Hi Estee,

As you know we are still waiting................ I guess your right and its probably very busy down there at the moment. I know our CO has been on leave, she is due back today!

Hopefully our application is on top of her pile!!!

Speak soon and keep your chin up

Caz
xxx

i think medicals can take about a week to 10 days to get to Australia House (I had my medical last week and they said it takes that long as they have to get blood test results back) - so you should hopefully hear soon. At this stage I am sick of the sight of the visa forms - can't wait to send them in!! We've frontloaded medicals and police checks so we're hoping it will all run smoothly.

Yeah we waited two weeks for them to send the stuff, which they did on 21 April. According to Royal Mail the medicals arrived at AHC on 22 April. Can you believe that it is now almost 22 May and still nothing??? Rang the CO last week as she do not have our medical. Now... either it is ''still in the pile'' or it is floating around somewhere in the AHC.

I wish I can express in words how %^&$& off I am that we did everything by the book. ( I mean, we spent £3000 on an agent) and we are still waiting. Currently if feels like we will never leave the UK.

I feel for you. Personally, I think that just by paying £655 you should be guaranteed an efficient service.

Although it could be worse.. you could be me! Flights booked for 11th june and still waiting, only sent my application off on 2nd of May! My medical should have been with them about 4 weeks ago, but they have just requested it!?!?!

Hi everyone...

this thread has taken a depressing turn lately! It is not sounding too good with things going missing and long wait times.. I just found out today that the police have lost my subject access request form on the way to the data protection people, so they are re-doing it now! have most of the other stuff ready to go so now it is looking like it could be august at least before we are ready to leave?!

I agree about flights, can't believe how expensive a one-way flight is just because it's school hols in UK, you're hardly going to go on a one-way flight then come back for next term are you?!

On the flipside also feeling quite down about leaving everyone behind so soon...argh! anyone else feel the same?

hi - we're at a similar stage to you - hope to submit forms on wednesday, have done medical and got police checks. OH can't wait to get home, I am depressed at the thought of leaving close family & friends behind :-( where are you heading to in Oz? We're going to Adelaide. Sister just booked wedidng date in scotland (near edinburgh) for May 2009 so looks like a return flight for us!!

hi - it's good (well, comforting i suppose!) to hear someone else is feeling this way, I've been looking forward to going for sooo long and now that it's actually happening I almost don't want to leave! and OH is same, hates this country and can't wait to go home and see all the friends and family he's been missing for 5 and a half years!! it's difficult to balance it all...
We are heading to NSW - near wagga wagga to stay with OH's parents for a while and save up for place to live etc. Don't know where we will end up though, quite fancy Adelaide.
It's good to have something to aim for, the wedding will be a great opportunity to see everyone again, I'm sure you will be feeling fine by then!

The processing times are looking really long at the moment though, are you frontloading?

just heading out but will PM you this evening :-) its a relief to know I'm not the only one getting emotional about going!

Thanks, I really appreciate that! I have an exam tomorrow but tomorrow night I will no doubt be on here for hours again...as you can see I'm currently very focused on studying!!

Im getting emotional now and I haven't even submitted my PMV yet! Told my mum yesterday and she got upset, which was hard to see. I dont have a big family but its still going to be very hard to leave nonetheless, but I guess you go through this knowing your going to be happy eventually?

Hi JBloke,

Yeah it's horrible when you see your parents upset, you feel responsible but it's not much of a choice, stay in the UK to keep everyone happy (except OH and you) or go and be with the one you love! Yeah I only live close to parents and brother but still hard.

Its so hard thinking about leaving people here! My OH is English all his family are here, as I have been over here for 11 years all my 3 children have been born here and its going to be hard to take them away from his parents! Saying that though my family have never seen them so its a bitter sweet situation for us. Also I have one sister here I will be leaving behind with her family and I am not looking forward to that!

I guess it is far from my mind at the moment though and will only feel real when we get the nod that this visa is granted!

Fingers crossed for all of us!!

Caz x

Hi Guys,

Soz haventbeen on here for a while , my work has blocked me getting expats grrrr first they blocked face book and now this grrrrrrr!!!!!
Hope everyone is ok and applications going well, any questions pm me and I wil try and get back to you asap xxxx

I am a bit behind so if anyone already said this - sorry.

In an email from AH they told me that if you dont appear to have enough money or may become a financial burden on the state they will ask you to get someone in Australia to provide an assurance that they will help you financially if this happens.

The reason I was worried is because I am the Australian and therefore the sponsor but am a stay at home mum so when we go my husband will be the earner but they seem happy that the proceeds from my house sale (if it ever sells) will be enough.

hi guys..

got a question, hoping someone can give me a quick answer so i can get this sorted today!

ok ive been asked to get an australian police check done. says on the for that you have to pay $32.73 (weird ammount!) by cheque or money order. Now, I dont have an australian cheque book and a british cheque will be no good to them i assume, and by money order, can that be a postal order? I dont know how to pay for it!

thanks