Hi

Had our medicals on friday the doctor said he is very busy with bookings for meds, so who knows could feb be the month were our dreams can be realized??

When do DIAC ask for final payment is it just before they finally approve?

Good luck to those pending meds results, I can almost feel the heat of the WA sun.

Fingers crossed! We may see you there!

I think I may be missing something here.....what is the final payment? I thought the full visa app fee was paid up front?

Hi - well done on getting this far. Someone correct me if I am wrong but you don't have to pay a second installment do you??? See info below cut and paste from the DIAC website.......


Important: Fees may be subject to adjustment at any time. Visa Application Charges may be subject to adjustment on 1 July each year. This may increase the cost of a visa.

The 1st instalment of the Visa Application Charge must be paid at the time of application.

The 2nd instalment of the Visa Application Charge for dependents aged 18 years or over with less than functional English must be paid before the visa is granted.

Skilled - Sponsored (Migrant) visa (subclass 176)
Charge Type Charge Amount

1st instalment
$2575

2nd instalment
$3575

This is on page__http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/990i/professionals-outside-australia.htm#b

I could be wrong hey, phew

You only need to pay the second installment if you have dependents, like a wife, and they have a less then vocational knowledge of English on their IELTS tests. If they have over (I think) 4 on all tests then you don't need to pay.

EDIT: Just saw it says Liverpool under your nick. You aren't taking IELTS then at all, are you?

Good grief you had me worried there!! I thought we had paid the last of the fees with our meds and pcc

Phew! We might actually have some money left for flights then

I just checked file, kids meds saying finalised, ours saying received, awaiting hiv, doc said hiv will be wed.
how exciting

Excellent! All our meds finalised excepte hubbies still showing received, but he only had it Thursday, so prob waiting on blood test n xray

Just waiting for our police checks to arrive so we can attach them!

So very exciting! Nothing for 18 months then BAM! Its all speeding along

We were all wondering about the time frame for our CO and thinking it would be Feb or March and we may all have our visas by then.
Planning to use some of my airmiles to validate. The rest may go towards and upgrade for the moving flight.

We have our meds on Tuesday next week, tho not worried, we had already done ours last year, but you never know.

I dont feel that our visas will be issued in feb/march, i think it will be more 4-6 months before we hear from our CO after everything has been met/finalized. Hubby spoke to DIAC 2 weeks ago and these where the predicted timelines they gave us then, but also said it could be longer depending on what the c/o found in our files and whether she required more information.

Our aim is hopefully to be there before our daughter starts school......in the meantime life goes on

I am right in thinking this is incorrect then? No 2 installment to pay?

Still got house to sell and all the other stuff to do as well, can't see us being anywhere near Oz before xmas. But it's somethung to look forward to.

Snap........We have had our house on the market for the past 9 months, as we had already decided to move even if we were not accepted.
We have had no offers on the house, and we live in Dorset, so a very nice part of the UK to live in.
We might end up going with little savings at this rate, either that or i send hubby over first while i tie things up at this end.
I predict, still being here in 18 months time, which as long as we have our visa suits us just fine.......we are not ready to hop on a plane tomorrow, and if doctors are busy doing lots of medicals (which they are) that means CO have alot of work to do, so it isnt going to happen overnight.

We have decided to rent our out for the first year. 1. because house prices are pretty rubbish at mo 2. the exchange rate is also rubbish and 3. Incase we dont like it in Austrlia (unlikely)

Once our visa has been approved we are going to rent the house, then live in a 1 bed flat or even a static caravan for the summer, then pack our cases and go!

Sounds a bit mad, but the stress of moving house and flying to Oz in the same week sounds a bit much for me, especially with two littleluns. Moving out asap will leave us with our stuff to ship in storage and a few more quid in the bank each month, then when we are ready, we grab our cases, check out and leave!! Yeehah!