Wishwewerethere

Wishing you, and everyone, which ever stage your at, a Very Happy Christmas and a Wonderful New Year, full of nice surprises!

dance123

Congratulations! Finally the killing wait and the fear is over for you.

Awaiting my turn

Cheers!

letusenjoy79

Happy and Merry Christmas to all
Regards
Sanjay

carolinephillips

Grant was finally given in October, 11months and 3 weeks after acknowledging receipt. Went to NZ 14th Dec, and got it on 16th. Returned to Sydney on 20th, so that was our Christmas present to ourselves!

tiger222

Caroline -

Congratulations on getting the pr visa! That's excellent news!

Where are you living in Sydney? We are in the central coast of nsw. We really like this area. DH will have a long commute - but worth it, we think.

Hope you all enjoyed your Christmas celebrations with family and friends. Hope that the New Year will provide all with what you want the most.

Catherine

carolinephillips

We are living in a rental atm in the Northern Beaches, though nowhere near a beach! OH goes on the North Shore line to the CBD. As we came out here with OH hoping not to have the 1.5 hour commute he used to endure, I doubt we'll be moving too far out when we buy. I also don't want to have a 45min commute x4per day to do the school run! Tried that when we first got here and rented in Manly, and it is a killer.

aus2be

Hi All

I just wanted to take 5 mins out from the lovely hot sun and send my regards to all the original October 2007 applicants.......

Sammy T,Wandathacat,BethandAndrew,SteveandTina,Thebutts, MAry1967,stickygreen,carolinephilips and steve175 only to name but a few.

It is hard to believe that this time last year we were all cracking up with the whole visa process and thinking that we would never get our visa and get to start out new lives in Aus. I am presuming that the most of us are now finally in Australia and I just hope that it is everything we all thought it would be.

Darren and I are settling well and are living 15 mins away from Joondalup and I start work 2nd week in Jan so yeah it all going good for us.

I dont think that I will ever forget the stress and worry of the Visa proces but without all your wise and encouraging words I dont think I would have managed.I spent so much time on the forum talking and giving off so thankyou all for helping me through it.

I just wanted to wish you all a happy new year and I hope 2009 is a brilliant year for you all

Look forward to hearing form some of you soon

Take care


HAPPY NEW YEAR ENJOY 2009


Nadine

carolinephillips

Hi Nadine- glad to hear you are settling in well. We have finally got our PR visas and are settling in to Sydney life. We are going to OH's office on New Year's Eve to watch the fireworks(it overlooks the harbour) and then it is DD's b.day so we are having a Lord of the Rings sleepover party before she goes off to swimming camp. I have got my first Aus qualification- a technical official for NSW swimming- it means I can operate a stopwatch or semi-automatic timer and officiate at meets up to state level. Never had "technical" in any of my qualifications before!
Have a great New Year.

sram466

How amazing, tis thread has finally gone silent, DIAC must hav grant all Oct '07 Applicant their VISA except ME :curse:

carolinephillips

Awwww. Hope it happens soon.

Wishwewerethere

Hope it happens soon.
Sending you Karma and positive vibes to DIAC for your visa, good luck!

sram466

Thanks !! Believe my VISA is waiting at the next turn. Cheers

sram466

Hey wishwewerethere,

Ur karma and positive vibes truly works for me ... received a call from my agent early this morning with the Good News -- DIAC has given me & family a Pre-Grant VISA

You're one, Thanks mate !

Wishwewerethere

CONGRATULATIONS
VERYpleased for you and your family.
Good luck in OZ and all the best.

letusenjoy79

Congratulations and Celebrations