British Expats - The Official Loners Thread

Congrats!!!

Did I miss the get together...??

I am going to have my first braai (bbq...) today - weather not as good as yesterday, but still do-able I think.

paul30

Apr 27th 2008 12:00 pm

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Originally Posted by Aquamarine (Post 6269354)

No, I was trying to keep my misery to myself - but since you ask........;)

I am SO fed up with the waiting - my life is wasting away.......

My son is a pain in the arse at the moment ( in BIG trouble at school ):curse:;the school keep ringing me while I'm at work (teaching!!)which is doing my head in:(; the area we live in has suddenly become the crime capital of Europe (or so it seems) and I am worried sick every time he goes out the door:thumbdown:; someone is off long term sick at work and we are all having to cover:frown:, I have until 9 May to give my notice in if I'm not going to go back in September (think I have to do this with or without visa):confused::eek:

I have scanned and sent every piece of info I can think of so that a CO has nothing to do but send my app to a decision maker AND GRANT ME A VISA!!!!

I wish I had been kidnapped;)

sorry to hear your probs Aqua I know the feeling about waiting for the visa I've still heard nothing on that front either:curse:

Scuba Steve

Apr 27th 2008 8:40 pm

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I've had a low weekend waiting. What makes it worse is my visa should have taken about 4 weeks back in October and its really getting to me now. Can we arrange that Wimbledon meet please so I can drown my sorrows with people who don't just go, "you're not on about Oz AGAIN!!!" please?

Well done Doc btw.

knockoff nige

Apr 27th 2008 8:42 pm

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Originally Posted by Scuba Steve (Post 6275760)

What visa did you apply for? I still in insist on a Dublin meet up. he he

Scuba Steve

Apr 27th 2008 8:45 pm

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Originally Posted by knockoff nige (Post 6275763)

What visa did you apply for? I still in insist on a Dublin meet up. he he

457 (temp long stay business visa) as a recruitment consultant.

knockoff nige

Apr 27th 2008 8:47 pm

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Originally Posted by Scuba Steve (Post 6275776)

457 (temp long stay business visa) as a recruitment consultant.

That sounds awfully long. Do you have a CO or anything?

Scuba Steve

Apr 27th 2008 8:50 pm

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Originally Posted by knockoff nige (Post 6275779)

That sounds awfully long. Do you have a CO or anything?

Its because the labour agreement which was in place was scrapped and agreeing a new one is taking ages. Few thousand others in my position from what I've been told, seems like red tape. I don't mind waiting per se but the longer it goes on, the more worried I g et that it won't actually happen!!! I'd like to stay until end of July so I;m hoping sod's law will come into effect and the visa will come through just ot piss me off some more.

sharonm5

Apr 28th 2008 12:46 am

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Originally Posted by Scuba Steve (Post 6275791)

well you will have to carry me into and out of the place of gathering as I hurt my back on friday... am well up for a few bevvies!

So my time for a little moan then...Although things have only started for me I am getting disheartened...my application still has not gone in apparantly... my new employers have done everything on their side, agents say they awaiting docs from me (which they not as I check my emails at 6am every morning to see if I have to take docs into work to scan etc etc), so now just sitting around...waiting for the agent to catch a wake up.

Apparantly its freezing cold in sydney with rubbish weather - that makes me happy in a sadistic way...

Anyone want to paint my back wall for me... (might as well milk the limp whilst its there!)

Scuba Steve

Apr 28th 2008 12:51 am

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Originally Posted by sharonm5 (Post 6276779)

Anyone want to paint my back wall for me... (might as well milk the limp whilst its there!)

Might want to rephrase that if Doc's about, he'll assume you mean something else.

Fizz and Aqua, you up for a beer in Wimbledon? I've posted on the UK meet thread as well.

MTPockets

Apr 28th 2008 1:30 am

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Hi guys and gals.

Received my pr visa grant today so looking to be off to sydney in june. Only me myself and I going, so no reason to delay too much.

Just wondering if anyone else is heading that way? Likely to be staying somewhere near a surfable beach - I know a few people out there, but be great to catch up for a drink and share some of the initial daunting aspects & the excitement.

Best of luck to you all.
Jason

Scuba Steve

Apr 28th 2008 1:43 am

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Originally Posted by MTPockets (Post 6277005)

Hoping to land up in Coogee myself when I forget not to look too far forward!

MTPockets

Apr 28th 2008 2:25 am

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Cool. It's the looking forward that has kept me going!

Coogee is great. I'm thinking about manly but only because I lived in bondi junction for whv year so be nice to try the other side. But have a feeling when I go back (esp to bronte) I won't want to leave the eastern suburbs.

ponyrama

Apr 28th 2008 3:01 am

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Originally Posted by MTPockets (Post 6277269)

I'm hoping to end up in Thirroul - which is a stones throw from the most fabulous of all right handers "Sandon Point". See you out the back hun! :thumbsup:

pacey

Apr 28th 2008 3:15 am

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well i'm still about folks! I've been busy with normal life stuff, reading through here sounds like most of you have too, but that visa are edging closer! Hope everyone is on track. I promise I'll be more social when we get to the other side!

I think I'm around 4-6 weeks from grant, if not less. At the moment I'm feeling inclined to find a job out there before i go, and I'm also dead excited about the summer coming - which is putting me off going over to the aussie winter *too* quickly. So I'm not feeling as desperate to go as I was. I think I'll be wise and try my damndest to get work, then go. But there will come a point when i can't wait.

of course, all of this is made much easier (& harder?) by the fact i've just started seeing someone. But she knows the score, so i think it'll work out fine. She may even be tempted to come with me! At the moment i'm not thinking about the future, and enjoying what i've got.

Congrats on the visa grant MTPockets! See you in The CBH soon!

Scuba Steve, mate you need to knock some heads together soon! It's shit being out of control isn't it! But i'm sure it'll come together.

Pony: I'll see u out back chick! We'll be needing a team van?

Doc: well done on the vetassess bro, nice conjugation of them there verbs!

everyone else: you're ****ing awesome! :)

much love from a loved up Dan x

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