so now we are really starting to panic! Wannabe Wallaby |
Re: hello
Hi WannabeWallaby
haha! we live in Parkstone but i am original from Bournemouth (west cliff), hubby is from Poole! well done for getting your visas, where are you hoping to emigrate to? regards rach Originally posted by WannabeWallaby Hi Rach I see you are also from Dorset! Which part are you in? I lived in Parkstone and Canford Heath before moving to Florida. I think there is someone on this forum who lives in Hamworthy (sorry, can't remember the name) maybe you could hook up with them? Good luck with the visa, my hubby got his last month so now we are really starting to panic! Wannabe Wallaby |
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