the4macs

Hi Elaine
what is a pre ack? i hear everyone talking about
We have an appointment booked in Downpatrick co Down 21/08/07 i don't know if were going to go ahead with it.The agent is def against it she wants us to wait on our case number.But im hoping it will come before the appointmentwhat part of northern Ireland are you from?
we are also hoping to go to the Gold coast Birkdale,Wellington point area.have you looked at the schools yet? what age are your children if you even have any?
chat soon Elaine
Andrea

collybabe24

Its still very quiet, has no body heard anything yet? this is really doing my head in waiting, should of recieved acknowledgement over 4 weeks ago and ive heard nothing,meds have been frontloaded and we have sold house so i hope it wont be much longer, dont fancy moving in with the MIL.

freckles1970

Hi the4macs

It clearly states not on the australian government website that if cases are straightforward frontloading meds and police checks is advisable as it speeds up the process of visa issue once you get a case officer.

The medicals and police checks however are only valid for a year, so for example if you have them done in august you must validate your visa in australia by next august. I reckon if you think you will have everything tied up in the uk by then ie motgage etc I would get them done

Elaine & Nigel

Hi Andrea

I haven't booked medicals yet but think i might do it this wk and hope we get ack b4 they are due (doing them in Coleraine)

Hubby is a baker, I childmind part time we have 2 kids girl 11 she is due to start grammer school in sept, boy 10(who thinks he won't go back to school until we get to Oz!) haven't looked at schools yet the plan is when we get there take a 6wk holiday look at different areas before deciding where to settle.

Elaine

hunt66

Hi all May applicants,
quick update to say we frontloaded our medicals yesterday, glad it's over as i was not looking foward to them, though there is nothing to worry about, we had to hang around a while but everything seemed ok and all being well will be on their way to sydney next week.
Now we just need acknowledgement.
Claire

stephen1spurs

Hi all May applications

Just to let everyone now that i have received acknowledgment today 25/07/2007. My application was lodge on the 1/05/2007 hope this is the beginning off may acknowledgment.

Hope everyone hears soon

Stephen

magic8ball

OOOHHHHHH...

Moving then, mine was sent on the 2nd May...

FINGERS CROSSED....

ozdreamer

Hi Claire
We also had our medicals yesterday (frontloading), it was alot easier than I expected, it makes you wonder why we were worrying so much
When they finally get round to opening our files it will all be there waiting for them

hunt66

Hi,
It just seems strange that we have done all we can now and all that's left is waiting and more waiting, though from the above comment it looks like acknowledgement for May applicants has started, yipeee. Not that we are in any rush as we can't really move over until this time next year. When do you hope to make the big move?
Claire

ozdreamer

Lets hope cause we have done everything upfront the nice people from Diac will give us our visa quickly
As soon as we have the visa, the house will go on the market so it depends on how long it takes to sell! The plan is to go around Feb 08.
Where abouts are you hoping to go? We are heading for Melbourne
Amanda

Solly11

Hi,
My application for Last Remaining Relative went in on the 8/5/07. I am using an immigration lawyer in Perth haven't heard anything yet. Is anybody out there in the same situation as me! And has anyone any idea on average how long it will take to process
Solly:-)

hunt66

Hi Amanda,
We hope to settle in the Gold Coast but as we have not yet visited Australia this may change. We hope to go for a holiday and to validate as soon as the visa comes through (fingers crossed).
Claire

hunt66

Hi,
We are applying for a 136 skilled visa so not the same, I am hoing for a quick turnaround but it can take months yet. There is another web site austimeline or something like that, that shows how long people have waited for a visa, it may have information on your type of visa.
Good Luck lets hope it speeds up for us May applicants.
Claire

Solly11

Will go do a search know.
Good luck with your application.

Cheers

ozdreamer

Hi Claire
As we are on an STNI with Victoria we will be staying in Melbourne (hopefully we will like it as we have never been to Oz before). We have decided not to bother with validating first we are just going to pack up and go
Luckily our two boys are up for an 'adventure'