ruth-phil

Happy New Year to everyone and fingers crossed every ones wishes are fulfilled,
Ruth & Phil

suefb

Happy New Year to everyone and hoping 2010 will be a good year for everyone.

Suefb

sirmatt101

Well, looks like 2010 is going to start well! Doctor has cleared OH to fly to NZ only, after 18th Jan, so it was straight into the travel agents and booked for 24th - 28th Jan to Auckland! A very good start to the New Year!

Cheers

Matt

Les Avalook

Thats a very good start.

miscellaneous

Terrific news for you both, it can only be upwards and onwards now.

Best Wishes
Elaine

sirmatt101

Well PVC will be back to work this morning, raring to go and issue COs and Visas again until the next public holiday, Australia Day on 26th Jan!

Heres hoping for you all

Matt

jmm100uk

You see?! 2010 really is going to be a great year for you both - NZ has to be better than a snow bound Sandringham - apparently the weather forecast there is 'more of the same' as before Christmas!
Seriously - I am so pleased for you both and hope your trip to NZ is not a huge anti-climax! Happy New Year - and to all those still on the list - I will be rejoining it by the end of the month - I hope!!

sirmatt101

Could someone who has had their visas evidenced in either NZ or Singapore please confirm how long they stayed in either place, and how long it took for their visas to be pasted in their passports?

Our CO phoned today to say that the time we had booked in NZ was insufficient and that we needed to allow a minimum of 5 - 10 working days there for the visas to be evidenced! So now at further expense we are going from 19th - 29th Jan!

I knew that we were only allowed 1 bit of good luck this year

Cheers

Matt

tlock

Hi Matt,

Can't understand the 5-10 days.

We travelled to New Zealand for our visas in 2007.

Flew from Perth Sun 25th Nov arriving in Auckland on Mon 26th at 5.15am.

We were told we had to be in New Zealand for 3 working days and waited until the Thursday before going for our visas - we had no problems.

We flew out of Auckland on Sat 1st December.

It might be worth trying to phone the Australian Consulate in Auckland to confirm what you've been told. Or perhaps someone like Alan Collett would know if the rules have changed since 2007.

Good luck.

Alan Collett

I think that DIAC errs on the side of caution ... 5 business days outside Australia is likely to be more than sufficient.

Best regards.

home alone

Hi! everyone,

Well it's magic Friday, but, I reckon, most COs are off until Monday 11th, lets hope the long holiday will improved their humor, and speed

Matt and his family appear to have the worst CO so far, hope the 'short' break in NZ goes well for you


Regards Lin

beattun

hi all, i need some help please if anyone can...

my mum (in ireland) got the email today requesting the 2nd VAC, $31,555

its for subclass 143
holy lot of money batman, when we applied for this first (around july 2008) i thought she had to pay about 11,000 upon grant and then the balance after living here for 2 years, was i totally misunderstanding things or have they changed the system?

either way, how do they seriously suspect a widow who works part time to pull 20,000 euros out of her hat in 28 bloody days? she cant be excited about the progress now because of the worry of how to find the money.

sirmatt101

I have said to OH that I am sure we will have visas by 1st weekend, so may have to pay out and change flights back to Oz earlier! Don't really want to spend nearly 10 days in NZ.

We have had 2 COs, 1st one went on leave before Christmas sometime, so we were dealing with another one, but 1st ones back now!!!

Cheers

Matt

Les Avalook

Somebody hasn't been reading these threads or their application form.

donovandenese

i think maybe you were getting confused with the 173 visa where you pay in two instalments