BethandAndrew

Thanks
Let's hope things happen quickly for all of us
Beth x x

Julie9

Hi all

We received an email (got all excited until i opened it) from our agent this morning ,they had received a reply to their inquiry sent on Fri ,it said final checks are currently being undertaken and once completed the CO will contact you if they require anything else ,it is estimated that these will take about 4 weeks! I cant believe we were told the end of May and now its going to be the middle of July:curse: i have read a few times today that the word is they have reached their quota for the year and i'm beginning to think we may have been at the end of last years queue!!!!!!!

Julie
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NikiL

Look at it another way, or the very start of next years! Best of luck for you that its the end of this year though!

Julie9

Thanks NikiL

I'm sure it will be our turn eventually! just wish they would hurry up (pretty please) .Our year runs out in Nov so will have no choice but to validate as not enough time to go for good before then,OH has his leave booked for end July to mid Aug and cant change it so if the visa's dont arrive by then we are stuffed!
i hope they have a few more spaces left for us and anyone else waiting patiently on BE

Julie

sinurt

Hi Folks
Haven't posted on this thread in ages but after almost 9 months of waiting and hearing nothing, and moving country in between we got an email from our agent this morning telling us that he got a reply from an enquiry he sent and it said " …all requested documents have been received and this application is now ready for allocation to a Decision Maker for finalisation. There may be some delay before a Decision Maker contacts you regarding this application, however no further documents are required at this time. Your patience is appreciated.” So I guess that means we had a CO and he didn't need anything so thats good news for any other paper based apps - ours was received on the 24th Sept

Good luck to all those still waiting,

Sinead

steveandtina

Still routing for you hun, Don't listen to rummers we all know the Ozzie gov has said they need more skilled visa's granted and havwe up'd there quota.

Stay positive xxx

Tina xx

Woo hoo thats great news you could be the 1st sept paperbase visa, fingers are crossed you here soon.

Tinaxx

BethandAndrew

Good luck everyone.............still keeping everything crossed here for you all
Beth x x

iwilldoit

hi beth

what u been up to, and more important where are u up to.....

sharon

BethandAndrew

Hi hun,
Still in UK.....house not sold
Just booked to validate in August as visa expires in 17 weeks!!!!
Going to Brisbane and then on to Melbourne..........Andrew sorting it all out as I've done enough work to get the visa!!!
Going to cost us about £8000 - £10,000 so credit card to the rescue....LOL
Validating will mean we have to stay in the UK for about 12-18 months longer to save some money back from validating
What's the weather like with you at the mo? We've had a few lovely hot days here.........but it's over now
Beth x x

iwilldoit

hi beth
at least u are able to valdate the visa, but sorry t hear the house is sold, but hve u has any interest yet, and have you decided were u are off to..

sharon

BethandAndrew

14 months on the market.....£40k off the price......it's just about down to what we paid for it 3 years ago

Had 3 viewers so far......so crap isn't the word I want to write....LOL

Oh you know me Sharon......keep changing my mind on where to live. Hoping this trip will help me decide.

Beth x x

lainey70

Hi Beth
I dont mean to but in
I read that you was saying about staying in the uk about 12-18 mths after validating.
Just to stay am I right in thinking then you will use up your 12mths from being absent from Australia on your visa. This is only if you want to become a citizen, otherwise you will have to apply for a RRV after your 5 years on your 175. I might have this wrong but its worth checking out. x

newjersey

Sounds about right, but you only need the RRV if you want to travel after your original 175 will have expired.

NJ

lainey70

Would you know how long they last NJ. I thought it was 5 years but I might be getting that confused with citizenship

[F]By the way our agent called this morning to say that me and my son have officially been added to my partners 175 visa application. Medicals waiting to be sent off but the doctor only works Fridays !![/FONT]

BethandAndrew

Congrats on being added to the visa application!!!!!

Not sure about when we have to be in Oz regarding citizenship........I'm trying my bloody hardest to sell my house so we can go asap. Hope I don't blow my chances of citizenship if I can't move to Oz for 18 months It says on our visa we have until 13th Oct to validate.....and then Nov 2012 to enter.
Beth x x