Vinny van Gogh

Hi,

Not sure if you know any of this but...you can have upto 12 months in Aussie if you apply for a 676 visa.
http://www.immi.gov.au/visitors/tourist/676/index.htm
Download and check for 48R.
http://www.australia.or.jp/english/s...or/48r_eng.pdf

You would need to arange via your agent to sort things so that you fly out to Auckland to pick up your visa and then return to validate in Aussie.
The link above will give all the info on the 676 visa. I think the 676 becomes valid from date of issue ratherthan from entering Aussie,( perhaps somebody can advise on this) but if so and if you get the timing near enough right you will maximise your stay in Aussie

We start our process in a few days....and plan on being back in Sydney later this year for our 12 month Silver Surfers Gap Year.

ragtag

thanks for getting back to me any help is great Jan

Mick-Bev

Hi deci

Just wanted to add our congratulations to everyone elses on on your great news!

Its what keeps you going some days. We feel in limbo at the moment and keep trying to think of things to help towards the "move"!

Mick & Bev

ragtag

Well everyone I am really excited our agent has just let us know that we can get our medicals done .So we are going to book our flights for the 16th June
just thought that I would share this with you as there is nobody else here to get excited with as husband is at work.

Sleeping Beauty

well you can get excited with us.............brilliant news. is thta the first that you have heard since your application was submitted? sorry, cant remember where everyone is up to, what date did you apply?

ragtag

Hi yes we applied in july last year and we got our agent to
get in touch with the oz office as we were on our tenth month and had not heard anything they got intouch with him and said there was a backlog but should be next month so we asked if we could go ahead with our medicals and they said yes which is great as we had booked them 5 weeks ago for next tuesday good job we had not cancelled them anyway as we move out of our house on the 15th of june we have decided that we have nothing to lose by going over nowI am very excited and thanks for being such a help to me this is a great thread. thanks jan

Sleeping Beauty

so you are getting your medicals done, and then coming over here in june to finish off your application over here? i am right in assuming this jan? sorry, poorly daughter and brain is feeling a bit muddled at the minute

ragtag

Yes we decided we had nothing to lose now the house is sold if all goes wrong then we will just have to return and start again but at least we will have been with our family for a few months I am sorryto hear your daughter is poorlyhope she gets better soonJan

FRAYNE

Hi Jan hope evertything goes well with the meds, we came over after we had the meds done and before the visa was issued as our son was getting married we just went to New Zealand for a few days to get it issued best wishes
Janet

Sleeping Beauty

thanks jan. good luck with the meds for tuesday

ragtag

thanks fingers crossed

ragtag

thanks janet

ragtag

You are not going to believe this but with every thing that has just been decided we got a co this morning requesting medicals and police checks how about that for timing .We are still going to go though and finish our wait in oz but I thought I would let you all know for the time scale .Acknowledged on the 14th July 2006 and got our co on the 23rd may 2007.Thanks for all your help everyone Jan

deci

Thanks everyone for all your kind words on us getting our Visa.
Well done to Jan on getting your CO, a step in the right direction.
Has anyone heard from Derek as it has been a while since he came on here? maybe enjoying himself too much!!.

Best wishes,

Linda and John.

ragtag

thanks linda and john
Take care Jan