We have got the visa!
Sep 17th 2007, 4:52 am
#106
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Re: We have got the visa!
I wonder if I sent our passports off, would they actually put this date in our visa or would they pick up on the mistake?
I shall wait for George to get back to me, as I emailed him to point it out.
Do I need to send the grant letter with our passports or any other documents?
Sep 17th 2007, 5:51 am
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Re: We have got the visa!
I was reading our grant letter last night and noticed that the entry date is wrong. It says we have to be in Australia by 20th June 2006
I wonder if I sent our passports off, would they actually put this date in our visa or would they pick up on the mistake?
I shall wait for George to get back to me, as I emailed him to point it out.
Do I need to send the grant letter with our passports or any other documents?
I wonder if I sent our passports off, would they actually put this date in our visa or would they pick up on the mistake?
I shall wait for George to get back to me, as I emailed him to point it out.
Do I need to send the grant letter with our passports or any other documents?
If its going to happen its going to happen to you hey? Welcome back - cant wait for pics of your trip xxx
Sep 17th 2007, 6:38 am
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Re: We have got the visa!
I was reading our grant letter last night and noticed that the entry date is wrong. It says we have to be in Australia by 20th June 2006
I wonder if I sent our passports off, would they actually put this date in our visa or would they pick up on the mistake?
I shall wait for George to get back to me, as I emailed him to point it out.
Do I need to send the grant letter with our passports or any other documents?
I wonder if I sent our passports off, would they actually put this date in our visa or would they pick up on the mistake?
I shall wait for George to get back to me, as I emailed him to point it out.
Do I need to send the grant letter with our passports or any other documents?
you need the grant letter and passports plus we added a note saying what we were sending and why (and you include a return special delivery envelope with the correct postage for them to send back your passpoprts)
Sep 17th 2007, 8:28 am
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Re: We have got the visa!
Can you just go to the embassy?
Sep 17th 2007, 9:45 am
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Re: We have got the visa!
Congratulations ! It is about time they approved the visa , you really deserve it ! Well done, enjoy Namibia and keep celebrating :-)
Cheers
Katie
Cheers
Katie
Sep 17th 2007, 10:05 am
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Re: We have got the visa!
"You MUST:
· enclose a copy of your visa grant letter;
· provide your telephone and email details in
case we need to tell you if there will be a
delay in returning your evidence;
· provide a prepaid Special Delivery selfaddressed
envelope (SAE) for the return of
your passport ; and
· advise us if you (or anyone else included in
your application) have another unfinalised
visa application lodged with any DIMIA office.
If you do, then please confirm in writing that
you wish to withdraw that visa application."
Enjoy!
Gina
Sep 17th 2007, 11:42 am
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Re: We have got the visa!
Ive got about 300 pics to sift through, a DVD to make, a photo CD and 3 hours of tape footage to sort.
And after the space of Africa, my God does living in London feel like a cage with no colour.
Sep 17th 2007, 11:45 am
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Re: We have got the visa!
You still coming to WA Sam? We'll have to get together for a cup of coffee or glass of wine when you guys arrive.
Sep 17th 2007, 11:51 am
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I still wont believe it until we get our passports back. I just hope our CO is quick to send out the correct entry date.
And I have a juicy fat Namibian visa in my passport, as well as one from Thailand, 2 from Japan, some from Australia, one from Canada - quite a collection.
The Aussie one is the biggest I do believe!
Sep 17th 2007, 12:06 pm
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Massive congratulations to you both
Well done
X
Well done
X
Sep 17th 2007, 12:10 pm
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Re: We have got the visa!
Congrats PP and Mr PP, have been following your stories (and your wait for a visa) for awhile now and I must say, HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU, welcome to Perth!!!!
Tez
Tez
Sep 17th 2007, 8:52 pm
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It wont sink in till we send the passports off and we cant do that till we get the correct grant letter (date wrong).
I feel so tired all of a sudden I cant think straight. Goodness knows how I will manage at work tomorrow.
Sep 18th 2007, 12:49 am
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Re: We have got the visa!
Only just seen this....
Congratulations....
Congratulations....
Sep 18th 2007, 1:32 am
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Big CONGRATUALATIONS to you both , well done i'm soooooo pleased for you both
Sep 18th 2007, 1:41 am
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Re: We have got the visa!
Can't think of another better 'got it' title so I shall stick with the basics.
George has been trying to get hold of us since yesterday and with my mobile not working, cant access email (bloody virgin) and being in Etosha National Park for 3 days, suffice to say it was pretty impossible
Got back from Etosha yesterday to find a message from The Lombard along the lines of 'I have never told anyone they have their visa in Namibia before!' (not exact words)
We bought a Namibian simm card for the phone and I phoned him at 5am this morning just in case I was hallucinating (bloody malaria tablets), and it is true, our visa was granted yesterday.
Thanks Polly for passing the message on And thank god for BE because it is the only communication I can get here.
After 18 months of waiting, I had that initial 'OMG what do I do now? What have I done?' that kind of thing and the wost is 'how shall I tell my family (Dad especially) but Ive sort of calmed down and we are going to go Cheetah feeding today which will take my mind off it.
We have both been really ill (and i mean really ill) with our malaria tablets and have had to stop them. Luckily we havent been bitten (loads and loads of DEET)
So I am sure I will be jumping around when Im better! but at the moment, if I smell anything remotely fatty then I am sick so the jumping with excitement can wait.
I had to tell everyone on here as I have dreamt of having my own 'got it post' for so long and now I have it.
You were right George, a visa granted in Namibia - it doesnt get much better.
Im going now as I think I am about to throw up (again) and Ive got a date with some more leopards and cheetah later.
Thanks to everyone who has supported us through this, the messages/emails and phone calls (gobbyjock and sorchar).
And thanks to Alan Collett for his initial help, Glenn Newton for the TRA bit and most of all - Agent 007 The Lombard (Georgie babes)
See you later - loads of pics to post and an embarrassing tale of getting drunk in Etosha and seeing rather more Rhino than was actually there.
Bloody hell, trust us to be the only people to get side effects from Malarone!
Cheers guys!
George has been trying to get hold of us since yesterday and with my mobile not working, cant access email (bloody virgin) and being in Etosha National Park for 3 days, suffice to say it was pretty impossible
Got back from Etosha yesterday to find a message from The Lombard along the lines of 'I have never told anyone they have their visa in Namibia before!' (not exact words)
We bought a Namibian simm card for the phone and I phoned him at 5am this morning just in case I was hallucinating (bloody malaria tablets), and it is true, our visa was granted yesterday.
Thanks Polly for passing the message on
And thank god for BE because it is the only communication I can get here.After 18 months of waiting, I had that initial 'OMG what do I do now? What have I done?' that kind of thing and the wost is 'how shall I tell my family (Dad especially) but Ive sort of calmed down and we are going to go Cheetah feeding today which will take my mind off it.
We have both been really ill (and i mean really ill) with our malaria tablets and have had to stop them. Luckily we havent been bitten (loads and loads of DEET)
So I am sure I will be jumping around when Im better! but at the moment, if I smell anything remotely fatty then I am sick so the jumping with excitement can wait.
I had to tell everyone on here as I have dreamt of having my own 'got it post' for so long and now I have it.
You were right George, a visa granted in Namibia - it doesnt get much better.
Im going now as I think I am about to throw up (again) and Ive got a date with some more leopards and cheetah later.
Thanks to everyone who has supported us through this, the messages/emails and phone calls (gobbyjock and sorchar).
And thanks to Alan Collett for his initial help, Glenn Newton for the TRA bit and most of all - Agent 007 The Lombard (Georgie babes)
See you later - loads of pics to post and an embarrassing tale of getting drunk in Etosha and seeing rather more Rhino than was actually there.
Bloody hell, trust us to be the only people to get side effects from Malarone!
Cheers guys!
I'm seriously glad for you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!