Much help needed - newbies!!!
Sep 19th 2007 | 5:34 am
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Re: Much help needed - newbies!!!
Hi there, we have been using a company called Thames Consular Ltd, they are based in London and have been absoultley wonderful. All staff are originally from Australia. If you need a number or anything just let me know. The whole process from start to finish has taken approximatley 13 months. Good luck
Sep 19th 2007 | 9:55 am
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Re: Much help needed - newbies!!!
haha - its really wierd cos i'm usually the one stressing about stuff but on this occasion i just think that lifes for the living and a move to oz could only be a good thing. my partner on the other hand who is usually so laid back he's almost horizontal is the one freaking out!!! Thanks for that richard007 - the thought of my bloke surfing has had me chuckling all day!! lol
Sep 19th 2007 | 9:57 am
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Re: Much help needed - newbies!!!
Thanks cheekivimto. What is confusing me are all the tra and pcc business - what does it all mean?? arggh!!!
Sep 19th 2007 | 5:28 pm
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Re: Much help needed - newbies!!!
cool!! thanks for that advice - i agree totally - now i have had time to think about what they are actually offering, its true, its work we can do ourselves. Have been in touch with go matilda and they have been really helpful as our application is maybe not gonna be as straightforward as we first thought. we are getting the wobbles a bit as we have seen posts on here that are really negative about the financial side of things. My partner was by trade a mechanic (he now works for honda uk in technical support so is off the spanners - hence y our application is getting complicated!!) and we don't know what sort of wage he could expect so thats becoming a major worry as he doesn't want to take a drop in money - aaarrrgh so much to think about!!!
sorry went off on a bit of a rant but thanks for that advice - wow - ur all so helpful!!!!
sorry went off on a bit of a rant but thanks for that advice - wow - ur all so helpful!!!!
Oh, and just as a point of interest.... in Oz the JP's have certain days when they are in the shopping centres and you can get your stuff signed for free!!! How cool is that?!?!
Good luck!!
Sep 20th 2007 | 1:10 am
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Re: Much help needed - newbies!!!
Sep 20th 2007 | 1:15 am
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Re: Much help needed - newbies!!!
Wer used Concept Oz too. The only gripe we had with them(which might be the same for all agents) is that they spoon-fed us the details of the documents we had to get certified. It's probably so they don't scare you with the amount there is but we thought it would have been helpful to have had a list of what we needed to get signed at the beginning as getting a JP or solicitor to sign stuff becomes costly when you have to keep going back wiht more things to sign! We had a family friend(JP) do ours ohterwise it would have cost a fortune in their fees!!! Might be worth asking the agent you go with if that's a possibility??!!
Oh, and just as a point of interest.... in Oz the JP's have certain days when they are in the shopping centres and you can get your stuff signed for free!!! How cool is that?!?!
Good luck!!
Oh, and just as a point of interest.... in Oz the JP's have certain days when they are in the shopping centres and you can get your stuff signed for free!!! How cool is that?!?!
Good luck!!
Sep 20th 2007 | 1:52 am
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Re: Much help needed - newbies!!!
hello and welcome newbie i have been on hear for ages looking at diffrent ways i have just come back from our first hoilday in australia and oh boy i want to be there. so we have been on this site for a while ,and and have decided to take the bull by the horns finally, we was lookng at the skilled pathway but i havent got the 6 years exp in hairdressing as im told we would need so we was looking at maybe a working visa its a gamble but we want it so bad now, i have a brother and sister over there aswell has lots of nieces and nephews,so if enyone has got any ideas then great would love to hear from enybody who have taken this path way or there are more pathways to choose from
well cheers
jen
well cheers
jen
Sep 20th 2007 | 2:01 am
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Re: Much help needed - newbies!!!
Wer used Concept Oz too. The only gripe we had with them(which might be the same for all agents) is that they spoon-fed us the details of the documents we had to get certified. It's probably so they don't scare you with the amount there is but we thought it would have been helpful to have had a list of what we needed to get signed at the beginning as getting a JP or solicitor to sign stuff becomes costly when you have to keep going back wiht more things to sign! We had a family friend(JP) do ours ohterwise it would have cost a fortune in their fees!!! Might be worth asking the agent you go with if that's a possibility??!!
Oh, and just as a point of interest.... in Oz the JP's have certain days when they are in the shopping centres and you can get your stuff signed for free!!! How cool is that?!?!
Good luck!!
Oh, and just as a point of interest.... in Oz the JP's have certain days when they are in the shopping centres and you can get your stuff signed for free!!! How cool is that?!?!
Good luck!!
Good luck
