Maybe the best way to deal with all this waiting.

If we all arranged to get flights over and just charged through immigration on arrival.

give it a go , eh!!

just realized your from belfast! maybe all the northern irelanders could give it a go to get out of this place

Yeah, actually living in Portadown now, probably explains why i am so eager to leave. Im fustrated already and cannot apply until July.

why can you not apply until july? r u waiting for tra?

Perhaps people should try that at Heathrow's terminal 5? at least there'd be some movement.

I've just been reading about that. What an absolute disgrace and - as the journo I read put it - puts real doubts on the ability of British companies to actually deliver a project.

I already have a TRA accepted, I have to wait for work experience now. What stage our you at?
Did I read in the Northern Ireland thread you were heading to the SC? Thats a lovely area, Have you been before? I hope to be going to the Brisbane area very possibly outer northern suburbs, depending on working opurtunities.

yeah, we're hoping to go tosunshine coast.
oh is doing his vetassess practical in april ( again) so fingers crossed he passess

I saw the interview the BA official gave on Sky UK - what a PR disaster!
Can you believe being told you can board a flight only if you're prepared to leave your luggage behind? (wonder what sort of security alert that would've caused )

Something to do with the speed of the luggage conveyors wasn't it? whoops, someone got the decimal place wrong again.

What is the practical in? I never had to do anything lke that, I have been reading through a few threads and it mentions practicals, I dont know much about them, guess if your a qualified tradie then it shouldn't be much to worry about. I have had my TRA since 2005, then delayed the plans but now keen as ever to get ot there..