Originally Posted by deci

Hi everyone, just wanted to tell you that we have been granted our visa today. Feeling a little strange , hubby on nights so just rung him with the news and to tell him he can now think about handing in his notice. A rather large drink at the weekend I think.

Best wishes to you all.

Linda and John

Originally Posted by deci

Hi everyone, just wanted to tell you that we have been granted our visa today. Feeling a little strange , hubby on nights so just rung him with the news and to tell him he can now think about handing in his notice. A rather large drink at the weekend I think.

Best wishes to you all.

Linda and John

Originally Posted by deci

Hi everyone, just wanted to tell you that we have been granted our visa today. Feeling a little strange , hubby on nights so just rung him with the news and to tell him he can now think about handing in his notice. A rather large drink at the weekend I think.

Best wishes to you all.

Linda and John

Originally Posted by deci

Hi everyone, just wanted to tell you that we have been granted our visa today. Feeling a little strange , hubby on nights so just rung him with the news and to tell him he can now think about handing in his notice. A rather large drink at the weekend I think.

Best wishes to you all.

Linda and John

Originally Posted by deci

Hi everyone, just wanted to tell you that we have been granted our visa today. Feeling a little strange , hubby on nights so just rung him with the news and to tell him he can now think about handing in his notice. A rather large drink at the weekend I think.

Best wishes to you all.

Linda and John

Originally Posted by Sleeping Beauty

my opinion, for what is worth, is put the house on the market now (that what i have also told my parents, who have now decided to do this). ours took 12 months to sell, my sisters the first buyer??!! however, most house sales take about 8-12 weeks to go through. you can always try to drag it out a little longer as well. there is nothing worse than you sat there, with a visa burning hole in your pocket, willing your house to seel so you can get on with your lives. if you are near the end of the wait, put it on the market. start clearing out now and get the estate agents in - do something positive. believe me, the end part goes rather quickly and you dont have time to f@#t my parents are willing to go into rented, if needs be, something i never thought i would hear them say. they just dont want to delay things any longer. mind you, saying that, if they got a buyer, they would crap themselves probably

Originally Posted by ragtag

Hi its just to let you know we put our house up for sale last thursday and we sold it on the friday the papers have all been completed and they want to move in on the 15th june Icant believe it has happened so soon still not got a CO yet determined not to worry at the fact we will be homeless in 5 weeks still thats one hurdle out of the way take care Jan

Originally Posted by Sleeping Beauty

well done jan. that is my parents worst nightmare. we are advising them to put their house on the market asap, and if it sells soon move into rented. i would sooner be in rented with a visa in my pocket, rather than having the visa burning a hole in my pocket sitting in a house to sell.

Originally Posted by ragtag

Hi your right its a weight of my mind also we needed the money to go towards our bond and we felt all being well if it all goes through and we were asked for the bond money and the house had not sold that would hve been that what would we have done. ps I hope your little one is feeling better.Take care Jan

Originally Posted by AVERINA

Hi Ragtag
We found the POPC web system useless, it appears to come up with ridiculous numbers so take no notice of it, when did you lodge? It does take 10 months from lodgement to be assigned a case officer then approx 2 months from there to complete, if you have your medicals here in Australia providing your ok you are given your sealed envelope there and then to take to the POPC in person, but a little tip that we forgot to do, make sure that you put your file number on the front of every piece of correspondence, as delays can occur as we discovered to our disadvantage. Also when you get to the stage of sending your passports with your grant letter to the Australian Embassy in London remember to enclose a covering letter requesting the particular visa, contact details inc tel no's, email address etc, use the silver pouch and enclose another silver pouch for the return to yourselves but remember to write down the ref no's off both envelopes so you can track them there and back as they have to be signed for and you can gauge when they will arrive back to you.
If there's any advice I can offer then you only have to ask, I've been there, done it and now got the T.Shirt thank goodness it's all over with, I now feel as though it's the calm after the storm.
Regards
Averina