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Forum: Australia
Dec 27th 2004, 9:01 am
Replies: 4
Views: 500
Posted By jsg

Arrow Re: Stop furnished apartment central Perth

We have stayed at the Mounts Bay Waters apartments on the western edge of the CBD. It's not cheap but quality was very good. They do give a reduction for weekly stays (7 nights for the price of six,...
Forum: Australia
Oct 16th 2004, 6:50 am
Replies: 12
Views: 517
Posted By jsg

Re: International mail redirection

However, if you complain, they do refund the fees promptly.
Forum: Australia
Sep 29th 2004, 10:55 am
Replies: 12
Views: 871
Posted By jsg

Re: driving licence?

In the UK, you're not required to carry your licence. But if you have to produce it, to the police or to rent a car, for example, they want to see both the card and the paper "counterpart".
Forum: Australia
Jun 8th 2004, 5:42 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 1,163
Posted By jsg

Have a look at...

Have a look at http://britishexpats.com/forum/misc.php?action=bbcode#buttons.
Forum: Australia
May 22nd 2004, 6:53 am
Replies: 1
Views: 283
Posted By jsg

West Ham vs Crystal Palace playoff Tuesday

This match was not going to be broadcast in Australia -- until now. See http://www.whufc.com/article.asp?article=204496&Title=PLAYOFFS+-+LIVE+IN+AUSTRALIA&lid=_News+Headlines&navlid= for full...
Forum: Australia
Mar 9th 2004, 12:52 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 756
Posted By jsg

I think if your degree is not recognised, you...

I think if your degree is not recognised, you won't get accepted based on one of the accords. Pity, because it's faster, easier and cheaper. So the CDR is the way to go. Look at the IEAust site: they...
Forum: Australia
Feb 29th 2004, 10:31 am
Replies: 11
Views: 756
Posted By jsg

If you haven't already phoned the Engineering...

If you haven't already phoned the Engineering Council, give them a try. They seem knowledgable about all these issues and they're certainly very helpful. Also, if you're already a chartered...
Forum: Australia
Jan 12th 2004, 4:11 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 379
Posted By jsg

In our case, it was a matter of weeks rather than...

In our case, it was a matter of weeks rather than months to get the money together, and a few weeks after that before we got the visas. Hint: shop around when buying a bond. The rates vary quite a...
Forum: Australia
Aug 26th 2003, 6:52 am
Replies: 19
Views: 13,104
Posted By jsg

Re: Buy your Jeyes Fluid NOW!!

"Tar acids, an active ingredient of two general-purpose disinfectants with plant protection properties, are also on the withdrawn list. Rumour had it that Jeyes Fluid was going to disappear from the...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Aug 23rd 2003, 9:16 am
Replies: 9
Views: 608
Posted By jsg

Re: 5 Bonus Points for Investement

1. You have to find the $100,000. Maybe you have to borrow it, maybe you have to sell an investment, maybe you have to take it out of your savings, where you may be getting a better rate of interest....
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Jul 25th 2003, 11:35 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,242
Posted By jsg

Re: Collecting your visas in London

Grant letter dated May. I can't be sure that they will do it there and then, but I suggest (a) go to AH as soon as you can, (b) take proof (tickets) that you are leaving the country, and (c) take a...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Jul 18th 2003, 10:06 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,242
Posted By jsg

Re: Collecting your visas in London

Collected our PR visas at Australia House yesterday. Grant letter was issued before the change in policy. No questions, no hassle, two labels stuck in passports. Arrived 8.30, left 9.30.
Forum: Australia
Jul 15th 2003, 4:12 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 525
Posted By jsg

Re: Perth Car Charges

There are about nine separate charges! Reckon on about 10% on top of the listed price of a new car, but it does vary by weight of car, though not by shire. That should include everything. The...
Forum: Australia
Jul 6th 2003, 7:59 am
Replies: 8
Views: 714
Posted By jsg

Re: 100k bond money

There are two other issues with the return you get. The interest is taxable in Oz. If you don't have a taxpayer number by the time they pay the interest (normally six monthly), they'll deduct tax at...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Jun 22nd 2003, 10:27 am
Replies: 4
Views: 457
Posted By jsg

Re: Question on Deadline for first Entry date

We asked for a postponement, also for peronal reasons. They said no. Somebody told us that they expect us to show a commitment to Australia, and this is part of it.

There's no reason why you...
Forum: Australia
Jun 22nd 2003, 10:11 am
Replies: 2
Views: 502
Posted By jsg

Re: Can Traffic offences prevent you from getting PR

I think if you were convicted even of a minor offence, you would have to tell DIMIA.

However, from what other people have said here, the two real problems are repeated drink-driving and anything...
Forum: Australia
Jun 22nd 2003, 10:03 am
Replies: 9
Views: 620
Posted By jsg

When we were first thinking of moving, I had a...

When we were first thinking of moving, I had a little panic at some news stories that suggested a higher crime level in Oz than we were used to (in the UK). I did a little research on the web...
Forum: Australia
Jun 17th 2003, 6:11 am
Replies: 8
Views: 601
Posted By jsg

Re: Time from Meds submitted

Snail mail: the famous yellow envelope.
Forum: Australia
Jun 16th 2003, 4:06 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 601
Posted By jsg

Re: Time from Meds submitted

In our case, it was 7 days.
Forum: Australia
Jun 16th 2003, 6:16 am
Replies: 30
Views: 2,429
Posted By jsg

GST is 10% but check whether this is already...

GST is 10% but check whether this is already included in the price. Usually, the price you see includes GST but not reggo etc. So take the price including GST and add 10%...
Forum: Australia
Jun 15th 2003, 3:03 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 2,429
Posted By jsg

Chippy, if you take the price including GST and...

Chippy, if you take the price including GST and add 10% for all the reggo stuff, you won't be a million miles out in what you have to hand over to drive away.
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Jun 1st 2003, 2:18 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 365
Posted By jsg

My bank charged £46.00, plus £5.16 for the...

My bank charged £46.00, plus £5.16 for the Australian charges (to ensure that there were no charges for the recipient, and the full A$100,000 arrived without deductions).

We got A$2.51 to the...
Forum: Australia
May 19th 2003, 6:32 am
Replies: 5
Views: 539
Posted By jsg

Have posted bond for extra 5 pts, and get very...

Have posted bond for extra 5 pts, and get very positive email from case officer saying that he'd grant the visa once he'd got the paperwork. Hope to validate late July. Good luck with your meds.

J
Forum: Australia
May 19th 2003, 6:24 am
Replies: 1
Views: 384
Posted By jsg

We emailed our case officer and got a "no...

We emailed our case officer and got a "no problem" response. But the key was that we told him there was a problem within the 49-day deadline, not that we got the PCCs back in that time.

Jeremy
Forum: Australia
May 18th 2003, 4:32 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 539
Posted By jsg

We only had two panel doctors within a reasonable...

We only had two panel doctors within a reasonable distance. One was a GP with separate X-ray elsewhere; the other was a Nuffield (private) hospital with its own screening service and own X-ray.
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