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The weather in Townsville in August is fabulous!!! The thing that put me off was the wet season....
Watching telly here in the UK one night... young chap dressed in Boarding shorts, clinging to a tree as the torrent of floods swept not a foot below him.... then he was rescued by helicopter.
Apparently this was a 'flash flood'
Can you imagine ![EEK!](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif)
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But, I did like it when we were there!
Ali x
Watching telly here in the UK one night... young chap dressed in Boarding shorts, clinging to a tree as the torrent of floods swept not a foot below him.... then he was rescued by helicopter.
Apparently this was a 'flash flood'
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But, I did like it when we were there!
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The weather in Townsville in August is fabulous!!! The thing that put me off was the wet season....
Watching telly here in the UK one night... young chap dressed in Boarding shorts, clinging to a tree as the torrent of floods swept not a foot below him.... then he was rescued by helicopter.
Apparently this was a 'flash flood'
Can you imagine ![EEK!](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif)
![EEK!](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif)
But, I did like it when we were there!
Ali x
Watching telly here in the UK one night... young chap dressed in Boarding shorts, clinging to a tree as the torrent of floods swept not a foot below him.... then he was rescued by helicopter.
Apparently this was a 'flash flood'
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But, I did like it when we were there!
Ali x
Was just thinking the same of the flash floods in the uk just recently
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Why do people continue to live in places like Miami Florida? Cause the risk is worth living in such a lovely place, same for Townsville.
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Morning everyone, no change for me but I know of 2 other 175 visa grants this week on another forum!! ![Thumbs Up](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
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Maybe we'll see some more CO's and visa grants in the next week?![Big Grin](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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Maybe we'll see some more CO's and visa grants in the next week?
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morning all, just catching up - nothing for us today!
congratulations to everyone with meds finalised, hopefully there will be a surge of grants soon - fingers crossed
vicky
hopefully we're off to perth but melbourne has looked pretty tempting since we started this whole process so not definately decided yet
vicky
congratulations to everyone with meds finalised, hopefully there will be a surge of grants soon - fingers crossed
vicky
hopefully we're off to perth but melbourne has looked pretty tempting since we started this whole process so not definately decided yet
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Morning![Big Grin](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
Isn't it lovely weather outside, we'll be thinking of Trish, Beth and Sharon soon to be in the sunshine!
And hopefully some others joining soon after![Sunglasses](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/sunglasses.gif)
We're off to Hobart area, Tas but if probs with getting the right job may go to Adelaide area which we also liked very much. So still quite open at the moment.
Fingers crossed for some more good news tomorrow for those waiting.
Sam
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Isn't it lovely weather outside, we'll be thinking of Trish, Beth and Sharon soon to be in the sunshine!
And hopefully some others joining soon after
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We're off to Hobart area, Tas but if probs with getting the right job may go to Adelaide area which we also liked very much. So still quite open at the moment.
Fingers crossed for some more good news tomorrow for those waiting.
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Morning![Big Grin](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
Isn't it lovely weather outside, we'll be thinking of Trish, Beth and Sharon soon to be in the sunshine!
And hopefully some others joining soon after![Sunglasses](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/sunglasses.gif)
We're off to Hobart area, Tas but if probs with getting the right job may go to Adelaide area which we also liked very much. So still quite open at the moment.
Fingers crossed for some more good news tomorrow for those waiting.
Sam
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Isn't it lovely weather outside, we'll be thinking of Trish, Beth and Sharon soon to be in the sunshine!
And hopefully some others joining soon after
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We're off to Hobart area, Tas but if probs with getting the right job may go to Adelaide area which we also liked very much. So still quite open at the moment.
Fingers crossed for some more good news tomorrow for those waiting.
Sam
Well we've nothing to report either as I can't check anything anyway
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We are heading to Adelaide - never been before but it looks lovely, been to Brisbane but felt the climate in Adelaide would suit us better. Have also been tempted by Hobart though too and have been in contact with a guy who was looking for IT people there so thats always an option too
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Friday tomorrow so hopefully someone else will have news this week
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Morning All,
Well we've nothing to report either as I can't check anything anyway
(paper app) but I am hoping the meds have been finalised as they were received at the start of Nov ![Unsure](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/unsure.gif)
We are heading to Adelaide - never been before but it looks lovely, been to Brisbane but felt the climate in Adelaide would suit us better. Have also been tempted by Hobart though too and have been in contact with a guy who was looking for IT people there so thats always an option too![Big Grin](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
Friday tomorrow so hopefully someone else will have news this week![Smile](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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Well we've nothing to report either as I can't check anything anyway
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We are heading to Adelaide - never been before but it looks lovely, been to Brisbane but felt the climate in Adelaide would suit us better. Have also been tempted by Hobart though too and have been in contact with a guy who was looking for IT people there so thats always an option too
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Friday tomorrow so hopefully someone else will have news this week
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I'm "secretly" hoping he'll get a job in Gladstone!!
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However I think the chance of cyclones and flash floods are worth the risk of living in paradise! 327 days of sunshine and rarely gets below 15c![ROFL](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/rofl.gif)
Why do people continue to live in places like Miami Florida? Cause the risk is worth living in such a lovely place, same for Townsville.
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Why do people continue to live in places like Miami Florida? Cause the risk is worth living in such a lovely place, same for Townsville.
Scottie x
Have to agree with you there, and now we are getting flash floods in england and hurricanes id rather risk these things in the heat
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YEEEESSSSSS MEDS HAVE BEEEN FINALISED!!!!!!JUST CHECKED UPDATE PAGE OF CHANCE AND KACHING!!!
what even more shocking is that they were faster than royal mail to tell me!!!(that they had received)
what even more shocking is that they were faster than royal mail to tell me!!!(that they had received)
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Ladies and Gents, can I get your opinion on something? When our application changed to 'being processed further' all of our docs were set to MET except for 'Evidence of Specific Work Experience' for the main applicant and spouse, and 'Evidence of Work Experience' for spouse.
With regard to the pieces of spouse evidence, I don't believe they are required as we are applying under Stew's skills and not mine and with regard to the 'Evidence of Specific Work Experience', that is covered by the evidence we supplied for his 'Work Experience' - when we uploaded those docs, we selected 'other' type of document and renamed them to 'Evidence of Work Experience AND Specific Work Experience'.
Our meds went straight from required to finalised on 27 November but are still showing as 'Further checking required' on the documents page. I assume all this means is that our file hasn't been looked at for a while.
We have had no contact from a CO but DIAC confirmed in a response to an email of yonks and yonks ago that our file was with a CO.
I am worried that our CO is waiting for us to upload these documents before he puts our file forward for final assessment. We've been reluctant to email until the Processing Times move on at least 2 weeks from the date we submitted but they've been stuck on 21st September for about 5 weeks now.
Anyway, sorry for rambling but what I'm getting at is do you think we should attempt to contact our CO for clarification or just hold our patience and keep waiting???
I had a horrible dream last night that they changed the format for the Status Pages and I logged on to find the outstanding docs had been marked REFUSED and that we didn't get the Visa.![Cry Smile](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/msn/cry_smile.gif)
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With regard to the pieces of spouse evidence, I don't believe they are required as we are applying under Stew's skills and not mine and with regard to the 'Evidence of Specific Work Experience', that is covered by the evidence we supplied for his 'Work Experience' - when we uploaded those docs, we selected 'other' type of document and renamed them to 'Evidence of Work Experience AND Specific Work Experience'.
Our meds went straight from required to finalised on 27 November but are still showing as 'Further checking required' on the documents page. I assume all this means is that our file hasn't been looked at for a while.
We have had no contact from a CO but DIAC confirmed in a response to an email of yonks and yonks ago that our file was with a CO.
I am worried that our CO is waiting for us to upload these documents before he puts our file forward for final assessment. We've been reluctant to email until the Processing Times move on at least 2 weeks from the date we submitted but they've been stuck on 21st September for about 5 weeks now.
Anyway, sorry for rambling but what I'm getting at is do you think we should attempt to contact our CO for clarification or just hold our patience and keep waiting???
I had a horrible dream last night that they changed the format for the Status Pages and I logged on to find the outstanding docs had been marked REFUSED and that we didn't get the Visa.
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If you've already provided the documents, but your case officer is requesting them again I suggest you send them again.
What evidence did you send for Specific Work Experience?
What evidence did you send for Specific Work Experience?
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The CO hasn't specifically asked for more evidence - we have had no contact whatsoever. I'm hoping that he/she just hasn't checked the box that confirms we've satisfied the requirements but I need to be sure of this, hence why I'm questioning whether I should attempt to contact my CO.
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