badri

Fingers Crossed for you mate!!

Sure we will hear the news from you and the CO tomorrow.

We are also having two viewings tomorrow that within a week we put the house for sale

So I am anxiously waiting to see your post then anything

Badri

justmd

Do ya know whats even worse! House prices here are dropping and over in Oz they seem to be be steadily rising (at least where I wanna live) so I'm between a rock and a hard place, missus & I sell up move in with parents now, or stay put in a place I am fed up with but need to keep if not accepted, wot to do????????????????????????

youcanlaugh

Thanks Badri,

Well, no reply this morning. Even set up my Yahoo mail so that I get an SMS if they send me an email. Hopefully I will hear something tomorrow. oops. Here comes the postman. Nope. Looked like a yellow envelope, but it was a very light brown one, so no news via post today either. Oh well. Another day to wait.

At least I got my new laptop keyboard, so I can get my laptop back up and running which will be very handy, and it'll keep me occupied for a few minutes.

youcanlaugh

Forgot to say, good luck with the house viewings Badri.

I phoned my buyers solicitor yesterday and they are now starting the legal process, so we should be able to exchange (the point of no return for both parties) in 3-4 weeks, so I am hoping I would have heard something on the visa front by then. Also, the solicitor is a friend of the buyers, so that should mean she does things quicker than a normal purchase. So it's all good news on the house front from this end. Just for that visa thingy now...

Ozbod

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Know what you mean about Aus things being everywhere you look - very irritating. I totally understand the whole 'on hold' thing. Problem is that we are passing up opportunities because of this.
Has your agent contacted them yet?
We are stuck in Kent too! They must have an anti Kent thing going on!



Good morning Caz

Our agent has'nt been in touch with them so far as i know, i get very frustrated but i think he just realises their inundated with these applications and that they will get to ours eventually (God, i must be having a calm moment - the Prozac must have kicked in!). Mind you it does'nt help that i spoke to him yesterday and his email is down at the moment!

Just hope our application has'nt fallen down the back of some filing cabinet!!!

Good luck and hope we all hear something soon

Ozbods wife

badri

Hi

Good that things are moving on steadily at the home front side and with the new laptop you should be roaring to go. Sometimes the CO takes couple of days to reply. MY CO also took two days to reply but with a good result. So I am still very positive on that. I think you should'nt worried at all things are falling in place and you can feel it too

Good luck mate
Badri

longreach

Caz, did you give DIMA a call. Hope you had some success... please let us know!!

longreach

I noticed this as well. Also, they (the experts that is) are predicting the AUD to further strengthen against the GBP due to the fact that the USD is basically rubbish and Oz has higher interest rates than us currently. Also they are saying that the likelyhood of further rises in UK is becoming less likely.
(Lower UK house prices + Higer Oz prices) x worse exchange rate = bol****s

longreach

Badri, have you booked your flights yet?

youcanlaugh

Well, my CO did reply after all. Only just received it as she sent it at the end of the day.

She says that my file is in one of her review tubs along with others and she hopes to review it in the next few weeks. Meanwhile my patience is appreciated.

mmm. So basicly 'stop bugging me, I may get around to it sometime in the next month. friggin brilliant. She probably has some poor January 2005 applicants that have been waiting for 4 months poor things. sigh.

P*ssed off again now. For all I know, she'll review it, ask for some more info and drag it out another 2 months. sigh again (slightly louder this time).

I mentioned that I hope to reach the 'no turning back' stage in my house sale within the next 3-4 weeks. Water off a ducks back obviously. Still, it worth a try. I may be homeless yet, who knows.

Ozbod

Hi Neil

Not sure which is worse, knowing your file is in the process of being looked at, or not hearing a damn thing, both equally as frustrating i think.

On the home front, we sold a year ago and have been renting since - it's cost us a lot of money but did'nt think for one minute we would still be here, thought 6 months of renting should see us have an answer one way or the other. lol I hope you hear something before you move out, at least your timing will be a bit better that ours. Although really glad we sold when we did as there are now 5 houses for sale in the same close we used to live in, i don't think anything is moving either!

Looks like we have to keep patient for a few more weeks. Try not to look at the post july if you can help it, it only winds us all up!

See ya later

Ozbods wife

Ozbod

Hiya Badri

Just wanted to wish you luck with your viewings today, all that cleaning you have been doing will pay off now

Good luck

See ya later

Ozbods wife

youcanlaugh

Hiya Ozbods wife,

I think I am in an easier position having at least heard something. I feel calmer now than before I had heard anything I must admit. (doesn't show much though I guess).

I don't know why I am being so impatient really as we don't intend moving to Oz until we complete on the house (end of August if all goes to plan). It would just be nice to know that we are actually going. Much like you I guess.

We are forming a contingency plan though. Probably New Zealand, although I think that visa takes about a year as well. I'd still rather get to Oz, but you never know the way DIMIA seem to work.

Well, I'll just have to keep myself occupied for another couple of weeks...at least. Got a weeks holiday coming up in a week or so, so hopefully just relax and totally spend time with the family, ignoring the visa fiasco altogether(doubting that already).

margoo

Hello all,

does anyone of you guys know where I can find the list of doctors who are eligible to do the medical examinations? I just can't find it anymore...

Thanks a lot and good luck for another day of wait...
Margoo

margoo

Ooops there it is... just found it. Sorry